Bernard "Dogger99" Lee raised to 725 from under the gun and Charles "OPEN_RANGE" Hopkins three-bet to 1,810 from middle positon. Action folded back to Lee and he called to see a flop.
Lee check-called a bet of 1,870 and then action went check-check on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Lee bet 7,175 and Hopkins called.
Lee tabled the for the straight and Hopkins mucked.
Melisa "NJ_Melisa" Singh raised to 700 from under the gun and had four callers that saw a flop.
Action was checked to Singh who continued for 1,960 and Thomas "Zebra_Debra" Sabatino called from the next seat over as did "brett748" from the button.
Once the appeared on the turn, Singh led out for 4,900 and "brett748" called to see the complete the board on the river.
Both players checked and Singh rolled over to win the pot.
No stage in poker stood as a bigger goal for a tournament player than the final table of the WSOP Main Event. For years, that meant going to sleep knowing you had the chance of a lifetime, to go down in poker history in the next few days as the cameras captured your every bet, raise and fold.
All of that changed in 2008.
The year after Jerry Yang's Main Event victory was broadcast to all on ESPN's standard tape delay, organizers made a decision to try to increase the excitement and anticipation around the final table: after the final nine was reached, play would be paused. At that point, everyone left would go home with 9th-place money and the players would reconvene a few months later to play out the final table on a short tape delay.
That lasted until 2016, and this is the history of the November (and October) Nines.
Through 28 of 31 bracelet events on WSOP.com, 40,586 entrants have participated and $23,108,065 in prize money has been awarded. While thousands of players have cashed, some have won more money than others. Below is a look at the Top 20 money earners in the series up to this point.
Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen raised to 420 under the gun, Ted "dobyg" Gillis called from the cutoff and Jeff "MahaKala108" Gross three-bet to 2m125 from the big blind.
Madsen was the only caller to see the flop appear and Gross continued for 1,555, Madsen called.
Once the flipped over on the turn, Gross fired out 2,750 and Madsen called to see the complete the board on the river.
Gross slowed down and checked to Madsen who fired out 6,290. Gross called only to muck his hand after seeing Madsen turned two-pair to win the pot.