Take 15
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Players are on a 15-minute break.
Joseph Liberta was in the tank in early position when we arrived at his table. The completed board of had already been dealt and Ryan Hughes piled in enough to put Liberta all in, about 90,000. The pot was in excess of 100,000 and Liberta apologized to his tablemates and told them he needed only another minute. After about 15 more seconds, he called.
Hughes opened and Liberta turned over for trips.
Former chip leader Hughes has been reduced to a nub.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Liberta |
290,000
218,100
|
218,100 |
Ryan Hughes |
38,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
|
Connor Drinan was in the big blind and he stuffed all his 74,500 chips into the middle preflop, facing off against Eric Rabl who was in an early position.
Drinan:
Rabl:
The dealer spread out a board of , giving Drinan two pair. Rabl had a flush draw on the turn but he couldn't get there and Drinan doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Rabl |
285,000
-107,000
|
-107,000 |
Connor Drinan |
170,000
109,500
|
109,500 |
|
Loren Klein made it 8,000 in the middle position and Eric Wasserson raised to 31,000 in the hijack. Klein called and they saw the hit the felt. Klein let Wasserson continue for 15,000 and then check-raised to 34,000.
Wasserson spent over a minute thinking and then slid in a pile of chips, covering Klein's remaining stack. Klein called right away.
Both players had ace-king in their hands and the and river changed nothing so they chopped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Wasserson |
350,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Loren Klein |
150,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
With on the felt, Will Failla bet 15,000 from under the gun, about the size of the pot. Carol Fuchs called in the big blind. The river was the and Fuchs checked. Failla bet 30,000 and Fuchs thought about 30 seconds and called.
Failla knuckled the table and Fuchs showed for a low flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carol Fuchs |
160,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
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Will Failla |
22,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
Danny Wong bet 38,500 on and Andre Nyffeler was in the tank. Finally, he decided to jam for about 110,000 but Wong beat him into the pot with for top set. Nyffeler didn't have an out in the deck with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Danny Wong |
500,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
|
||
Andre Nyffeler | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rep Porter |
495,000
361,500
|
361,500 |
|
||
Mack Lee |
390,000
113,200
|
113,200 |
Tom Cannuli |
284,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
Alex Rocha |
270,000
160,300
|
160,300 |
Brandon Shack-Harris |
208,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
||
Dario Sammartino |
180,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Ramin Hajiyev |
170,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Ardit Kurshumi |
160,500
-55,300
|
-55,300 |
Tim Marsters |
140,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
Michael Kamran |
125,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
Will Failla | 83,000 | |
Todd Brunson | Busted | |
|
Several minutes into Max Lehmanski's decision on the river of the board, another player on his table called a clock.
Lehmanski was in a tough spot, sitting on the button and facing an all-in river-bet from small blind Majid Yahyaei. There was over 100,000 in the middle and Lehmanski had 107,500 left.
He eventually made the call for all his chips and Yahyaei turned up for a nut straight. Lehmanski, however, rolled over for sixes full and raked in the massive pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Max Lehmanski |
360,000
313,100
|
313,100 |
Majid Yahyaei |
105,000
-305,000
|
-305,000 |
On a flop of , both blinds checked to the cutoff, who bet 20,500. Igor Yaroshevskyy called in the small blind before Scotty Nguyen jammed in the big. It was 84,000 more and the cutoff repotted to chase Yaroshevskyy out.
Nguyen had flopped a set with and was facing clubs and jacks against . It was a short sweat as the turn gave Nguyen a boat and the river kept it best.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scotty Nguyen |
267,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
|
||
Igor Yaroshevskyy |
230,000
-5,200
|
-5,200 |
We catch up with actor, comedian, and of course, poker player Norm Macdonald at the 2018 World Series of Poker.