This biggest pot of the tournament thus far has emerged a few moments ago, in the classic No-Limit Hold'em fights. The massive clash resulted in a three-way all-in and a double elimination, provided by Gregory Jamison who is now at the helm with roughly 700,000 chips in front of him.
Jamison himself started the hand with a raise to 13,000 from the hijack. Cutoff, Joseph Couden flatted and big blind Vinicius Collaco squeezed all in for just under 50,000. Jamison quickly reshoved and put Couden in agony as Jamison had him covered.
Couden stood up in disbelief and then sit/stand on his chair. Then he took a pile of his chips and placed them in the middle, causing "wows" from the spectating players at the table. The cards were turned up.
Vinicius Collaco:
Joseph Couden:
Gregory Jamison:
The flop nearly eliminated Collaco from contention but it brought a huge sweat for Couden and Jamison, who were in for a whopping side pot of about a 500,000 size.
Couden's open-ended never arrived as the turn and river both bricked, leaving Jamison's set of jacks winning.
Collaco and Couden were knocked out in the same hand for a same payout, taking $7,684 apiece. Couden started the hand with a bigger stack so he's the higher-ranked player, written down as 11th place finisher.
Ils ne sont plus que 10 en lice à l'issue du Jour 2 de l'Event WSOP #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed qui a rassemblé 472 entrants. Fabrice Soulier et Alexandre Luneau sont respectivement 5e et 7e du classement provisoire et assurés de remporter au moins 10.144$.
Gregory Jamison a éliminé deux joueurs sur la même main en fin de journée pour s'emparer de la tête du classement... un bon présage pour les Français puisque le chipleader n'a jamais gagné aux WSOP, battu par David Benyamine en 2008 sur le Championship Omaha hi-lo en heads-up !
La sortie conjuguée de Vinicius Collaco et Joseph Couden en 11e et 12e position a signifié la fin de journée. Parmi les survivants, Christopher Vitch sera avec Fabsoul l'unique autre joueur à chercher une deuxième victoire aux WSOP.
Daniel Negreanu a en effet échoué dans sa conquête d'un 7e bracelet. Le Canadien s'est arrêté aux trois dernières tables (15e). Un parcours toujours mieux que celui du November Nine et runner-up du Main Event WSOP 2015, Joshua Beckley, bubble-boy du tournoi.
Tom Schneider (22e), Shaun Deeb (26e), Joe Serock (33e), Mike Watson (37e), Stephen Chidwick (38e), Vladimir Shchemelev (39e), Matt Grapenthien (41e), Georgios Sotiropoulos (42e), Chance Kournuth (45e), Naoya Kihara (43e), Jerry Wong (48e), David "ODB" Baker (53e), Jennifer Tilly(58e), Jimmy Fricke(59e) et Sam Grafton (69e) signent une nouvelle place payée sur un tournoi qui reprend à 23 heures, heure française.