Faced with a raise to 44,000 from Maria Ho, Martin Jacobson reraised to over 100,000 on the button. The action folded back to Ho, who folded as well, and Jacobson was pushed the pot.
The very next hand, Ho raised to 44,000 from under the gun, and Jacobson called in the cutoff. The two took a flop of , Ho led out for 56,000, and Jacobson called.
Both players checked on the turn (), the river was the , and Ho led out for 115,000. Jacobson quickly folded.
Soon Hwang raised to 55,000on the button, and then Robert Campbell reraised all in for 248,000 from the big blind. Hwang called with the to find out Campbell held the same hand with the .
The flop gave Campbell the advantage, though, as the provided him with four to a flush. The turn was the and completed that flush, before the completed the board on the river.
Campbell won the pot and doubled to over 500,000 in chips, while Hwang dropped back to 855,000.
The crew is in the Amazon Room for Day 5 of the World Series of Poker Main Event, where they break down all of the action from Day 4, dissect Phil Ivey's bust, and more. They are then joined by Griffin Benger, who is third in chips, to talk about his run, dealing with the ESPN cameras, and more.
Peter Placey raised to 42,000 in the cutoff, Vadzim Markushevski three-bet to 100,000 on the button, and Zachary Hirst cold four-bet to 255,000 out of the small blind. Placey quickly folded, and Markushevski tanked for a bit before releasing as well.
We arrived at the table to see Scott Palmer and Jerome Bradpiece looking down at a completed board of . With about 500,000 already in the middle, Bradpiece checked over to Palmer who cut out a bet of 450,000. Bradpiece thought for about a minute before flinging forward chips, signifying a call.
Palmer confidently rolled over for a turned straight. Bradpiece mucked his cards and Palmer picked up a pot that brings his stack to about 1.92 million.
We found Brian Townsend all in before the flop on the button, having gotten it in against small blind Matthew McEwan.
Townsend:
McEwan:
Townsend was way behind but found some help in the form of a straight on the flop. Someone called for a heart for an extra sweat, but the was a total blank. More paint arrived, but it was the on the river, no help to Townsend.
On the flipside however, Einhorn collects $44,728 for his 173rd place which means that the Robin Hood; a charity that fights poverty will be receiving $34,728 courtesy of the very generous and happy-go-lucky Einhorn.
Trevor Martin raised to 41,000 in early position, Michael Stembera moved all in for 528,000 out of the blinds, and Martin tank-called.
Martin:
Stembera:
Martin was flopped nearly dead when the dealer fanned , and was officially dead when the turn brought the . A meaningless completed the board, and Stembera doubled through.
Action folded to a short-stacked Rep Porter, who finished 12th in this event last year for $573,204, in the cutoff and he moved all in for his last 103,000. Mats Karlsson called from the big blind and the cards were turned up.
Porter:
Karlsson:
Porter was behind, but he was drawing to two live cards. The flop didn't do much for him, and neither did the turn. Porter needed to pair one of his cards, but that didn't happen as the blanked on the river.
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, Ho led out for 56,000, and Jacobson called.
), the river was the 
, and Ho led out for 115,000. Jacobson quickly folded.
to find out Campbell held the same hand with the 
.
provided him with four to a flush. The turn was the 
completed the board on the river.
for a turned straight. Bradpiece mucked his cards and Palmer picked up a pot that brings his stack to about 1.92 million.
flop. Someone called for a heart for an extra sweat, but the 
was a total blank. More paint arrived, but it was the 
on the river, no help to Townsend.
against Sedgeman's 
, and when the final board of 
, and was officially dead when the turn brought the 
. A meaningless 
completed the board, and Stembera doubled through.
