McCullough - Main Event Rookie
Before start time today, we tracked down Matthew McCullough, who began the day as chip leader. We talked to Matthew about winning his seat online at Bodog and having never played in a tournament with a buy-in larger than $500.
Oyvind Riisem has the button in Seat 2. Johannes Korsar raises to 51,000 and Riisem calls. The flop is . Korsar checks, Riisem bets 80,000, and Korsar calls. The turn is the and both players check. The river is the . Korsar bets 115,000, Riisem folds, and Korsar wins the pot.
Dominic Kay has the button in Seat 5. Johannes Korsar raises to 52,000, John Tabatabai calls, Matthew McCullough calls from the small blind, and Magnus Persson moves all in from the big blind. Korsar folds, Tabatabai folds, McCullough shows pocket sixes and folds. Persson wins the pot.
James Keys will be back next year and the year after that too
The good people at Betfair have put on a brilliant players lounge for all their players with everything one could ask for. Also for our final table players, as a congratulations and a thank you for wearing their shirts, it looks like they are going to get bought into the next two WSOPE events.
Which, assuming the buy-in is still £10,000 is not a bad £20k pay day for wearing a Betfair shirt.