Tournament staff has returned to the floor with a ruling regarding the Senovio Ramirez elimination. Floor staff reviewed security tapes and saw that Ramirez did indeed receive the same card back after the draw - the . Bill Chen had already added Ramirez's chips to his stack and the deck had been shuffled. Therefore, tournament staff ruled that the hand must be reconstructed and Ramirez would receive the top card off of a newly shuffled deck.
While the cards were being recalled, players from every other table surrounded the table to see the climactic end to this situation. Players, however, were having trouble remembering the suits and cards to reconstruct the hand.
"Bill, you can't remember your own hand?" asked Marco Johnson.
"No! I don't remember my fourth and fifth card! I'm sorry!" quipped back a somewhat frazzled Chen.
Eventually, the cards were recalled and each player's original hands were picked out and placed on the felt.
Chen:
Ramirez:
Despite shouts from some players that their discarded cards were now in the deck, the ruling stood. The deck was shuffled with the left out. Ramirez then received the top card from the deck.
"He's going to win now," said Chen before the card was flipped.
The dealer dealt the card without sweat. It was the , pairing Ramirez and eliminating him from play.
"He lost," said Robert Mizrachi, deadpan.
The surrounding field returned to their tables and play resumed as normal. Just 21 players remain in the field.
Senovio Ramirez was all in and drawing one against Bill Chen, who flipped over . Ramirez turned over . He squeezed out his card: , meaning Chen's jack-low was good.
Ramirez then insisted the was the card he had thrown away, resulting in the floor being called. The deck was turned over to be sure that it wasn't foul. Now, the tournament clock has been paused while the staff checks the cameras to see if Ramirez did indeed get the same card.
We picked up with the action on the first draw to see a substantial pot already built. Bill Chen took two cards at the draw and Robert Brobst opted for just one. Chen led out post-draw and Brobst moved all in for 7,100 total. Chen called then announced he was breaking what he made and was taking one. Brobst stood pat. Chen looked at his card and said that he was pat for the final draw. Brobst tapped the table as well and the hands were rolled over.
Chen tabled for an eighty-seven and Brobst slammed his on the felt for the second best hand. Chen scored the elimination and now has about 90,000 in chips.
Todd Brunson got the last of his chips in after the second draw against Jen Harman.
Brunson had , and Harman turned over for a badugi, but she had a pair of sixes for low after she caught . Unfortunately for Brunson, he turned over the , giving him a higher pair.
Frank Kassela said it may have been the case seven, as he folded one.
Action folded around to Calvin Anderson and he made it 1,200 from the small blind. Robert Mizrachi came over the top for 3,600 total and Anderson announced a pot-sized raise in reply. Mizrachi called and the two saw a flop of . Anderson took a moment before checking over to Mizrachi. Mizrachi fired 20,000 and Anderson instantly called for his last roughly 16,500 in chips.
Anderson:
Mizrachi:
The board completed with the and the , giving Mizrachi a turned straight and besting Anderson's flopped top set. Anderson was eliminated from play and Mizrachi now has about 83,000 in chips.
Thayer Rasmussen, pictured at the final table of Event #21.
We found Thayer Rasmussen getting all in on sixth street against Denis Ethier.
"You're ahead of me right now," Ethier said.
Rasmussen: /
Ethier: /
Indeed, Rasmussen had the lead with a jack-low, and the dealer sent them seventh street.
"Let me see if I'm drawing dead," Ethier said, knowing the best hand he could make was an eight-low, while Rasmussen had a draw to a seven. Rasmussen turned over his card: , meaning Ethier would win if he caught a ten or lower and didn't pair.
Ethier squeezed out the , ending Rasmussen's quest for a second final table at this year's World Series of Poker.
Maria Mayrinck bet 5,000 with the board reading . Small blind Arthur Morris made it 14,000 to go, and Mayrinck quickly called. On the river, Morris bet 24,000 and was called.
Morris showed for fives full on the turn, while Mayrinck had for top-top. Morris is now the chip leader.
Jimmy Fricke and David Levi were all in before the flop for 1,400 and 900, respectively, and Thayer Rasmussen and Maria Mayrinck saw the first three community cards as well in a side pot. Rasmussen bet the flop, and Mayrinck raised. Rasmussen folded.
Mayrinck:
Fricke:
Levi:
The turn and river were a and , and Mayrinck's trips scooped the pot. Rasmussen said he would have won with a queen-high straight. Levi and Fricke both busted, but since Fricke had more chips to start the hand, he received a payout ticket while Levi got nil. Fricke was understandably pleased to score a cash in a spot where he had less than half of a big bet left.
Rasmussen joked that Mayrinck should have just called him so he could have gotten there.
"I didn't fly 17 hours from Brazil to fold three aces," Mayrinck said.
Just before Table 436 broke, a small controversy broke out around the embattled Brandon Cantu.
Apparently, Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck drew one card during a hand of badacey while Cantu patted, but Mayrinck had taken back the card she put out and placed it back in her hand after Cantu patted. She then placed the card back out.
Cantu called the floor, and Mayrinck told the floor the only reason she had taken the card back is because she thought she had been dealt a new card. Mayrinck's neighbor confirmed she had put out the same card, as did the dealer.
Cantu pointed out that since she had put the card back in her hand, she could have easily changed her mind about what she wanted to do and put out a different card after seeing him stand pat. Since Cantu hadn't seen the card, he had no way of knowing if it was the same one.
"I thought you said yesterday you didn't angle," a player at the table said. "There's no scenario in which she would change her draw."
It was ruled that since she had placed the card back in her hand, the draw was dead and she had to stay pat for that round. Cantu patted behind and both players checked, then they checked the end as well. They ended up chopping the pot, as Cantu had an eight-low while Mayrinck had a badugi.
Maria Ho bet before the last draw and got raised by Kirill Rabtsov. Ho reraised, and Rabtsov called. Both players were pat, and Rabtsov called a final bet.
Ho showed for a wheel and the best three-card badugi. Rabtsov showed a before mucking.
. Bill Chen had already added Ramirez's chips to his stack and the deck had been shuffled. Therefore, tournament staff ruled that the hand must be reconstructed and Ramirez would receive the top card off of a newly shuffled deck.
, pairing Ramirez and eliminating him from play.
. He squeezed out his card: 
for an eighty-seven and Brobst slammed his 
, and Harman turned over 
. Anderson took a moment before checking over to Mizrachi. Mizrachi fired 20,000 and Anderson instantly called for his last roughly 16,500 in chips.
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, meaning Ethier would win if he caught a ten or lower and didn't pair.
for fives full on the turn, while Mayrinck had 
