Tal Avivi raised in early position and the big blind shoved all in for 31,000.
Big blind: K♣J♣
Tal Avivi: Q♥10♥
The board ran out 9♣A♠3♦2♦10♠ and Avivi knocked out another short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000 |
Joel Deutsch raised in late position to 7,000. Raul Torres Jr. in the dealer position decided to three bet to 17,000. With a quick call, both players were headed to a flop.
The flop came A♦6♣10♦, as Deutsch elected to check. Taking no time, Torres Jr. bet 35,000. Deutsch would find a call rather quickly leading to the turn.
A brick in the form of the 3♥ changed little as a second check pushed Torres Jr. to shove all in. Deutsch was quick to call as he flipped over 10x10x having Torres Jr. drawing dead with his A♥Q♣. With both monster stacks clashing, Deutsch soared through the chip ranks with a stack now amassing approximately 420,000 and eliminating Torres Jr. from the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000 |
After a few players folded, Evert Bos raised to 5,000 from middle position. Action folded to former Main Event Champion, Martin Jacobson in the small blind who was the only caller.
They went heads-up to a K♦8♥8♣ flop and action checked through.
The 7♥ turn then checked through and the 3♣ hit the river.
Jacobson took his time before betting almost double the pot to the tune of 25,000.
Bos didn't look excited while putting in the call but was happy to see that his K♥J♠ had Jacobson's K♠10♠ pipped by one.
Bos scooped the pot and is up to a healthy stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
35,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
With all the faces around at the World Series of Poker it's easy to get caught up in the rush without paying much attention to who you are reporting on. This was definitely the case as Quincy Borland, the prior winner of the Mystery Bounty Event, asked "Do you even know who I am?" Although I did not at the time, other players at the table were quick to inform me that he had a history with this event winning it last year. Borland took down last years event to the tune of $750,120, and is hoping to again make it to day two where the bounties kick in.
Having shoved all in from early position, Borland took down the blinds as he showed JxJx allowing him a free pass for that rounds blinds.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
After the flop and turn the board was 10♠10♥3♦5♣. Three players were left to play out the hand.
Action was late position bet out 27,500 and Sonny Sun called the all in and the remaining player folded leaving the two players heads up.
Both players flipped over cards. The initial all in player turned over A♠K♠ and Sun flipped over J♣J♥
River card was 5♠ giving Sonny the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Three players went to the flop which was 3♦J♥6♥ and everyone checked. The turn brought the 7♣ and the big blind bet 6,000 and Peter Johnson called and the small blind came along for the turn.
The river brought the 7♠ and the big blind bet again for 11,000 and Johnson called and the small blind folded.
The big blind held A♦6♦ and Johnson held Q♦J♦ for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,500
82,500
|
82,500 |
Early position begins this hand raising to 4,500, letting a couple players get out of the way before a caller joins the fray. Late position raises 15,000, which allowed Sergei Gurin to four bet to 31,000. With the last player getting out of the way, the original better raised to 80,000 putting Gurin at risk of losing his tournament life. Eventually, he made the call flipping over A♥Q♠ versus the opponents K♣Q♣.
However, the flop of 10♣4♣J♥, put Gurin as the hands underdog going into the turn. Fortunately for him, the turn came the K♠ giving him the nut straight. The river was also a brick as the 2♠ peeled off to double Gurin up. With this pot won, Gurin garnered a stack of 134,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
134,500
134,500
|
134,500 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Early Position opened to 4000 and then the middle position player moved all in for 22,500 the late position called and the original raiser called the flop was 10♥7♠2♦
the first player led 22,500 and the original raiser called all in. The hands were tabled, the first all in short stack showed JxJx the late position player showed A♣5♠ and the last to act original raiser showed 9x9x The Turn was A♠ and the River 2♣ Giardina busted two opponents and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
