The bubble has burst. All remaining players are in the money. One of the first players to receive a payout ticket was Kristen Doyle a.k.a. Poker Princess.
The bubble has burst. All remaining players are in the money. One of the first players to receive a payout ticket was Kristen Doyle a.k.a. Poker Princess.
The last hand brought no elimination, so the hand-for-hand continues. One of the short stacks doubled with jacks against ace-king. An ace appeared on the flop but the player at risk was rescued by a jack on the river.
There are 186 players left after the first hand of the hand-for-hand mode. The tournament is now searching the last unlucky casualty.
Niveau: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
The tournament screens show 187 players left and the floor staff informed players about the beginning of a hand-for-hand play.
Alex Keating won't be playing the first bunch of hands as he received a three-hand penalty after some unspecified arguing with the tournament staff.
Louis Russo just made an excellent call on the river calling preflop in the blind with Ten-Seven and busting an opponent who barreled three streets.
That gave Russo another pot to his huge pile of chips close to 500,000.
Todd Brunson was down to his last 40,500 and he moved them in play from the second position, causing a chain reaction.
Next to Brunson, [Removed:532] called. A player who was next to act reshoved for about 130,000 or so, and his left-handed opponent called all-in for roughly 25,000. The avalanche finally stopped at [Removed:550], who released his hand, leaving a free money to compete for.
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confirmed his victory. The player with the ace-queen departed.
There was an open for 20,000 before Josh Mancuso moved all in. Another player with a big stack moved all in behind him and the original raiser folded.
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The player with Kings pumped his fist in mini-celebration as he hit top set.
The turn was the
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Mancuso pointed to his ten of spades as the board went runner-runner flush to bust his opponent.
“Oh my fucking God.” said the defeated player as he left. No one demurred.
Niveau: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Eric Baldwin, WSOP bracelet owner whose live tournament résumé boasts cashes worth $5.2 million, is on his way to add another notch. He's sitting on a very healthy 309,000 with the bubble looming.