Alex Livingston: XxXx / 4x4x4x3x / Xx
Daniel Negreanu: XxXx / 3x8xQxQx / Xx
Alex Livingston and Daniel Negreanu went heads up to fourth street where Negreanu bet and Livingston called. On fifth, Negreanu bet again, and Livingston called despite showing a third four, saying, "You might need one," in reference to his fours. On sixth, Livingston led and Negreanu called. Both players checked seventh before Negreanu showed that he had a four of his own with 7x5x4x for an eight-seven. Livingston mucked.
John Monnette: XxXx/7xAxJx
George Alexander: XxXx/5x9x6x
Ben Lamb: XxXx/KxAxQx - folded on fifth place
John Monnette completed and George Alexander and Ben Lamb called.
Monnette bet on fourth street and both opponents called. Alexander then opened the betting on fifth, Lamb folded, while Monnette called for his last chips.
Alexander finished with 8xQxQxAx for 9-8-6-5-A, while Monnette had 2x3x2x showing by seventh. He caught a 10x on seventh and couldn't beat Alexander's 9-8 as Monnette was sent to the rail.
Ismael Bojang: XxXx / 7xAxJx3x / Xx
Nick Schulman: XxXx / 10x10x~folded on fourth street
John Monnette: XxXx / 8xQx7x6x / Xx
Action was picked up on fourth street where Bojang bet, Schulman folded, and Monnette called. On fifth, Bojang check-called a bet. Both players checked sixth street. On seventh, Bojang checked, Monnette bet, and Bojang instantly check-raised. Monnette had a somewhat surprised expression, but he flicked in the call.
Bojang revealed Kx5x4x for a seven-five and Monnette mucked.
Earlier this year on an ordinary Monday afternoon, a bespectacled man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Blvd. Tucked under his arm was an uninteresting box that only he knew contained something rather interesting – a pair of gold watches dating back more than 40 years.
These were not your run-of-the-mill wristwear, but rather evidence of a unique and often overlooked time of poker history, a year when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, now the game’s highest accolade, was replaced in favor of watches.
1982 WSOP watches
The man holding the box was David Sklansky, who in 1978 forever changed poker by advocating a mathematical approach to the game in his groundbreaking book The Theory of Poker. Nicknamed “The Mathematician,” he proved his prowess just four years later when he won two WSOP tournaments in five days.
First, he won the 1982 WSOP Event #7: $800 Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud, a tournament that paired one man with one woman, alongside Dani Kelly, and followed that up by taking down Event #12: $1,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High. A year later, the Binions reverted back to the beloved bracelets players know today, and Sklansky captured his third piece of WSOP hardware by winning Event #11: $1,000 Limit Omaha.
It was a remarkable accomplishment, and for more than four decades he’s kept safe the evidence of his victories, both of which still worked. So, why was Sklansky carrying his 1982 WSOP gold watches, two of only 15 ever awarded, into a pawn shop? Well, he was looking to sell them of course, but not to just any of the dozens of pawn shops spread across Las Vegas. Oh no, he was walking into arguably the most famous pawn shop in the world, the home to the wildly popular television show Pawn Stars, and he was there to do it with cameras rolling.
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