The remaining nine players have made the official final table of this WSOP-C Main Event, and they've been rewarded for their efforts with a dinner break. It'll be 70 minutes, and they'll stack up like this when they return at 7:30pm
Under the gun, Jorge Rivera opened to 455,000, his full stack. The table passed all the way around to the big blind where John Riordan asked, "Can I have a count?" The dealer broke down the stacks, and Riordan took just a minute to consider before confidently announcing the call.
Rivera:
Riordan:
The flop was safe for Rivera's jacks, but the turn was not at all safe. The peeled off the deck, and just like that, Rivera was drawing dead to two outs.
River:
That's no help to the at-risk player, and Rivera has gone broke on the final table bubble. He'll take home the last of the $15,810 payouts for his efforts this week, and that's not a bad consolation prize in our books.
Mike Morton raised to 150,000 on the button and Jerry Zehr shoved for 785,000 from the big blind. Morton snap-called with , leading Zehr's .
The flop came down and kept Morton ahead, but the fell on the turn and Morton popped out of his chair. "Oh are you ****ing kidding me?" he shouted across the room.
River: - changing Morton's mood quickly.
"Counterfeit! Aces and sixes baby! Lets go!" yelled a now jovial Morton.
His aces and sixes topped Zehr's two pair, sending Jerry off in 11th place.
We're not exactly sure what happened, but Ryan Lenaghan is pissed off. It involved a situation in which his cards may have flashed when he mucked before the flop, but we can't tell exactly why he's so upset. The dealer rolled over the potentially exposed hand, and Lenaghan took exception to it.
Fortunately, the intrepid Bill Bruce was standing right behind the table, and he quickly mediated the dispute. Lenaghan was pretty heated for a couple minutes, but Bruce's mild demeanor pacified Lenaghan and put an end to the discussion.
In any event, Lenaghan and the rest of the players have ten minutes to cool off now.
It's been a while since Ryan Lenaghan won a pot of any significance, a fact of which he appears to be well aware.
First in from the button, the last 401,000 of Lenaghan's chips went in on a cold shove, and Mike Morton called with from the big blind. It wasn't a great hand, but it did have Lenaghan's in terrible shape.
The flop brought a sweat as it came to give the at-risk player eight outs to the straight. the turn was no help, but the river was just what he was looking for. A straight to the nine gives Lenaghan a much-neeed double back to 852,000.
From the button, John Riordan opened to 85,000, and Jesse Okonczak called to see a flop from the big blind.
Heads up, the dealer gave the men to work with, and Okonczak check-called a bet of 125,000. He check-called another 275,000 on the turn, and both men checked through the river.
Okonczak showed for top pair, but Riordan's had him out-kicked. The chip exchange bumps Riordan up to 3.67 million, while Okonczak drops to about 2.1 million.
First into the pot, Jerry Zehr shoved all in for 417,000. Ryan Lenaghan looked down at and made the call, and Zehr's had him as a big underdog to stay alive.
Zehr had to sweat it out all the way to the river of the board before connecting, and he knew how lucky he'd gotten. "Oh wow, I got lucky." See?
Zehr doubles over 900,000 with that timely ace, but things aren't going nearly as well for Lenaghan. He's looking a bit gloomy as his chips continue to evaporate, and he's down around 400,000 now, the short stack in the room.
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flop was safe for Rivera's jacks, but the turn was not at all safe. The 
peeled off the deck, and just like that, Rivera was drawing dead to two outs.
, leading Zehr's 
and kept Morton ahead, but the 
fell on the turn and Morton popped out of his chair. "Oh are you ****ing kidding me?" he shouted across the room.
- changing Morton's mood quickly.
from the big blind. It wasn't a great hand, but it did have Lenaghan's 
to give the at-risk player eight outs to the straight. the turn 
was no help, but the river 
was just what he was looking for. A straight to the nine gives Lenaghan a much-neeed double back to 852,000.
river.
for top pair, but Riordan's 
and made the call, and Zehr's 
had him as a big underdog to stay alive.
