"PokerHue" raised to 700 from the cutoff, Hisham "cherrygarcia" Salama called from the button, "YourNighmare" three-bet to 3,697. Both opponents called.
The flop came the . Salama and PokerHue checked to the turn which came the . Both players checked again.
The river was the . PokerHue moved all in for 7,341 and Salama folded.
PokerHue revealed quads the , which cracked the of YourNighmare, who re-bought.
A series of preflop raises saw "ShrugofAtlas" jam their 18,490 stack in the middle from the big blind Mark "Bansman" Bansemer calle doff his 9,650 stack on the button.
"ShrugofAtlas":
Mark "Bansman" Bansemer:
Bansemer was behind needing to pair either of his two over cards but neither showed on the runout and he re-entered the tournament.
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A series of preflop raises saw "Bballind10" jam their 14,350 stack in the middle from the hijack and Daniel "BanaCreamPie" Buzgon called from the small blind.
"Bballind10":
Daniel "BanaCreamPie" Buzgon:
Both players held a made hand but Buzgon's was better and the runout secured him the pot.
No stage in poker stood as a bigger goal for a tournament player than the final table of the WSOP Main Event. For years, that meant going to sleep knowing you had the chance of a lifetime, to go down in poker history in the next few days as the cameras captured your every bet, raise and fold.
All of that changed in 2008.
The year after Jerry Yang's Main Event victory was broadcast to all on ESPN's standard tape delay, organizers made a decision to try to increase the excitement and anticipation around the final table: after the final nine was reached, play would be paused. At that point, everyone left would go home with 9th-place money and the players would reconvene a few months later to play out the final table on a short tape delay.
That lasted until 2016, and this is the history of the November (and October) Nines.