Toni Judet just had his Main Event run in a most painful manner. Having gotten the last of his stack of about 30,000 in the middle before the flop with against an opponent's , the odds were favorable for the Romanian to improve his status before the dinner break arrives at the end of Level 8.
The flop and turn appeared further to secure Judet's survival, with him even having the club in his hand to rule out any hope-dashing four-flush.
But the dealer burned a card and delivered the river… the ! A set for Judet's opponent, and a quick exit for Judet, who soon delivered the Cliffs to his Twitter followers:
After a raise from the hijack seat to 2,500, Joe Bartholdi reraised to 7,000 on the button. Abdulaziz Almashal called from the big blind, then action went back over to the hijack seat. He four-bet and made it 22,500 to go. Bartholdi fired back with a reraise to 47,500, and Almashal folded. The hijack seat also folded, and Bartholdi won the pot.
Bartholdi is most famous for winning the World Poker Tour World Championship in 2006 for $3,760,165. In that event, Bartholdi beat out a field of 605 players to take the title. In total, he has over $4.25 million in live tournament earnings, including nine World Series of Poker cashes. His best WSOP finish came in 2005 when he took fifth place in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event for $71,445. Bartholdi's most recent WSOP result was from 2011 when he took 111th place for $4,998 in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em — Shootout.
Mike Sexton's seat was missing when we passed his table moments ago, and Bryce Yockey was kind enough to let us in on the details. According to Yockey, Sexton came in for a raise, Yockey called, and Chad Visser three-bet to 4,800. The action folded back to Sexton, who moved all in for around 15,000, and only Visser called.
Sexton:
Visser:
Visser's jacks held as the board rolled out , and Sexton was eliminated. Visser now sits with 140,000 chips.
After a preflop raise to 1,800 four players called, including Max Lehmanski on the button, Ryan Riess in the small blind, and Thomas McTeer in the big blind. The flop came , and action checked around to Lehmanski. He bet 2,400, and only Riess called. Both players checked the turn. Then completed the board on the river, and Riess checked. Lehmanski moved all in for 18,500, and Riess went into the tank. Lehmanski has been known for tanking for a lot of decisions, and his behavior may have started to rub off on his tablemates. Riess took a full four minutes before folding, and Lehmanski took the pot, bringing his stack up to 33,500.
After Phil Galfond opened with a raise from middle position, two players called from late position including John Hennigan playing on the button. Then the small blind repopped it to 6,500, and after the big blind stepped aside all of the other three players called the raise.
That meant a pot of about 27,000 was up for grabs as the four players saw a flop come . The small blind bet 20,000, Galfond called, and the other two players ditched their cards.
The turn then brought the and an all-in shove from Galfond's opponent, and he quickly called. "Set?" said his opponent, and Galfond quietly said yes as he tabled his . His opponent reacted frustratedly as he stood and showed his , exiting soon after the river came the as Galfond earns a huge pre-dinner boost to his stack.
Dan Owen opened for 2,400 preflop from middle position and he only found a call from Sorel Mizzi in the big blind.
The flop came down and Mizzi check called a bet of 3,000 from Owen. On the turn, both players checked.
The river dropped the and this time Mizzi decided to lead with a bet of 6,500. Owen tanked for a bit, then called, showing for top pair on the flop. Mizzi mucked his hand and with that Owen was able to take down the pot.