Players were already all in and heads-up with the 10x9x7x6x3x board showing.
Aroha Ngata: AxKx
Opponent: A♦Q♦
Ace-King high was enough for Ngata to stay alive and get the double.
Players were already all in and heads-up with the 10x9x7x6x3x board showing.
Aroha Ngata: AxKx
Opponent: A♦Q♦
Ace-King high was enough for Ngata to stay alive and get the double.
Three players saw a flop of A♠10♥7♠. Takao Shimizu bet 60,000 and was called by one opponent while Tim Reilly folded.
The turn was the K♥. Shimizu jammed all in to force his opponent decide for his around 400,000 behind which he folded after a little but of thought and Shimizu took even more chips into his stack.
Hannes Jeschka raised to 40,000 from middle position. The big blind defended.
The flop came K♥5♣7♠ and the big blind was quick to check. Jeschka fired for 45,000 and his opponent raised to 120,000. Jeschka found the call.
While the turn peeled the 9♠, the big blind continued for 290,000. Jeschka made the call.
The river came the 4♠ and both players were quick to check. Jeschka revealed A♥K♣ to best his opponents J♥6♥.
The 187 remaining players head on a 10 minute colour up break. They will return to play one more level before they bag for the night.
Elliot Smith raised from a middle position to 32,000 and the big blind called.
The flop came 5♥8♠J♦ and the big blind checked. Smith raised and the big blind called again.
The 10♣ was turned and both players checked to the 4♣ river.
The big blind bet out 132,000 and Smith made the call to take them to showdown.
The big blind showed A♣Q♣ first, for ace high, and Smith showed K♥10♦ for a pair of tens.
The player in the hijack raised to 37,000 and Luis Dorneles called from the big blind. The flop arrived with K♦6♦5♣ and Dorneles checked, the hijack bet 35,000, Dorneles three-bet to 115,000, and the hijack moved all in for 270,000. Dorneles quickly called.
Hijack: K♣J♠
Luis Dorneles: A♥A♠
The hijack held top pair and Dorneles held an over pair to the board.
The turn 6♣ and the river was the J♦ and for a moment Dorneles thought his aces were cracked but the other players pointed out that he also had two pair and the better two pair.
There's never a good way to bust from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. But there aren't many ways more soul-crushing than with pocket aces deep on Day 7. Just ask Daniel Zadok.
At the time of publishing, 26 of the record-setting 10,112 players in the $10,000 buy-in world championship event remained. A minimum payout of $350,000 is in store for every player still kicking. Zadok, thanks to an unfortunate flop, is not one of them.
When arriving at the table PokerNews was informed that one player, who shall remain unnamed was the sheriff, yet during the following hand he did nothing to stop the result.
Elliot Smith from Canada who braved the freezing snow to emerge on a snowmobile to attend this poker tournament in the desert raised from under the gun to 37,000 and the player in the hijack made the call. The flop arrived with 8♣J♥9♣ and both players checked.
The turn had the same result with the 10♥ which prompted a check from both players.
The river Q♠ brought a giggle from the dealer, I believe the table has been making her laugh but it also brought a bet from Smith for 65,000. The hijack called and mucked when Smith turned over K♠K♥ for the straight.
The sheriff was minding his own business probably busy finding criminals on his phone.
The flop showed Q♥10♦5♣, there was a bet and call between Krasimir Yankov and Clement Richez.
The turn was the K♠. Yankov fired 75,000 and Richez released his cards to send the pot to the Bulgarian pro.
Action was caught after the turn of 2♣J♥6♥2♥ and the big blind was quick to check.
Russ Head fired for 185,000 from early position and received a fold from his opponent. He revealed A♥A♣ as he raked in the pot.
The following hand, Head raised to 37,000 from middle position. The big blind made the call.
While the flop and turn peeled the A♣2♥8♥Q♥ both players checked the two streets.
The river was the Q♠ and the big blind led out for 80,000. Head made the call and revealed J♣J♠ to take the pot.