Amir Lehavot started the hand on the button, and Mark Newhouse moved all in for 5.05 million from the hijack seat. Ryan Riess called in the cutoff, and the rest of the players folded.
Newhouse:
Riess:
The fans in the Penn & Teller Theatre stood at their seats, and the Riess fans erupted when the flop fell . The on the turn changed nothing, and neither did the on the river, sending Newhouse out in ninth place.
He'll earn $733,224, while Riess now has nearly 38 million chips.
Riess raised to 1.1 million and received a call from Marc-Etienne McLaughlin in the big blind. The flop was a monotone , and McLaughlin led for 1.5 million. Riess called.
The turn was another club with the . Both players checked.
The river was the , and McLaughlin fired 1.6 million. Riess called, and McLaughlin simply mucked his hand. Per World Series of Poker rules, Riess had to show to win the pot, and he showed the for a queen-high flush.
Sylvain Loosli had the button, and the action folded to him. The Frenchman cooly tossed out a call, Mark Newhouse checked his option in the big blind, and the flop fell . Newhouse checked, Loosli fired out a million, and Newhouse folded.
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin raised to 1 million from middle position. JC Tran called from right behind him in the cutoff seat. Everyone else folded, and the flop came down . McLaughlin led for 1.3 million, and Tran called.
On the turn, the fell. McLaughlin slowed down with a check, and Tran took the lead with a bet of 1.85 million. McLaughlin folded, and Tran extended his lead.
no Safari
. The 
on the turn changed nothing, and neither did the 
on the river, sending Newhouse out in ninth place.
. Both players checked.
, and McLaughlin fired 1.6 million. Riess called, and McLaughlin simply mucked his hand. Per World Series of Poker rules, Riess had to show to win the pot, and he showed the 
for a queen-high flush.
. Newhouse checked, Loosli fired out a million, and Newhouse folded.
. McLaughlin led for 1.3 million, and Tran called.
