John Racener opened to 1,300 in early position and Marek Tatar three-bet to 3,000 one seat over. Vivian Saliba was behind Tatar and cold-called the three-bet.
In the blinds, Robert Wilke snap-shoved 14,300, Racener snap-mucked, and Tatar reshoved for 24,000. Saliba took around twenty seconds before committing the calling chips.
Robert Wilke:
Marek Tatar:
Vivian Saliba:
The dealer spread out an all-diamond flop of , which left Wilke drawing dead right away. Tatar had flopped a flush with his nine-six, while Saliba needed the board to pair to win. The on the turn and on the river kept Tatar in front and he nearly tripled up.
John Racener, one of the top contenders in the WSOP Player of the Year race, has entered the Little One for One Drop. Racener will keep a close eye on the final table of Event #7: €1,650 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, where POTY leader Chris Ferguson is one of the finalists.
With the board reading , Ben Farrell bet 1,500 and got a call from his opponent. On the river, Farrell shoved 7,450 and his opponent got out of the way.
Raoul Refos raised to 800 from the cutoff, Viliyan Petleshkov three-bet to 2,300 on the button and Refos called. Both players checked the flop. On the turn, Refos check-called 1,800 from Petleshkov.
The river was the and Petleshkov bet 5,500. Refos check-called again but had to muck when the Bulgarian showed for trips.
Petleshkov just missed out on a bracelet earlier this WSOPE, after finishing 2nd behind Oleksandr Shcherbak in the MONSTER STACK opening event.