Raymond Henson went all-in from the hijack on the river with a board of 10♥7♦9♥2♠J♦. Bernard Vu made the call in the big blind.
Raymond Henson: A♠Q♠J♥9♠
Bernard Vu: A♦A♥K♥8♥
Henson took down the pot with two pair, jacks and nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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82,700
82,700
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82,700 |
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11,700
11,700
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11,700 |
Kanit nearly double stack after only registering an hour ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000 | |
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Action was picked up as Jose Barbero was all in against Erik Friberg on a flop of K♦8♦9♥.
Nacho Barbero: K♥J♦10♦7♥
Erik Friberg: A♦Q♦J♥3♥
Great turn for Barbero on Q♣ as that gave him a straight and he held on the J♣ river, and he scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
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Martin Kabrhel sat down at his table and said "I plan on busting first hand, and everyone is happy".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
|
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Puk Nabuurs went all-in on the turn, raising Gerald Fu's bet from the cutoff on a board of 8♥6♣3♠A♣.
Puk Nabuurs: A♥J♠8♠7♥
Gerald Fu: 7♣7♠5♣5♠
Nabuurs' two pair was good until the 4♠ landed on the river to give Fu the straight and more chips to his already major stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
293,000
114,600
|
114,600 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,400 | |
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26,300 | |
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24,500 | |
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23,100 | |
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21,700 | |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Oren Haziza announced before the flop that if he won that hand, he would go on to win the tournament.
The flop came A♥4♠8♠ and Haziza, who was the big blind, immediately declared his impending victory with a pot-sized bet. Antoine Sankari, a nonbeliever in his Canadian countryman, called from the cutoff.
The turn was the K♣ and Haziza went all in with his final 17,500 chips. Sankari, hesitated for a bit, but eventually made the call.
Oren Haziza: J♣8♣4♣3♥
Antoine Sankari: K♥7♣6♥5♣
The river 3♦ didn't affect the hand, as Haziza doubled up with two pair, eights and fours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,800
54,800
|
54,800 |
|
34,200
34,200
|
34,200 |
Evan Haskell raised to 4,200 under the gun, Ren Lin called on the button, and Elliott Kampen called in the big blind.
The flop came 2♦9♠A♥, Haskell fired out a bet of 3,500, Lin called but Kampen asked Haskell "how much you playing?", Haskell replied with "about starting stack", and Kampen raised to 20,000. Both Lin and Haskell snap-folded.
Kampen tabled A♦J♣9♦6♣, for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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141,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
135,000
135,000
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135,000 |
|
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|
16,300
16,300
|
16,300 |
What. Just. Happened?
That’s what everyone at the WSOP Main Event feature table must’ve been asking after witnessing the biggest pot of the tournament so far in what was an absolutely wild hand that’s destined for future WSOP highlight reels.
Jeremy Kottler, an American player with over $2.5 million in live earnings, pulled the trigger on an audacious king-high bluff on Day 5 of poker's World Championship. Unfortunately for him, Yuchen Chen was holding fives full of jacks and made the call for his tournament life after spending some time in the tank.
The 4.55 million chip pot (152 big blinds) shipped Chen’s way, leaving the table and everyone else stunned. This is one hand you’ll want to read again and again.
