The player in the small blind raised to 450 and Sander van Wesemael, sitting in the big blind, called.
The flop came , the small blind bet 450 and Van Wesemael called.
The turn brought them the on which they both checked. The on the river completed the board. The small blind fired another 450 but Van Wesemael raised to 2,400. His opponent quickly folded.
Yesterday, Ben Farrell fired three bullets in this event to no avail. Not one to easily back down, the Brit is back at it today to try his luck for the fourth time. Farrell is off to a good start as he just knocked out a player.
Farrell's opponent was already down to 11 big blinds and committed those with . Farrell looked him up with and caught both an ace and a backdoor flush to send his opponent to the rail.
Marcel Luske was sitting with an above average stack in front of him and he told the team what had happened.
"Someone raised to 400 and the player in the hijack three-bet to 1,300. I decided to flat with pocket nines. The initial raiser also called. The flop came three-six-eight, the first guy checked, the hijack bet 2,000, I raise to 7,000. The first guy folded, the hijack tank-shoved and I also went all in. He had queens for an overpair. The turn and the river were both nines so I had quads!"
Maria Ho has sat down in the Little One for One Drop. The American professional, with over two million dollar in career live earnings, had her best ever performance at the 42nd World Series of Poker where she finished 2nd in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em and cashed $540,020.