Greg Hobson's attempt to repeat in this unique event has come to an end. We caught up with Hobson and two other players facing a board of . After the first player put in a bet, another player moved all in, putting Hobson to a decision for all of his chips. He thought for a minute before committing his stack. The original bettor followed by calling all in as well, and the cards were turned up.
Hobson:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Hobson needed to hit a non-nine club to take the lead, but neither the turn nor the did the job, and the defending champion quietly exited the tournament.
Humberto Brenes (Seen Here in an Earlier WSOP Event)
Humberto Brenes has been a mainstay here at the World Series of Poker since the first ESPN broadcasts changed the poker landscape a decade ago. As the holder of two gold bracelets, Brenes is well respected among the poker community, but he would like nothing better than to win his third this summer.
We caught up with Brenes as he played a head-up pot, after "The Shark" opened for 250 before the flop. When the dealer fanned the across the felt, Brenes watched his opponent tap the table, and he responded with a c-bet of 725.
His opponent flatted to the see the arrive on the turn, and again he checked to the Costa Rican pro. Brenes obliged with another bet, this time for 1,100, and again the opponent smooth called.
Both players checked the river, and the opponent announced "ace-high" while tabling the . Brenes had him beat with the for top pair on the flop, and the pot was pushed his way.
Joe Cada (Seen Here in Earlier WSOP Play) Has Had a Resurgent Summer in 2013
After winning the WSOP Main Event in 2009, Joe Cada suffered from the usual hangover associated with winning poker's premier prize at such a young age, only registering one live cash during the following year.
Rather than go the route of Jamie Gold or Jerry Yang, however, and disappear from the poker circuit altogether, Cada reapplied himself to the craft of tournament poker. He cashed twice at the 2011 WSOP, including a 26th place finish in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Championship, and the improvement did not end there.
This year has seen Cada return to the WSOP stage in fine form, as he has cashed three times already, including a pair of 4th place finishes after making final table runs.
The champ is in the house here today, chasing the elusive second bracelet that seems to be the measuring stick among professional players. We will be sure to track Cada's progress as he attempts to secure his fourth cash of the summer, and perhaps, his third final table appearance.
We saw Dennis Phillips play a multiway pot, but he got out of the way on the flop after a player open-shoved for about 2,500.
Another player in the pot quickly called, and the all-in player asked "you got a flush?"
When Brautigan shook his head in the negative, the all-in player breached poker etiquette a bit by declaring "I do! I have a flush," while tabling the .
Brautigan simply rolled over his for top pair and the nut flush redraw, and the was quickly turned, missing his hand entirely.
"Don't do it to me," pleaded the all-in player before the river card came. "Don't do it to me..."
River:
"You did it to me," he said, as he stood to walk away from the table. "Nice catch."
Thanks to the voice of Shane Schleger and the rest of the players playing this event, all tables will now be nine-handed. The tournament started out with ten-handed tables but with all the room we have with less than 600 signed up as of now, the tournament supervisors have decided to give the players what they want. That is more leg room and nine-handed tables. There are still a few tables in Bronze that are ten-handed, but as soon as they lose a player they will go down to nine-handed.
We caught up to Brent Hanks and John Eames on a flop of . Hanks checked and Eames bet out 850. Hanks called and they took a turn of the . Both players decided to check. The river came the . Hanks went with a bet of only 25. Action went back to Eames and he started reaching for raising chips. After 10 seconds he laughed and only threw in the one T25 chip.
Hanks showed him . Eames smiled and mucked as he told Hanks he had one below his queens. Hanks took down the pot and went up to 7,500, while Eames went down to 2,500.
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. After the first player put in a bet, another player moved all in, putting Hobson to a decision for all of his chips. He thought for a minute before committing his stack. The original bettor followed by calling all in as well, and the cards were turned up.
turn nor the 
did the job, and the defending champion quietly exited the tournament.
river, and the opponent announced "ace-high" while tabling the 
. Brenes had him beat with the 
for top pair on the flop, and the pot was pushed his way.
flop after a player open-shoved for about 2,500.
for top pair and the nut flush redraw, and the 
was quickly turned, missing his hand entirely.
. Both players decided to check. The river came the 
. Eames smiled and mucked as he told Hanks he had one below his queens. Hanks took down the pot and went up to 7,500, while Eames went down to 2,500.
