The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
Marcio Cid had been moving his small stack into the middle quite frequently this level, and he finally got called down by Scott Clements just a few minutes ago. Cid held , and he was in great shape against the of Clements. All the tension went away when the dealer fanned out a flop to give Cid a full house. Clements could only hit running sevens, but the board completed and .
Cid gets his double to 185,000, while Clements is still just fine with 330,000.
We caught the action on the flop, which had come down . Chris Moorman started the action with a bet of 21,500, and David Gonia made it 51,000 to go. Moorman thought over his options for a while before moving all in for 175,000 total, and Gonia beat him into the pot.
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Moorman was in a world of hurt, and any hopes of a miracle comeback were doused when the hit the turn. The meaningless river was the , and Gonia scored the huge pot, while also knocking out one of the toughest players left in the field.
Dave Fox opened the action to 12,000, and Peter Bosen shoved all in right behind him for 86,000. It got back around to Fox, and he quickly called.
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Fox was in great shape and it only got better when the flop came . Bosen would now need runner runner to survive, but the on the turn ended it. The meaningless river was the , and Fox collected the near double up to get to 190,000.
Thom Werthmann made it 8,500 from under the gun, and Chino Rheem three bet it to 22,000. It folded back around to Werthmann, and he thought for about 30 seconds before cutting out a four bet of 48,000, and sticking it into the middle. It didn't take Rheem to announce all in, nor did it take long for Werthmann to call to crate a giant pot worth almost 400,000.
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It was a classic 50-50 coin flip, but it didn't last that way for long, as the flop came . Rheem was looking for one of the two queens left in the deck, but the ladies never came, as the board completed and .
Werthmann doubled up to 375,000 on that hand, while Rheem was knocked down to just 48,000. He did double it up though on the next hand, when his held against the of James Anderson. On the very next hand, Rheem raised in the small blind, Amir Lehavot moved all in from the big blind, and Rheem called. Lehavot's was dominating the of Rheem, and the board ran out to bust the newly crowned WPT Champion.
Fresh off of his first career WSOP bracelet win, Matt Waxman joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about his win, playing Eric Baldwin heads up, and his poker career. Then, Danny Suied, AKA "The Miami Boss," joins the podcast to talk about swagger and $500 bills.