These players earned $19,106 for their Main Event min cash. Keep an eye on the payouts tab for exact-place finishes.
These players earned $19,106 for their Main Event min cash. Keep an eye on the payouts tab for exact-place finishes.
After Sebastian Gohr raised to 10,500 from middle position, it folded back to Michelle Doiron who reraised all in for about 45,000 from the small blind, and when the action returned to Gohr he quickly called.
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"Payout, Table 368!" yelled the dealer. "Payout?" said Doiron with a grin, and the dealer realized he was mistaken — she'd survived the hand — and everyone laughed, even Gohr.
Damian Salas found himself all in holding ![]()
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and Salas was left heading to the rail as Reason climbed to 520,000 in chips.
Vivek Rajkumar opened to 12,000 from late position and Jonas Lauck defended the small blind to see both players check a ![]()
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flop.
The turn landed the
and Lauck led for 15,000 only to have Rajkumar bump it up to 44,000. Lauck made the call, and when the
completed the board on the river he checked.
Rajkumar cut out a bet of 87,000, and after some hesitation, Lauck made the call.
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for top set and Lauck flashed the
and folded while slipping to 100,000 as Rajkumar moved to 430,000 in chips.
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and about 50,000 in the middle, Brad Myers bet 20,000 from the cutoff seat and Matthew Silberzweig called from the button. Both then checked the
river.
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for queens, and Silberzweig mucked.
Now that everyone left is in the money, a lot of players are really starting to have fun, especially if there are cameras nearby.
We arrived at a table to see the dealer pull in a bet and a call on the flop. The board read ![]()
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, and Max Steinberg and Age Spets were the only players in the hand. The turn was the
, and both players checked. The
then completed the board on the river, and Steinberg led out for 50,000.
Spets immediately contorted his face in an anguished look and took off his sunglasses. He said, party to himself, partly to the table, "I think I'm behind, here." He then pulled two dark green 25,000-denomination chips from his stack, and played with them in his right hand while he continued to talk about his situation. "I'm behind, that's what it looks like." "Do you think I'm behind?" he asked Steinberg. Steinberg sat motionless, saying nothing. "What do you want me to do?" Still nothing.
Then Spets had a minor epiphany. "We could flip for it." He pulled a coin out of his pocket and asked Steinberg, "Do you want to flip for it?" Steinberg still said nothing. "Ok, we'll flip for it," Spets decided. "Do you want heads or tails?" Spets finally got a reaction from Steinberg. "Heads," he said starting to crack a smile, as he couldn't help but be entertained by Spets's thought process. Spets then started to flip, but he paused. "Wait, is it heads I call or heads I fold?" Steinberg kept smiling, still slightly shaking his head, and said nothing. "Ok," Spets decided. "If it's heads, you decide, if it's tails, I decide." He then stood up. "Let's play," He flipped the coin, caught it and slapped it on the back of his other hand. "It's my decision," he said. Steinberg, still smiling, told him, "It was always your decision."
Spets sat back down, then tossed forward the green chips. "I have king-jack," Steinberg announced as he turned over ![]()
. Spets nodded, as if that's what he expected, and tossed his cards to the muck.
We found Amit Makhija, on the button, and Matthew Huey, in the small blind, locking horns in a three-bet pot. Huey bet 40,000 on the ![]()
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flop, and Makhija made the call. The turn brought a
and two checks. Huey bet 60,000 on the
river, and Makhija pushed all in. Huey looked over, got a rough count of Makhija's 170,000 stack, and called.
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Makhija had flopped two pair and faded a good chunk of outs after Huey had turned the nut flush draw to go with his top pair.
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and the pot sitting at roughly 200,000, we found Steven Lillehaug betting out 70,000.
His lone opponent in the hand - Sergio Castellucio - pushed out a few stacks of chips and declared himself all in for roughly 400,000.
As the ESPN cameras surrounded the table, Lillehaug went into the tank for several minutes before eventually folding.
Castellucio flashed the
and raked in the pot to move to 670,000 in chips.
These players earned $19,106 for their Main Event min cash. Keep an eye on the payouts tab for exact-place finishes.
With his 608th-place finish, Christian Harder secured his fourth straight WSOP Main Event cash. Along with Ronnie Bardah, who is still in, Harder has tied Chris Bjorin for that mark.
In one of the biggest hands of the tournament so far, we saw Luke Schwartz take a monster beat for a pot that would've made him the chip leader. The aftermath of the hand earned Schwartz a one round penalty.
Josh Pollock opened from middle position. Action folded around to Schwartz, who reraised in the small blind . Action folded back to Pollock and he put in a fourth bet which was 37,000 more. Schwartz then put in a fifth bet for 60,000 more and action was back to Pollock. He went deep into the tank for almost two minutes before finally announcing that he was all in for a total of 349,000 more. Schwartz snap called.
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It was a classic cooler situation and since he was on the favorable end, Schwartz pulled out $200 from his pocket and laid it in the dealer's tray. "This is for you," he said.
"I can't accept this right now," the dealer said.
Perhaps Schwartz was hoping for some good fortune so he would be able to fade a king with his tip to the dealer. Unfortunately for him, the flop came down ![]()
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. Schwartz stood up from the table and let out a huge, exasperated sigh. He began pacing around the tan section of the Amazon Room, knocking over chairs, kicking tables and even tearing down a curtain in his path.
The board completed with a
and a
and Schwartz came back to the table just to make sure he hadn't hit the ace.
"Wow," he said. "What a f***ing joke."
After the hand and the chips were cut out, a floor moved over to Schwartz's table and issued him a one round penalty for his behavior.
The huge pot set Pollock up to 835,000 in chips while Schwartz was knocked down to under 400,000.