After grinding a short stack at the start of Day 2, defending champion Anthony Zinno was seen leaving the tournament floor, meaning a new champion will be crowned Sunday.
After grinding a short stack at the start of Day 2, defending champion Anthony Zinno was seen leaving the tournament floor, meaning a new champion will be crowned Sunday.
Level: 12
Ante: 1,000
Bring-In: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000/10,000
The players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
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Action arrived on sixth street. Randy Ohel bet with the lead, Dario Sammartino raised to 16,000 and Ohel called.
Ohel checked seventh street and Sammartino checked also after a few moments of thought.
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full house, which indeed was the winner as Sammartino mucked.
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Kevin Gerhart Just alerted the PokerNews reporting team to a hand that's seen him rocket into the chip lead, sending Peter Gelencser home and putting Hasan Kural on a short stack.
Gerhart says he began with rolled-up fives and was able to get three bets in four-ways on third street, another bet on fourth, then get a raise in on fifth street as the big bets started, with each of his opponents sticking around to face another bet on sixth.
Finally on seventh street with Gerhart still betting, all three of his opponents folded and he earned a huge pot to put him into the chip lead.
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folded fourth street
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folded sixth street
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Action was four ways on fourth street, where Phil Ivey departed from the hand as the other three players committed chips.
Jake Schwartz made a pair of kings on fifth street and led for 8,000. Thomas Taylor raised to 16,000. Brian Rast took his time and thought for quite a while before calling the raise, Schwartz called also.
Schwartz bet 8,000 again on sixth street and again Taylor raised to 16,000. Rast thought again but this time he folded, Schwartz called again.
Schwartz checked seventh street, Taylor bet 8,000 which was for the last 8,000 Schwartz had left. Schwartz thought for about 20 seconds before he tossed in his last chips. Taylor tabled ![]()
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for trip queens. Schwartz flashed his down cards quickly, with only the
being clearly visible and he walked away as he was eliminated.
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After Bertrand Grospelier and Vasili Lazarou folded on fifth street, Cary Katz and Chris Tryba were left heads up after Tryba bet fifth and Katz called.
On sixth street, Tryba continued betting with three spades and a pair of fives and Katz again called now showing four to Broadway.
Action slowed with a pair of checks on seventh street and Katz announced "three pair" and showed pairs of kings, queens, and jacks, with the kings and queens playing for two pair to take down the hand.
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folded fifth street
From fourth street through sixth street, Ian O'Hara led the betting each time. Anthony Zinno folded fifth street and Gaspard called until O'Hara was all in on sixth street.
O'Hara's lead held as Gaspard could not improve his buried threes and O'Hara gathered in critical pot to stay in the hunt.
Elsewhere, Maxx Coleman was eliminated.
With a total of 95 entrants in the field, a prize pool of $885,875 has been announced.
The final 15 players will receive at least $16,170, with the winner receiving $248,254 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
| Place | Prize |
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| 1 | $248,254 |
| 2 | $153,433 |
| 3 | $108,233 |
| 4 | $78,348 |
| 5 | $58,239 |
| 6 | $44,487 |
| 7 | $34,949 |
| 8 | $28,258 |
| 9 | $23,536 |
| 10-11 | $20,213 |
| 12-13 | $17,686 |
| 14-15 | $16,170 |
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Action was on sixth street. Jack McClelland check-raised Brian Rast's bet of 8,000 to 16,000. Rast contemplated the raise for a while as McClelland had queens showing and left himself with only 11,000 behind following the raise. After about a minute of thought, Rast tossed his cards into the muck and McClelland got the boost to his stack.