Action folded to former WSOP Octo-Niner Steve Gee on the button and he raised to 350. David Bowen responded by three-betting to 750 from the big blind, Gee called, and the two of them saw a flop of . Both players checked, as they did on the turn, and the completed the board on the river.
Bowen checked for a third time, and then he snap-called when Gee bet 925. Gee sheepishly showed the for a missed straight draw, and Bowen tabled the for a straight of his own.
After a raise to 325, David Bowen called out of the cutoff seat and an opponent one seat over moved all in for about 20 big blinds at 75-150. The initial raiser folded but Bowen made the call with the . His opponent only had and was drawing to the remaining three tens in the deck only after the turn to win the pot.
Of course that also provided some chop outs, but it wasn't meant to be for the short stack when the river completed the board.
Back on July 14, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event final table was set. The players in this year's "November Nine" are set to resume play on November 10, and it is a globally diverse group of young players who will be battling it out for the $10 million top prize.
William Pappaconstantinou, who is also known as "Billy Pappas," is one of the best foosball players in the world. That's right, that old, rickety table soccer game that sits in your basement is what Pappaconstantinou specializes in. He's been playing since 2003 and has won several world championships.
Pappaconstantinou is also the son of a former professional golfer and previously worked as a dealer at Rockingham Park Poker Room in Salem, New Hampshire.
Entering the WSOP Main Event final table in sixth place with 17.5 million in chips, Pappaconstantinou will be looking to add a different world championship to his résumé come November.
Jan Suchanek had been reseated on Table 29 after beginning at a different table, but he has amassed plenty of chips. Just recently, Suchanek busted a player with to his opponent's after the board ran out .
With that pot, Suchanek added about 2,000 more to his stack.
Antonio Esfandiari and Jeff Gross have both taken their seats here in the first event of the 2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific. Esfandiari, who is also known as "The Magician," and Gross, who is also known as "PBF" for "professional best friend," are both taking their first dive into a bracelet event Down Under this year as they missed Day 1a.
We walked past the table of Mohsin Charania and he still had a little tower of black 100 chips, however, all higher denominations were gone as he more than halved his previous stack.
"I am so tired," he said to Jonathan Duhamel next to him, to which the Canadian nodded.
Uros Brkic opened for 375 from middle position and Vanessa Rousso called from the cutoff. When the flop came down , Brkic eyed up Rousso's stack, which sat at 1,175, and then bet 1,000. Rousso thought long and hard before moving all in, and Brikic made the call.
Rousso:
Brkic:
Rousso had flopped middle pair, but it was no good as Brkic had top pair. The turn delivered Rousso an open-ended straight, but the turn did not complete it. Rousso did make two pair, but the eight also gave Brikic a straight.
Rousso rapped the table and then took her leave from the tournament.
Only a few minutes ago Brad Sandilands sent Ami Barer to the rail. As it turns out, Sandilands now shares the same experience as he has been eliminated. He got it in preflop via a four-bet shove and Tony Kambouroglou looked him up for more than 3,000 in chips with the .
Sandilands was very much liking the call with the , but the flop changed things dramatically. The on the turn left him drawing to two outs only, and the river resulted in yet another seat open on the table with the flop cam above.
Three minutes later you could hear these words again as another player became the latest member of the bustout club.
A preflop raising war resulted in Scott Peel getting his stack of 4,300 all in preflop against the big stack of Michael Guzzardi.
Guzzardi:
Peel:
It was the classic flip, but Peel needed to improve to stay alive. He did just that when the flop delivered him the lead with a pair of kings. Neither the turn nor river helped Guzzardi, and he essentially swapped chip positions with Peel.