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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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