Theses chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.
Theses chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
The alleged chip dumping scandal that occurred earlier this week in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker event may have seemed egregious to many poker pros. But the players involved, if they did indeed collude, didn't make it nearly as obvious as the heads-up foes in a 2018 World Poker Tour (WPT) event.
Jesse Yaginuma won the $1,500 Milly Maker on Wednesday for over $1.2 million and an extra $1 million via a promotion from ClubWPT Gold. The bracelet is on hold as the WSOP investigates possible collusion during heads-up play against James Carroll, the runner-up who is to earn $1,012,320.
The remaining 592 players are going on another 15-minute break.
Uri Reichenstein limped under the gun, Behnam Patros called from the next seat, and Amichai Barer called from middle position. Samir Hage raised to 1,500 from the hijack with Krasimir Yankov calling from the cutoff, and Xuedong Li calling from the big blind. Reichenstein called, Patros called, but Barer limp-raised to 10,700. Only Li and Reichenstein called.
Three ways to the 2♠4♥9♣ flop. After two checks Barer bet 28,000 with just a few thousand behind. Li jammed for 60,000, which got Reichenstein to fold. Barer called and the cards were revealed.
Amichai Barer: A♠A♥3♠2♥
Xuedong Li: J♣10♠9♠3♣
Barer had aces but Barer had a lot of outs with two cards to come. The rest of the board came 7♦9♦ and Li won the pot with trips on the river, eliminating Barer.
After just getting hero-called by Tomasz Gluszko in the previous hand, Virgile Turchi was back at it again when he got all of his chips in the middle against Quan Zhou preflop.
Virgile Turchi: A♠A♣4♣4♦
Quan Zhou: A♦K♥7♥2♦
The flop came 7♠6♥2♣ and Zhou flopped two pair to take the lead. The 3♦ on the turn and the 9♣ on the river changed nothing, sending Turchi to the rail.
On the tail end of a K♠5♠4♦J♣7♠ board, Steven Levy bet the pot for 18,600 for nearly his entire remaining stack. Patrik Jaros went deep into the tank and then called, tossing the chips towards the middle of the table already.
Levy tabled the A♠Q♦J♦6♠ for the ace-high flush and essentially doubled.
William Benson reraised the pot and Jonathan Dwek then got his severe short stack into the middle as they tabled their cards.
Jonathan Dwek: A♥K♦9♦4♦
WIliam Benson: K♠K♣Q♣4♥
The 8♠7♥4♣6♦10♦ board kept the pocket kings ahead but Dwek was not leaving instantly. He checked his cards again and said "straight!?" but since two cards need to be used, he only had ace-king high and was eliminated.
Lou Ojeda was first to act from the small blind on a flop of 3♣J♥6♠. He checked, and Sean Troha also checked from the big blind. David Levy bet 3,500 from middle position, which both Ojeda and Troha called.
The 3♠ appeared on the turn and the action checked to Levy again. Levy bet 9,500, which this time got both of his opponents to fold.