Jonathan Duhamel Just Dusted Fellow Main Event Champion Greg Raymer
In a momentous confrontation between two former WSOP Main Event Champions, it was Jonathan Duhamel (2010) who prevailed over Greg Raymer (2004).
We saw Raymer with a bet of 350 in front of him, another caller in between, and Duhamel having raised the pot. Fossilman asked for a count of the Canadian pro's chips, and after assessing the situation he elected to make the call.
"If you have aces you're good sir," Raymer told Duhamel, while exposing his .
Duhamel said nothing in reply, revealing his in stoic silence.
Raymer confirmed that the kings were in the lead, saying "those will work too I suppose," before watching the flop fall .
"Deuce!" was Raymer's refrain, as he hoped to spike another to make trips and catch up, but the turn and river came and respectively, leaving Raymer with little more than a big blind to work with.
Raymer would bust out just a few hands later, and as he departed the tournament floor, we noticed that 2009 Main Event winner Joe Cada had also been eliminated, leaving our field with two less stars.
With four players in the hand and a flop of , the blinds checked to Nancy Birnbaum and she promptly bet all in for 1,300, though she still had one rebuy lammer behind. The cutoff quickly folded, the small blind called and the big got out of the way.
Birnbaum:
Small Blind:
Birnbaum got it in good with trip eights, but her opponent held both straight and flush outs. The turn actually improved Birnbaum to a straight, while the river gave her quads!
Meanwhile, both Kathy Liebert and Scott Clements were eliminated on the other side of the Silver Section.
David "Bakes" Baker (Seen Here at the Final Table of Event #17) Has His Eyes Set on Yet Another Trip to the Mothership
Fresh off of his latest WSOP final table appearance in Event #17 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em), which made three final tables in as many tournaments, online legend David "Bakes" Baker is running good once again.
Shortly after taking his seat here in the Brasilia Room, the man they call Bakes has quickly built his chip stack in what has become a familiar pattern here at the 2013 WSOP.
Baker is currently sitting with more than double the starting stack, and if his past two weeks are any indication, his name is sure to be listed among our chip leaders as this Day 1 progresses.
Jonathan Duhamel is Down to a Single Bullet Here on Day 1
We saw 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel lose an all-in confrontation holding , showing that aces in Omaha are not the powerhouse they are in Hold'em.
With a flop of spread neatly across the felt, Duhamel led out for 1,000, and his opponent quickly dumped a big stack of chips into the pot, setting Duhamel all-in if he wished to call.
Call he did, and facing the of his opponent, Duhamel was fading diamonds and fours.
Turn:
This card gave Duhamel's opponent a slew of additional outs with an open-ended straight draw, and the arrived on the river to complete his flush.
Duhamel's second starting stack was shipped across the table, and he now sits with his last 1,500 chip bullet.
On a flop of , two checked put action on Matt Keikoan in the hijack and he bet 750. Paul Volpe folded the button, the small blind did the same and then the big blind woke up with an all-in check-raise to 2,700. Keikoan only had 2,775 and made the call.
Keikoan:
Big Blind:
Keikoan got it in good with top set, but his opponent held massive draws to both a straight and flush. The turn completed the said flush and left Keikoan in need of a paired board on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off.
Keikoan was left with 75 in chips, but they disappeared the very next hand. Likewise, Ashly Butler has been eliminated from the tournament.
Daniel Negreanu and Carlos Mortensen have played thousands of hands against one another during their long poker careers, and that familiarity was evident in their most recent encounter.
With the board reading , Mortensen check-called a bet, and both players checked when a blank arrived on the river.
Negreanu quickly opened up his hand, with a prominent part of his holding, and he told Mortensen happily "pretty sure I'm good here."
Mortensen smiled in reply, looking at the board once more before checking his own hand.
"Oh, I have a straight," said the Matador, turning over four mismatched hole cards.
Negreanu could only ask, "a straight?" before quickly laughing and dragging the pot.
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in stoic silence.
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and 
respectively, leaving Raymer with little more than a big blind to work with.
, the blinds checked to Nancy Birnbaum and she promptly bet all in for 1,300, though she still had one rebuy lammer behind. The cutoff quickly folded, the small blind called and the big got out of the way.
turn actually improved Birnbaum to a straight, while the 
river gave her quads!
, showing that aces in Omaha are not the powerhouse they are in Hold'em.
spread neatly across the felt, Duhamel led out for 1,000, and his opponent quickly dumped a big stack of chips into the pot, setting Duhamel all-in if he wished to call.
of his opponent, Duhamel was fading diamonds and fours.
arrived on the river to complete his flush.
, two checked put action on Matt Keikoan in the hijack and he bet 750. Paul Volpe folded the button, the small blind did the same and then the big blind woke up with an all-in check-raise to 2,700. Keikoan only had 2,775 and made the call.
turn completed the said flush and left Keikoan in need of a paired board on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
peeled off.
a prominent part of his holding, and he told Mortensen happily "pretty sure I'm good here."
