We walked up to a raising war between Valentino Konakchiev and Patrick Curzio. Konakchiev opened from early position and Curzio three-bet from the big blind. After a four-bet from Konakchiev, Curzio moved all in and Konakchiev snap-called.
Konakchiev:
Curzio:
The board ran out and Curzio was chopped down, while Konakchiev is now over 200,000.
Over the next two weeks, WSOP.com is giving players in Nevada the chance to turn small tournament buy-ins into large cash prizes with the Mini Fest tournament series. With 16 events offering $40,000 in guaranteed prize money, you don't want to miss a second of the action when the cards go in the air at 5:30 p.m. each day from June 22 though July 7.
Today's tournament is Event #2: $11 No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On with a $1,500 guarantee. The tournament kicks off in less than an hour, so don't miss out!
Here's a full look at the WSOP.com Mini Fest schedule:
Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Mini Fest series, please click here.
We missed the action, but Ari Engel won a massive pot against table neighbor Jacob Stearley with the . When asked what happened, he politely said, "I am sorry, but I don't want to talk about hands at the table."
Terik Brown checked from the small blind on a flop and Brandon Hall was next to act from the cutoff. Hall bet 6,500 and Brown called.
The turn was the and Brown checked again. Hall kept his foot pressed firmly to the metal and increased his bet size to 15,200. Brown called again. The fifth and final community card brought the into play and Brown instantly checked. Hall checked behind.
"Ace-high," said Brown.
Hall showed and those "snowmen" were good enough to win the pot.
After an open-raise to 4,200 and a call, Will Givens three-bet to 12,000 from the button and received one caller. The flop was checked through and the same applied for the turn.
Once the river completed the board, the opponent check-called 22,000 by Givens and exposed the before mucking his cards to the of Givens.
We didn't catch the action, but the players at the table were able to reconstruct the hand for us. Jason Helder and Jonathan Bodden were heads-up after Bodden called Helder's three-bet preflop. After the flop, Helder bet, Bodden moved all in and Helder made the call.
Helder:
Bodden:
Helder went to looking for a king or seven instead of diamonds, but the board completed and Bodden's flush was bigger. Bodden celebrated loudly after the hand and received a warning from the floor. Bodden is now at about 300,000 and the apparent chip leader.
Wade Woelfel raised from early position and Patrick Curzio flat called from one seat over, the rest of the table folded. On the flop, Woelfel made the continuation bet and Curzio called, Woelfel then check-called the 10,000 of his opponent after the turn.
On the river. Woelfel moved all in for 42,700 and Curzio took his time to reconsider before tossing in the chips. "You got it," Woelfel said and Curzio showed . "We have to see all cards anyways," said the dealer and Woelfel was forced to turn over the before heading to the payout desk.
The very same table features two other big stacks as well.
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and Curzio was chopped down, while Konakchiev is now over 200,000.
. When asked what happened, he politely said, "I am sorry, but I don't want to talk about hands at the table."
and Brown checked again. Hall kept his foot pressed firmly to the metal and increased his bet size to 15,200. Brown called again. The fifth and final community card brought the 
into play and Brown instantly checked. Hall checked behind.
and those "snowmen" were good enough to win the pot.
flop was checked through and the same applied for the 
turn.
river completed the board, the opponent check-called 22,000 by Givens and exposed the 
before mucking his cards to the 
flop, Helder bet, Bodden moved all in and Helder made the call.
turn.
before heading to the payout desk.
