Gabe Costner has the button in Seat 8. Jeff Tims raises to 42,000 from the cutoff and Costner calls. The flop is . Tims moves all in and after a lengthy stint in the tank, Costner makes the call.
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The turn is the , and Tims needs a king, jack or a ten to survive. The river, though is the and Jeff Tims is our 5th place finisher. He'll take home $71,799 for his performance here in New Orleans.
The Houston native will add this cash to his event #12 win of $58,491 for a total of just of $130,000 for the trip.
Jeff Tims has the button in Seat 5. Timothy Miles raises to 30,000, Gabe Costner calls from the small blind and Nick Ceci calls from the big blind. The flop is . Both players check to Miles, who bets 50,000. Costner folds, Ceci folds, and Miles takes it down.
If you have either played at or sweated an event at either the World Series of Poker or on the WSOP Circuit, then chances are you have seen Jason Lipscomb. Jason is currently doing the play by play of the final table for the spectators here in New Orleans.
A couple of hands ago, Gabe Costner won a hand, and his girlfriend said something to the crowd. Jason looks over and says, "You were much louder last night, Ma'am."
Costner's girlfriend took the good-natured humor in stride.
If you read yesterday's coverage, Costner's girlfriend was involved in a verbal altercation with Ed Jatho. We spoke with Jatho earlier today and apparently he and Costner's girlfriend had a talk after play yesterday and smoothed everything out.
Timothy Miles has the button in Seat 4. He raises to 30,000, and Gabe Costner re-raises to 110,000. Miles asks Costner what he has behind, to which he replies "244,000." Miles folds and Costner wins the pot.