Level: 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level: 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Danny Mui raised to 220,000 in early position, John Ramirez announced all in for 760,000 on the button. Mui asked for a count and made the call once the dealer confirmed the amount.
John Ramirez: A♠K♣
Danny Mui: A♦Q♥
The board ran out safe for Ramirez as it came 3♣7♣5♠K♠3♦, and he doubled.
Stephen Ma raised to 200,000 under the gun. The action folded to Daniel Frumkin in the small blind.
Frumkin three-bet all in with his 665,000 chips. Ma made the call.
Daniel Frumkin: K♠K♥
Tianyi Ma: A♦3♦
Frumkin had the lead and kept it through a runout of 3♠10♦2♠J♠5♥ to take more than half of Ma's stack.
Eldon Shirey shoved all-in for 310,000 and Johnnie Moreno called putting Shirey at risk.
Eldon Shirey: 9♠9♥
Johnnie Moreno: A♥10♦
The flop dropping 10♣5♠4♣ immediately pushed Moreno ahead. Shirey's tournament run ended with the Q♣J♥ runout, which didn't help him at all.
Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Sam Zureikat raised to 160,000 from middle position, and Steven Edmonds went all in for 445,000 from the button, Zureikat asked for a count then made the call after the dealer confirmed the amount.
Steven Edmonds: 9♣9♠
Sam Zureikat: A♦5♠
Great run out for Edmonds as the board came 2♣J♠4♥8♥J♦, and he took his chip count to over 1,000,000.
Sam Ruha moved all in from the button for 1,135,000 and Michael St Pierre-Porter called in small blind.
Sam Ruha: 5♥4♥
Michael St Pierre-Porter: A♥K♠
The board ran out A♦5♦3♦8♣4♦ and the river brought two pair to Ruha to double at the expense of St Pierre-Porter.
Alexander Ho raised to 200,000 from middle position. The action moved around to Yifu He in the small blind. He shoved all in for nearly 1,000,000 chips.
Ho made the call.
Yifu He: A♥J♦
Alexander Ho: A♣K♥
The runout 3♠4♥2♦K♠6♥ ended with Ho taking the pot with a pair of kings.
There are many ways to get lucky deep in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event. For one player on Monday in Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em, that way was by accidentally calling an all-in bet.
A crazy hand ensued on Day of a tournament that had 4,100 entrants and was down to 103 players. The payouts at the time were small, with the next elimination taking home just $1,702. But the top two finishers will receive a six-figure payout, so winning all ins at that point were valuable.
Douglas Cowell, however, ended up losing his stack during the barely-better-than-a-min-cash phase of the tournament, all because of a mistake his opponent, Scott Coyle, made.
Danny Mui opened to 160,000 and Jonathan Etnyre in the big blind called to see a flop.
The flop came 10♦A♥10♥ which both players checked. After action checked to him, Mui fired 100,000 which was enough to take the pot down.