Jason Koon raised to 60,000 from the cutoff, Joe Kuether moved all in for 253,000 from the small blind, and Bill Perkins re-shoved from the big blind. Koon folded.
Kuether:
Perkins:
Perkins' aces held as the board came , and Kuether was eliminated. This time, Antonio Esfandiari came over to Perkins to celebrate.
"You're the best fish, Perk," Esfandiari told him. "Win or lose, you're happy. You're the best fish."
George Abdallah moved all in from the hijack seat, and Bill Perkins called all in for 289,000 from the cutoff.
Abdallah:
Perkins:
Perkins' hand held up as the board came , and he doubled to around 658,000 chips. Abdallah fell to 52,000.
The very next hand, Abdallah moved all in from early position, Bill Perkins re-shoved for 653,000 from the hijack seat, and Tobias Reinkemeier called on the button.
Abdallah:
Perkins:
Reinkemeier:
Perkins got to his feat as the flop fell , letting out a big sigh when he realized that the jack missed Reinkemeier. The on the turn was another brick, and so too was the on the river.
"PERKY LIVES!!!!" Perkins yelled at the top of his lungs.
"PERKY LIVES!!!!" Antonio Esfandiari shouted back at him from halfway across the room.
"I LOVE YOU ANTONIO!" Perkins yelled.
Phil Laak got in on the action, shouting from the feature table, and Perkins joyfully dragged in the more than 1.4-million chip pot.
We saw the railbirds surrounding the feature table get up on their feet and immediately knew trouble was afoot. We raced to the table just in time to see the classic flip between Daniel Negreanu's and Phil "The Unabomber" Laak's .
Negreanu was the one at risk for roughly 450,000, and he was also the one that needed to improve to stay alive in Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em.
Much to Negreanu's dismay, and that of his supporters, the board ran out a lowly and the man nicknamed "Kid Poker" was eliminated from the tournament.
Chris Lee opened for 60,000 in early position and was met by a three-bet to 135,000 by Eugene Katchalov on the button. Bobby Baldwin, who won the World Series of Poker way back in 1978, then shoved all in for 315,000 from the big blind. Lee moved all in over the top for 525,000 or so and Katchalov called to put both of them at risk.
Katchalov:
Baldwin:
Lee:
Baldwin was in bad shape, and so was Lee as Katchalov had the granddaddy of all hands. Fortunately for Lee, he would receive a reprieve when the flop delivered him a set. The turn and river failed to change anything, and Lee nearly tripled while Baldwin was sent to the rail.
Vivek Rajkumar opened to 75,000 from middle position, Andrew Lichtenberger called on the button, and the dealer fanned . Rajkumar checked, Lichtenberger tossed out 60,000, and Rajkumar called.
The turn was the , Rajkumar checked again, and Lichtenberger tossed out three pink T50,000 chips. Rajkumar asked for a count, then flicked his cards into the muck.
Before the level changed, Martin Finger and Andrew Robl were heads up on a flop of . Finger led out for 175,000, Robl called, and the turn was the . Finger fired out 800,000, but the bet was really only worth around 600,000 . Robl tank-called, putting himself with risk, and he was well behind.
Jason Mo raised to 53,000 from early position, Matt Glantz three-bet to 120,000 on the button, and Mo called. Mo check-called another 110,000 on a flop of , and the turn was the . Both players checked.
The completed the board, Mo check-called one more bet worth 425,000, and Glantz showed for the nuts.
Action folded to Joe Kuether in the small blind and he limped, which prompted Blake Bohn to check his option from the big.
After the flop fell , Kuether bet 26,000, Bohn called and the turned. Kuether bet again, this time 54,000, and again Bohn called. When the completed the board on the river, Kuether put out 90,000 and Bohn thought for a brief moment before calling. Kuether tabled the for not much of anything, and Bohn rolled over the for a pair and the win.
Three players took a flop of , including Hyoung Chae, Steven Silverman, and Shaun Deeb. The action checked to Deeb, who fired out 71,000, and Chae folded. When he did, his cards flashed, and the dealer turned them over. He had .
Silverman called, and both Deeb and Silverman checked on the turn (). The completed the board, Silverman checked again, and Deeb moved all in for around 500,000. Silverman tank-called with for two pair, but he hit the rail when Deeb tabled for a rivered straight.