Angela Jordison raised to 40,000 from the cutoff with beofre Ali Imsirovic three-bet to 100,000 from the button with . Abdullah Alshanti jammed for 455,000 from the big blind. Imsirovic called.
The sevens were still good on the flop and even better on the turn. The completed the board and Alshanti found himself with nearly one million chips.
As recounted by Joe Altman, four players went to a flop, including an early position player, Toby Lewis in the cutoff, a button player, and Altman in the big blind.
The flop was checked to the turn. The early position player bet 55,000, Lewis called, the button called, and Altman raised to 200,000. Only Lewis continued to the river.
The completed the board and Altman bet 350,000. Lewis moved all in for around 1,000,000, and Altman called.
Lewis had , but it was no good against Altman's flopped quads, and Lewis' Main Event run came to an end as a result of the massive cooler.
Zilong Zhang three-bet to 145,000 from the small blind after Abdullah Alshanti opened from the hijack. Alshanti called the raise.
Zhang, with , bet 85,000 on the flop and Alshanti called with his . The came on the turn and Zhang fired a second barrel of 185,000. Again, Alshanti called.
The river paired the board, giving both players the same best five-card hand. Zhang not content with sharing the pot added an extra 575,000 to the pot. Alshanti and Zhang had been at the same table for most of Day 4 and began the table chat.
"You never have a seven or an ace," chimed Zhang.
"Why are you so confident? Stop talking," Alshanti joked. The pair had developed a good rapport throughout the day.
Alshanti had seen Zhang show many bluffs throughout, but Alshanti was convinced Zhang had it this time around.
"This is so sick man," Alshanti continued.
Zhang tried to a few more lines but Alshanti took a stand and called to receive half of the pot.
Stuart Ruff opened to 50,000 from early position with . Dan Smith, also had a premium as he was holding the . The 2020 $25K Heads-Up bracelet winner made it 175,000 from the hijack.
Ruff wasted little time before four-betting to 525,000. Smith put in the call to build the pot to 1,100,000.
The flop prompted Ruff to jam for 955,000 and Smith was in an uncomfortable position with his overpair. He asked for a count before calling.
Ruff would catapult up the leaderboard as the turn and river confirmed his double up. Smith on the other hand was left with less than 20 big blinds.
The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 40,000 and Alejandro Lococo three-bet to 140,000 from the early position. Farah Galfond immediately four-bet shoved from the hijack when it was her turn. The action folded back to the initial raiser who folded. Lococo asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Galfond had 630,000 behind. Lococo took some time and then made the call with the bigger stack.
Farah Galfond:
Alejandro Lococo:
The flop came for Lococo to hit a set immediately but Galfond picked up the gutshot to a straight.
The turn was the which didn't help her and neither did the on the river as she busted just before the remaining players could bag up their chips for Day 5 of the Main Event.
Le Jour 4 s'est déroulé dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi à Las Vegas et le field s'est réduit à 380 survivants après 5 niveaux de deux heures supplémentaires. L'Event #70 des World Series Of Poker à 10 000$ rentre dans sa partie décisive, celle où les joueurs vont commencer à se partager 80,7 millions de dollars.
Les 1 299 participants du Jour 4 étaient assurés de 15 000$, leur ticket pour le Day 5 leur garantit 36 000$. Une paille par rapport au premier prix de 10 millions de dollars mais déjà une belle récompense après avoir survécu plus longtemps que près de 8000 concurrents!
L'Américain Taylor von Kriegenbergh a emballé 5,3 millions de jetons, il devance son compatriote Dan Colpoys (4,8 millions) et le Belge Johan Schumacher (4,6 millions). Le leader à l'entame du Day 3, Aaron Mermelstein n'est pas loin avec presque 4,3 millions.
Place
Joueur
Pays
Chips
Blindes
1
Tyler von Kriegenbergh
United States
5,305,000
212
2
Dan Colpoys
United States
4,835,000
193
3
Johan Schumacher
Belgium
4,600,000
184
4
Aaron Mermelstein
United States
4,285,000
171
5
Victor Li
Canada
4,200,000
168
6
Rafael Mota
Brazil
4,050,000
162
7
Carlos Leiva
Australia
3,860,000
154
8
Shelby Wells
United States
3,840,000
154
9
Jorge Hou
Paraguay
3,800,000
152
10
Dingxiang Ong
Singapore
3,630,000
145
Au moins 18 Français seront au Jour 5 la nuit prochaine. Karim Rebei emmène les tricolores avec 3,3 millions alors que Pierre de Almeida, Fabrice Bigot, Maxime Chilaud, Serge Chechin, Matteo Cavalier, Igor d'Ursel, Florian Guimond, Levy Tzur, Antoine Lapeyre, Benjamin Constant, Micka Guenni et le finaliste du Main Event Antoine Labat ont tous emballé plus d'un million de jetons.
Alexandre Girardin, Mathieu His, la Team Pro Winamax Gaëlle Baumann, Lois Dufouleur, le joueur PMU Quentin Guivarch et Sarah Herzali ont tous encore le droit de rêver aussi !
Le songe d'un improbable doublé est aussi encore vivace pour deux anciens vainqueurs. L'Argentin Damian Salas (2,355,000) et le tenant du titre allemand Koray Aldemir (1,285,000) sont toujours dans le coup au contraire de Ryan Riess, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Merson et John Cynn tous éliminés lors du Day 4.
Le double vainqueur WSOP Yuliyan Kolev (3,500,000), Alex Keating (3,000,000) et l'Argentin Alejandro Lococo (7e de la dernière édition) sont encore là tout comme Jack Schindler, Dan Smith, Almedin Imsirovic, Brian Rast ou Chanracy Khun.
Ca passe aussi pour Loni Hui (1,9 millions) et Gaelle Baumann (665,000). "Je me sens plutôt bien, j'ai eu une journée fantastique, je suis montée à 1,7 million, j'ai changé de table et cela a été la grosse descente. Je termine avec moins mais je reviens avec 30 blindes, je vais me battre. Un bon petit déjeuner demain matin et une bonne nuit de sommeil", Gaëlle Baumann veut y croire !
Le champion WSOP Espen Jorstad (1,3 million) est toujours dans le coup aussi alors qu'Adrian Mateos, David Peters, Upeshka De Silva, Benny Glaser, Phillip Hui, Robert Mizrachi et Mike Matusow sont déjà à la maison. Bien placé, Matusow a craqué à l'ancienne !
Il ne sera pas là lundi soir pour tenter d'arracher un ticket pour le Jour 6. One time !