As we approached the table, the board was already in place showing and Kevin Vandersmissen was facing an all in bet from the button. You could see him replaying the hand in his head and he seemed quite puzzled. After about a 3-minute tank he called and saw the bad news. His opponent held for a full house. After a few seconds, Vandersmissen turned over which eliminated him from the tournament.
The payouts for this event have just been announced and we now know what everyone is playing for.
2,071 entrants created a prize pool of $1,863,900 and that huge amount of money is to be distributed among the top 216 finishers. A min-cash is worth $1,091 with the eventual champion taking home a WSOP bracelet and $340,260 in prize money.
Five-time WSOP bracelet winner Allen Cunningham has climbed up the chip counts and is currently sat behind several stacks worth a total of 19,000. Cunningham is a deadly player at the best of time but now that he is well-stacked he is going to be a nightmare to play against.
Andrew Lichtenberger is up to 19,100 after receiving a gift from his now busted opponent.
The chips went into the middle of a board, Lichtenberger double checking that his opponent had moved all in. Once he processed this information, Lichtenberger instantly called.
Lichtenberger showed the which left his opponent and his drawing dead. The inconsequential was the river card and "LuckyChewy" won the sizable pot.
We came to the table with Phil Ivey and his calling the all in of another player holding preflop. There was no hope for Ivey on the board but the gave him a glimmer. As if on cue, the river came and Ivey eliminated his opponent while stacking some chips much to the dismay of his table mates.
Russell Crane is back past his starting stack after coming from behind to beat Jake Cody.
Crane pushed all in when first to act in late position, a bet that was 2,050 to call. Phil Hellmuth folded, as did the next player to act, but Jake Cody re-shoved from the button.
Cody turned over the and found himself up against Crane's . Crane took the lead when he paired his nine on the flop and stayed ahead as the turn and river were the and .