On the tail end of a heads-up pot to the J♣J♦2♣10♣10♠ river, Kathrine Brandt checked and her opponent on the button checked it back. Brandt revealed the A♣8♣ for the ace-high flush and that won the pot.
Three players headed to a flop in a three-bet pot which contained a little over 500,000 in the middle already. The flop came 10♠10♥2♠ and the action checked to Scott Berko on the button who bet 215,000. Thomas Larson check-raised to 445,000 and Berko ripped all in. Larson went into the tank for over three minutes with just 900,000 behind and then finally called.
Thomas Larson: 8♥8♦
Scott Berko: A♠K♠
"I knew you had spades!" Larson shouted as he rose from his chair. "Come on baby, hold one time!" Larson crossed his fingers and held them to his lips.
The turn was the 9♦ and Larson's emotions were on full display. The river was the 3♠ and Berko exploded out of his chair as he spiked a flush on the river. Larson's reaction was the opposite as he smacked his chair to the ground before exiting the tournament area.
Frank Cucchiara of Next Gen Poker was on the button in a heads-up pot against Phil Badiola in the big blind.
Badiola checked on the flop of 5♠4♦Q♦ and Cucchiara bet 75,000. Badiola check-raised all in for 485,000 and Cucchiara, who was filming the hand, shuffled some chips before folding.
"I'll tell you later," Badiola said about his holding.
There will be no "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oy! Oy! Oy!" at the final table of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Joe Hachem and Chris Moneymaker both busted early on Day 5, guaranteeing the eventual winner will be a first-time champion.
Tuesday's session began with 441 players, including the two aforementioned previous champs. Moneymaker famously won it in 2003, which helped spark a massive poker boom. Hachem, the Australian poker legend took it down in 2005 when he defeated Steve Dannenmann heads-up.
Steven Jones opened 60,000 in early position and was called by Hilton Lourenco in the cutoff, and Sam Stein on the button. Chris Hak was in the big blind and three-bet to 260,000.
Jones eyed up Hak's stack for ten seconds before releasing his hand, and the rest of the table followed suit.
Jules Dickerson opened to 50,000 from the cutoff and then called with the covering stack after Bernard Muhire moved all in for 465,000 out of the small blind.
Bernard Muhire: K♦J♣
Jules Dickerson: A♣3♦
Muhire was behind but did have two live cards. The 7♠5♠3♣ flop kept Dickerson in the lead, one that he maintained on the 2♣ turn and 6♠ river to bring Muhire's tournament to a close.
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