Joris Ruijs raised it up from under the gun and Niclas Thumm shipped all in for 1,270,000 from the big blind. Ruijs quickly called and the cards were face up.
Niclas Thumm:
Joris Ruijs:
The board ran out and Thumm managed to find a double up, leaving Ruijs on the short stack.
Aliaksandr Shylko was in the hijack and opened to 200,000 for his third consecutive preflop raise and Nadya Magnus three-bet jammed a stack of 1,400,000 from the button. Table chip leader Max Menzel then re-shoved a bigger stack from the small blind and Shylko took off his sunglasses before calling.
Nadya Magnus:
Aliaksandr Shylko:
Max Menzel:
Magnus and Shylko were in good shape to chop the pot and Shylko closed his eyes as he awaited the runout. The Belarusian looked completely defeated when the flop landed to give Menzel a commanding lead, but his demeanor quickly changed when the peeled off on the turn to miraculously improve his and Magnus' hands.
The river completed the board and Magnus and Shylko both stayed alive.
"I think there's a little brown speck on the back of your pants," Dylan Destefano joked to Shylko.
Jeremy Ausmus open-jammed from the cutoff and Joris Ruijs called out of the big blind.
Joris Ruijs:
Jeremy Ausmus:
Ruijs was in trouble and was drawing even thinner when the flop landed to give Ausmus a set and Ruijs a worthless two pair. The board then bricked out and Ruijs was eliminated in 22nd place.
"Leave it to me to win all the three big blind pots," Ausmus laughed.
On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode of 2023, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss a controversy from the WSOP Circuit King’s Resort that was a chopped pot but accidentally resulted in the elimination of one player at the final table.
Sam Grafton opened to 200,000 in early position and was called by Philipe Pizzari in the cutoff and Hugo Rodilla in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.
Rodilla led out with a bet of 150,000 and Grafton raised to 400,000. Pizzari called and Rodilla got out of the way. The river was the and both players quickly checked. Grafton tabled for ace-high while Pizzari held for a pair of sixes.
Thomas Eychenne opened to 200,000 from the cutoff. Fedor Holz reraised to 1,100,000 from the button and left only 20,000 behind. Eychenne moved all in and Holz called.
Fedor Holz:
Thomas Eychenne:
Eychenne knocked out Holz after his hand remained best on the runout.
Sam Grafton got to the river in a heads-up pot against Philipe Pizzari with the board reading .
Grafton bet around 550,000 for the majority of his stack and Pizzari raised all in. Grafton called and showed the winning hand with for trips to scoop the pot and stay alive.