With approximately 40,000 already in the pot and a board of , Jack Wu bet 13,000 and was met with an all-in shove from Andy Philachack for approximately 30,000 total. Despite getting nearly 5-to-1 on his money, Wu decided a chip saved was better than a chip lost and let his hand go.
Philachack, who took second to Doug Polk earlier this summer in Event #23: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em, moved up to 83,000 in chips after the hand.
With around 10,000 in the middle and a board of , Griffin Benger's opponent checked, Benger fired out 5,100, and his opponent called. The hit on the river and Benger set his sights on the pot firing two orange bullets, equalling 10,000. His opponent folded quickly and Benger was pushed the pot.
Artem Litvinov is a creative and aggressive player from Russia and a regular on the High Roller circuit in Europe. He has a healthy stack of 142,000 and will be likely to get involved in a lot of pots in an attempt to outplay his opponents.
Just Litvinov watched a player open from early position to 1,100, then the player next to him raise to 2,600. It folded to Litvinov in the small blind who called the reraise, and the original raiser called as well the call in the small blind. The flop then came , and when the original raiser moved all in he picked up the pot.
On the next hand there was a raise to 1,100 and Litvinov made it 3,075 from the button. He was four-bet to 6,000, and Litvinov decided to make the call. The flop came and Litvinov's opponent 9,000. He studied his opponent for a few moments before releasing his hand.
According to the WSOP, ESPN's coverage of the 2014 World Series of Poker from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas begins this year on Tuesday, July 29 with the $1 million buy-in Big One for ONE DROP charity tournament. For three consecutive weeks (July 29, August 5, and August 12), the WSOP on ESPN will air on Tuesday nights from 8-10 p.m. ET with Big One coverage.
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Former New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Richard Seymour raised to 1,100 in the hijack and was called by three players, including Raj Vohra on the button.
The flop fell and all three players checked to Vohra who bet 3,000. Action folded to Seymour who shoved for about 23,700, sending Vohra into the tank for about 45 seconds before he called.
Seymour:
Vohra:
Seymour had the better trip aces with his jack kicker and maintained the advantage through the turn. But the landed on the river to give Vohra aces full of sevens and eliminate Seymour.
Victor Ramdin’s Main Event is over. He moved all in on a king-high flop with two hearts holding . His opponent, Badei Khoury from Newport Beach, called him with .
Ramdin added a gut-shot straight draw on the turn, but the river bricked out to felt him.