There was an opponent all-in and at risk on a board of , and Jeff Tims and a third player were competing for a side pot. Tims tossed out a bet, and the player folded.
Tims:
All-in Player:
Tims faded the players straight and flush draws as the completed the board, and is up to 38,000 chips.
We happened upon the action after Frederik Jensen had opened from the button and Tobias Reinkemeier three-bet from the small blind. The amounts of those raises escaped us, but we do known that Jensen pushed back with a four-bet to 4,800 and Reinkemeier responded with a five-bet to 10,000, leaving himself 18,300 behind.
Jensen paused for a few moments before six-betting all in, and Reinkemeier snap-folded his hand.
Professional athletes playing in the Main Event is nothing out of the ordinary, as Paul Pierce and Roberto Luongo have shown over the years. Today it's former New England Patriots and Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Richard Seymour making his World Series of Poker Main Event debut.
Seymour was drafted sixth overall pick in the 2001 NFL draft by the Patriots and went on to play eights seasons with them playing defensive tackle. He was a part of three Super Bowl winning Patriot teams before being traded to the Raiders in 2009, where he spent the next four seasons playing both defensive tackle and defensive end. Over the course of his career, Seymour was named to the NFL All-Pro team five times and voted into the Pro Bowl seven times. His 57.5 career sacks rank in the top 20 all-time for career sacks by a defensive tackle.
He's chipped up slightly from the starting stack to about 35,000.
When Doug Polk was moved into the Purple Section of the Amazon Room, he only had 3,000 chips. Now, after a triple up and double up, he has 25,000.
There was a raise to 800 from early position, a call, and a third player reraised to 2,600 on the button. Doug Polk moved all in for 13,550 out of the big blind, and the action folded to the player on the button who called all in for less.
"Don't show two jacks," the players told Polk, revealing .
Polk didn't have two jacks, but he had his opponent dominated with . The 2014 bracelet winner held up as the board rolled out , raking in the pot.
Ari Engel opened to 700 from early position and a player in late position called. Jonathan Duhamel, who is in the midst of a neck massage and looking extremely comfortable, raised to 3,000. Engel folded, but the late position player called.
Duhamel continued with a 3,400 bet on the flop and his opponent raised it up to 7,500 in total. Duhamel took a look at his hole cards, tossed them back to the dealer then returned to his relaxed state.
The player who won the pot placed his hole cards in front of him and asked Duhamel to pick one. Duhamel told him to choose and he flipped over the and then the , choosing two cards not one as initially planned.
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and roughly 12,000 in the pot, Blair Hinkle checked and Gerard Piqué bet out 5,500.
landed on the river and both players checked.
and Piqué mucked while slipping to 36,800 as Hinkle climbed to 78,700 in chips.
, and Jeff Tims and a third player were competing for a side pot. Tims tossed out a bet, and the player folded.
completed the board, and is up to 38,000 chips.
. The 2014 bracelet winner held up as the board rolled out 
, raking in the pot.
, choosing two cards not one as initially planned.