Action folded to a player in the cutoff and he raised to 400. John Dolan was in the small blind and three-bet to 1,350. Marsel Backa was in the big blind and four-bet to 2,750. The original raiser folded and Dolan moved all in. Backa snap-called with 7,825 total and tabled . Dolan showed and had Backa covered by 1,750.
The board ran out and was no help to Dolan who is now very short stacked and needing to make a big comeback.
Marsel Backa has had a lot of success in tournaments around the United States with five $20K+ wins and over $400,000 in recorded live tournament earnings.
David "Dragon" Pham has entered the field and is fresh off of his win in the 2017 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event #12) for $391,960.
Pham has 3 WSOP bracelets, 47 WSOP cashes and over $2.2 million in WSOP earnings. He is the cousin of Men "The Master" Nguyen and is a master of his craft. Look out for this champion throughout the day.
Greg "Fossilman" Raymer is the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. Raymer defeated David Williams heads up for the Main Event title. He is known for wearing his trademark holographic glasses at the poker table and his witty banter. Raymer is a patent attorney and is married with one child. The nickname "Fossilman" comes from Raymer's hobby collecting fossils and his use of them as card protectors. He has over $6.6 million in career WSOP earnings and over $7.6 million in live recorded tournament earnings.
. Dolan showed 
and had Backa covered by 1,750.
and was no help to Dolan who is now very short stacked and needing to make a big comeback. 
