A player in middle position opened to 3,500 and action folded around to Arnaud Enselme, who shoved for 14,000 total. His opponent called and a showdown was held.
Arnaud Enselme: A♠Q♠
Opponent: K♥J♥
Enselme held a slight lead, and the 3♠J♦7♠5♠4♥ runout left him best with a flush to score the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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Jason Klapman raised to 3,000 under the gun and was called by Ebony Kenny in the cutoff. Then Mateusz Moolhuizen three-bet to 11,000, before a player in the big blind four-bet to 31,000. Klapman called all in for 29,000, as Kenny and Moolhuzien folded.
Jason Klapman: A♠A♥
Big Blind: K♠K♥
It was the ultimate cooler as Klapman was in great position for a double up. The board ran out 6♠A♦2♥Q♠7♦ to improve Klapman to a set of aces, and secure the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
145,000
14,800
|
14,800 |
|
77,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
Karthik Ramakrishnan was all in for his last 33,000 from the cutoff and up against an opponent in early position.
Karthik Ramakrishnan: J♦J♠
Opponent: 8♣8♦
The board ran out 9♥10♠5♣Q♥4♣ and Ramakrishnan's jacks stayed in the lead to earn him a double up.
A few hands later, a player in the cutoff raised to 4,000 before Ramakrishnan three-bet to 12,000 in the small blind. His opponent then moved all in for 34,000 and Ramakrishnan called.
All-In Player: J♣J♠
Karthik Ramakrishnan: Q♠Q♦
Ramakrishnan was up against jacks this time, but he again had the higher pocket pair as his opponent didn't find any help on the A♦4♦5♥9♠K♠ board. Ramakrishnan took down another pot to send his opponent to the rail and increase his stack past 100,000 in just two hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 |
The cards were all but rushed away as a larger double was sent over to Tobias Matuschek. It appears that the German was all-in with A♦K♣ versus 4♣4♥ and he spiked a king right away on the flop to double.
Assorted counts from nearby tables can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
150,000
112,400
|
112,400 |
|
105,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
45,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Ebony Kenney opened to 3,000 from the hijack and Matthew Higgins called in the big blind.
The flop rolled out 10♦8♣3♠ and Higgins check calls a bet of 2,500 from Kenney.
Both player check the turn 9♦ to the river 6♣ where Higgins checked over to Kenney who moved all in for 29,000 effective which Higgins called to put himself at risk.
Matthew Higgins: Jx10x
Ebony Kenney: A♣7♣
The river had brought Kenney a ten-high straight and she eliminated the six-time WSOPC champion from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
271,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
Busted |
Pei Chen opened the action with a raise to 3,500 from under the gun. Kevin Kanda three-bet to 14,000 from middle position before Chen four-bet to 34,000. Kanda five-bet to 60,000 and Chen moved all in for 169,500. Kanda went into the tank but eventually mucked.
Chen increased his stack dramatically, totaling over 300,000 without having to see a single community card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
309,200
259,500
|
259,500 |
|
|
265,400
239,000
|
239,000 |
Ian O'Hara raised to 3,000 from under the gun and got a call from the player in the cutoff. The big blind then put in a three-bet, and O-Hara four-bet to 24,000. The cutoff folded, and the big blind called.
On the 3♣7♦2♦ flop, the big blind check-folded to O'Hara's 20,000-chip continuation-bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
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The record field of 10,112 players created the highest WSOP Main Event prize pool ever, totalling $94,041,600.
The top 1,517 places will earn at least $15,000, with this year's champion earning $10,000,000 and the WSOP Main Event bracelet.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 | 81-125 | $100,000 |
| 2 | $6,000,000 | 126-134 | $85,000 |
| 3 | $4,000,000 | 135-162 | $70,000 |
| 4 | $3,000,000 | 163-224 | $60,000 |
| 5 | $2,500,000 | 225-287 | $50,000 |
| 6 | $2,000,000 | 288-311 | $45,000 |
| 7 | $1,500,000 | 312-350 | $45,000 |
| 8 | $1,250,000 | 351-413 | $40,000 |
| 9 | $1,000,000 | 414-476 | $37,500 |
| 10-11 | $800,000 | 477-539 | $35,000 |
| 12-13 | $600,000 | 540-602 | $32,500 |
| 14-17 | $450,400 | 603-665 | $30,000 |
| 18-26 | $350,000 | 666-764 | $27,500 |
| 27-35 | $300,000 | 765-863 | $25,000 |
| 36-44 | $250,000 | 864-950 | $22,500 |
| 45-53 | $200,000 | 951-1,008 | $20,000 |
| 54-62 | $160,000 | 1,009-1,250 | $17,500 |
| 63-71 | $140,000 | 1,251-1,517 | $15,000 |
| 72-80 | $120,000 |
Steven Jones called a raise to 3,500 and the small blind then made it 13,000 to go. Only Jones called and did so again for 11,000 on the J♦7♦4♥ flop. His opponent then jammed the K♥ turn for 51,000 and Jones folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
216,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
120,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
|
90,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
240,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
230,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
220,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
185,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
180,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
170,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
150,000 | |
|
135,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
|
95,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
80,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
65,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
52,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
40,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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