Timothy Nuter open-raised all in from under the gun for 570,000, and after getting an exact count on the size of the shove, Ryan Riess called the raise from one seat over. All others folded, and the pair tabled their cards:
Nuter:
Riess:
The board brought little extra drama, coming , then , then , and Nuter was eliminated in 84th place while Riess now sits with around 5.5 million.
Jason Mann fired out 130,000 on a board of . 2012 Octo-Niner Steve Gee raised to 315,000, Mann tank-called, and the river was the .
Mann checked, Gee slid out 700,000, and Mann went into the tank. He mumbled a few things to Gee, who remained unresponsive, and he apologized for a possible "nitroll."
Finally, Mann called, and Gee tabled for effectively king-high. Mann showed for trip nines, raking in the pot.
Marc McLaughlin just joined the Mothership, and he immediately got to action, raising it up to 100,000 in the small blind. Michiel Brummelhuis called the extra 60,000 from the big blind, and the flop came down . McLaughlin fired out 115,000, and Brummelhuis called to see the turn come . McLaughin checked this time, and Brummelhuis bet out 250,000. The river brought the , and both players quickly checked.
Brummelhuis:
McLaughlin:
McLaughlin's pair of kings were good enough to win, and he took down the pot. On the very next hand, Denard Petit raised to 90,000 from early position, and Sergio Castelluccio reraised to 180,000 next to act. McLaughlin was on the button, and he put out a four-bet to 320,000. Both players tossed their cards away, and McLaughlin scooped another pot.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 80,000 in the hijack and Matthew Huey three-bet to 175,000 on the button. Timoshenko four-bet to 420,000, resulting in a Huey five-bet shove for about 1.3 million. Timoshenko quickly called.
Timoshenko:
Huey:
The board ran out , bringing no help to Huey and ending his Main Event.
The action folded around to Fabian Ortiz in late position, who opened to 115,000. Pedro Fernandez was in the small blind, and moved all in for his last 340,000. With the decision back on Ortiz, he thought for a minute, before making the call. .
Ortiz:
Fernandez:
The board ran out to see Fernandez hold, doubling up to 760,000 in chips.
Pedro Fernandez opened to 90,000 from the hijack, and was called by Jay Farber in the small blind. Fabian Ortiz then looked down at his cards from the big blind, before raising it up to 265,000.
Fernandez paused for a moment before making the call. Farber then made the call as well, as the three saw the flop come . Farber checked, before Ortiz moved all in for 1,185,000 in chips.
Fernandez tanked over his decision for over a minute, before releasing his hand. Farber followed shortly after, as Ortiz took down the pot.
We came on yet another huge hand — and really, most of them are huge here late on Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event — this one pitting Jackie Glazier and Chris Johnson.
The hand began with a button raise from Glazier that was called by Johnson in the small blind. The flop came , and Johnson check-called a bet of 375,000 from Glazier.
The turn then brought the to pair the board. Johnson checked and Glazier announced she was betting all in. A lengthy count of her chips revealed her bet to be for 1.52 million, and Johnson tanked for a few minutes before finally making the call.
Johnson showed and Glazier , and with one card to come Glazier needed to hit an ace, a ten or a diamond to survive. The dealer then pounded the felt, burned a card, and delivered the river… the !
The large crowd on the rail exploded with shouts at the sight of the card while Johnson sat stoically. Eventually a many-years-later reprise of the "Aussie-Aussie-Aussie Oy-Oy-Oy" chant (a memorable part of 2005 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem's run) erupted as Glazier's supporters could barely contain their excitement.
That hand catapults Glazier up around 4 million while Johnson swiftly drops down to about 140,000.