Joshua Robertson got his last 150,000 into the middle and Cary Katz put him at risk.
Joshua Robertson:
Cary Katz:
The board ran out and Robertson got what he needed on the river to earn the double with a pair of aces.
Elsewhere in the room, Brock Wilson was seen gathering the chips of Joseph Marchal. Wilson had showing as Marchal gathered his things and made his way to the payout desk.
Pavel Plesuv raised for Jake Daniels to tank while glancing up to the clock before opting to shove which Plesuv quickly called.
Jake Daniels:
Pavel Plesuv:
The board ran out for Plesuv to turn the pair of queens to eliminate Daniels.
"I just lost so much money!" he said with some despair in his voice. "I had a side bet for 50k, I needed 29th!"
The floor came over to hand him his payout ticket and then he saw he got 29th place. He jumped in the air to celebrate and then explained to some of the players that he needed 29th place as he had a $50k bet that he would reach the $3 million mark by the end of the series and that 29th place would get him to $3.1 million." He smiled and seemed giddy.
"Never seen a guy that happy after busting," a player commented.
Jerry Wong raised to 30,000 from the button and Aaron Kupin three-bet to 120,000 from the big blind which Wong called.
The flop came , Kupin continued with a bet of 65,000 for Wong to raise it up to 180,000 and Kupin called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Kupin fired a bet of 175,000 for Wong to confirm the amount with the dealer before taking some time to consider his options. In the end, Wong opted to fold.
Pavel Plesuv raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Romain Lewis defended his big blind.
The flop came , Lewis bet 30,000 for Plesuv to raise to 70,000. Lewis reraised to 135,000 and Plesuv called.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Lewis min-bet 30,000 for Plesuv to fire a raise of 330,000 out. Lewis tanked for a while and then called but mucked when Plesuv tabled the for the flush.
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Ron “The Carolina Express” Stanley, 70, was one of the most feared players in the game. In fact, he even went toe-to-toe with the legendary Stu Ungar at the final table of the 1997 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was there that Stanley donned a tuxedo while playing in the intense Las Vegas heat on Fremont Street.
Stanley, who has been playing poker for a living for “at least 50 years,” was recently spotted at the 2022 WSOP and was kind enough to chat with PokerNews.
“My dad used to play poker and he’d take me to the games when I was a kid,” he said about how he learned poker in the first place. “I was watching and it got pretty interesting. He was pretty good at it and I picked it up from him. It’s in my blood I guess.”
While he hasn’t had any major tournament scores since before the Poker Boom, Stanley is still on the grind.
“I play poker 5-6 days a week at least, mostly cash games,” he said. “In Vegas, I mostly play at South Point, but I’ve been in South Carolina for six months playing a lot of home games.”