The 15-event WSOP.com Online Championship Series is drawing to a close, but there's still one event left on the schedule — and it's a biggie. The $215 buy-in WSOP Online Championship Main Event kicks off at 3 p.m. today in Nevada, and participants will be competing for a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Players can buy in directly for $215 or play a last-chance satellite for a chance to grab a huge piece of the pie. Registration and reentries will remain open until 5 p.m. PST, so there's still plenty of time to get in on the action!
At the turn with the board reading and a pile of chips in the pot numbering about 25,000, Mike Del Vecchio had a bet of 12,200 sitting in front of him. Peter Gould raised him to 28,200 and Del Vecchio pushed all in for 85,200, covering Gould. It took a couple of minutes, but Gould eventually made the call, risking his tournament just a couple spots from the bubble, with ace-high to go with the pair on the board. However, it was better than Del Vecchio's king-high.
Del Vecchio:
Gould:
The river was the , giving Gould the unnecessary two pairs, and his enormous call has now put him in the position of chip leader.
On the second hand of hand-for-hand play, Seth Berger opened to 2,500 from mid-position, Douglas Stewart three-bet to 6,500 in the cutoff, Mario Coria called from the big blind, and Berger made the call as well.
The flop was dealt , Coria and Berger checked, and Stewart bet 12,000. Coria folded, Berger raised to 30,000, enough to put Stewart all in, and Stewart made the call putting himself at risk.
Berger:
Stewart:
Stewart was ahead at the time but Berger had flopped a flush draw. The turn brought the axe down on Stewart. Berger made his flush with the and the river sent Stewart packing as the 172nd place finisher. One away from the money.
We caught up with the hand on the turn with the board reading and Peter Gould had raised to 20,000. Steven Goldberg pushed his stack in the middle and Gould made the call.
Gould:
Goldberg:
Gould had made the straight, but he was drawing dead to Goldberg's flush. Goldberg doubled up and Gould is still sitting comfortable with the largest stack in the room.
On a board of Daniel Engels had moved all in and his heads up opponent, Eddie Blumenthal went into the tank. After a few moments went by and Engels asked for a clock. The tournament director made his way over and started a 60-second countdown for Blumenthal.
After a few seconds Blumenthal made the call and Engels turned over for a flopped set of jacks. Blumenthal was forced to turn over his hand and sheepishly showed
On a flop of , Ray Qartomy bet out 5,000 from the cutoff. The button called and Jonathan Kedj raised to 20,000 in the big blind — one third of his stack. Qartomy pushed his big stack all in and the button player got out of the way. Kedj spent a minute contemplating his move. "Sorry guys," he apologized as he continued to tank. He eventually made the laydown and Qartomy added more chips to his growing stack.
Mike Del Vecchio pushed his last 12,400 chips into the middle when action folded to him on the button preflop. Kyle Weir sat on his left in the small blind and asked for a count. He made the call and flipped over , exactly what Del Vecchio didn't want to see with . The board ran out and Del Vecchio headed to the cashier to collect $3,170.
Two bracelet-winning Canadians, Nenad Medic and Erik Cajelais, are sharing a table and just had a bit of a preflop tangle. Medic raised to 3,600 on the button, the player squeezed between them in the small blind called, and Cajelais made a large raise in the big blind. Medic and the other player folded and Cajelais revealed two black jacks.
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and a pile of chips in the pot numbering about 25,000, Mike Del Vecchio had a bet of 12,200 sitting in front of him. Peter Gould raised him to 28,200 and Del Vecchio pushed all in for 85,200, covering Gould. It took a couple of minutes, but Gould eventually made the call, risking his tournament just a couple spots from the bubble, with ace-high to go with the pair on the board. However, it was better than Del Vecchio's king-high.
, giving Gould the unnecessary two pairs, and his enormous call has now put him in the position of chip leader.
, Coria and Berger checked, and Stewart bet 12,000. Coria folded, Berger raised to 30,000, enough to put Stewart all in, and Stewart made the call putting himself at risk.
and the river 
sent Stewart packing as the 172nd place finisher. One away from the money.
Daniel Engels had moved all in and his heads up opponent, Eddie Blumenthal went into the tank. After a few moments went by and Engels asked for a clock. The tournament director made his way over and started a 60-second countdown for Blumenthal.
for a flopped set of jacks. Blumenthal was forced to turn over his hand and sheepishly showed 
. The board ran out 
and Del Vecchio headed to the cashier to collect $3,170.
