2019 World Series of Poker
Nick Schulman raised to 4,000 in the cutoff and Alex Balandin three-bet to 17,000 from the big blind.
Schulman shoved all in for 55,200, and Balandin called.
Balandin stood pat, and as Schulman deliberated for a little, he eventually decided to pat behind.
Balandin tabled his ![]()
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, and Schulman shook his head and showed his ![]()
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and headed to the rail.
Mike Gorodinsky raised to 4,000 under the gun and Alexander Wilkinson called next to act, as did Jesse Martin from the small blind.
Each player drew one card, and Martin led out for 16,000.
Gorodinsky called leaving himself just 600 behind, and Wilkinson folded.
Gorodinsky tabled his ![]()
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after Martin uttered what sounded like a pair.
Last year's champion Brian Rast has just entered the field and is seated on a table featuring previous winner's of this event John Monnette and Paul Volpe.
Dario Sammartino opened with an under the gun raise, and Justin Gardenhire called in the cutoff.
Paul Volpe moved all in for 17,500, and after the blinds folded, Sammartino re-shoved over the top for roughly 41,000. Gardenhire folded.
Sammartino drew one, and Volpe wrapped pat behind.
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Sammartino was drawing dead and found the
to make a ten-eight to still be second behind Volpe's nine-six.
Larry Wright was all in for 51,700 against Majid Yahyaei.
Yahyaei stood pat and Wright announced one.
Yahyaei immediately tabled his ![]()
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for a number two.
Wright stood there stunned and said he was drawing dead.
"You can't change the number of cards to draw, but you can change which one," needled Jean-Robert Bellande as the whole table erupted in laughter.
Wright tabled his ![]()
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and drew a
, and with him being covered by Yahyaei by a few thousand, Wright hit the rail.