2009 World Series of Poker
Event 19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Brock Parker raises to 55,000 and Serock reraises to 150,000 to quickly take the pot.
Parker tries again the next hand and this time Rios makes the call.
The flop is and Rios check-folds to a 70,000 bet from the bracelet winner.
John Phan won two bracelets in 2008; Tom Schneider won two in 2007; Jeff Madsen and Bill Chen each won two in 2006; Mark Seif won two in 2005; Scott Fischman and Ted Forrest each won two in 2004; Johnny Chan, Layne Flack, Men Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, and John Juanda each won two in 2003; Layne Flack won two in 2002, and Phil Ivey won three; Scotty Nguyen and Nani Dollison each won two in 2001; and Chris Ferguson won two in 2000.
Parker's bracelet win in Event No. 14 wasn't the first success the 27-year-old Maryland native has had at the WSOP, however.
He had a couple of near-misses previously, making final tables both at the $10,000 World Championship limit hold'em event in 2008 and a third-place finish at another limit hold'em shootout event at the 2003 WSOP. He now has over $410,000 in career tourney winnings, a total to which he'll be adding significantly today.
The flop is and both check. The turn is the and Rios bets 60,000 which is enough to win the pot.
Rios shows as he scoops in the chips. His count has gone up and done the most, swinging from about 600,000 to around 1.5 million.
Crane
Rios
The flop came , giving Crane two pair but Rios now had outs to Broadway. The turn was the , and the crowd oohed and aahed. Now Rios had more ways to better Crane's two pair. But the river was the , and Crane survived.
Crane is now up to 850,000, and Rios down to 725,000.
He raised to 55,000 and Clayton Newman moved all-in for 306,000. Serock called.
Newman:
Serock:
The board comes and already Serock is drawing dead to a split, the comes on the river and Newman doubles to about 650,000.
Wilson is a 23-year-old native of Connecticut who biggest previous cash was at the WPT L.A. Poker Classic last February, where he earned $27,375 for a 51st place finish in the Main Event.
Wilson is staying in a house this summer with five other poker players, including, coincidentally, one of our other final tablists -- Clayton Newman!
Wilson calls and they see a river of , Serock bets 525,000 now which represents a huge amount of Wilson's remaining stack. Wilson though calls and Serock is forced to show his semi-bluffing , Wilson wins with for a huge pot.
The 23-year-old New Jersey native Crane has a few cashes prior to today's event, the largest having been when he chopped a deep-stacked $2K tournament at the Borgata in Atlantic City last fall for which he's listed as finishing third for a little over $64,000. He had his first WSOP cash a couple of weeks ago in the $1,000 NLHE "Stimulus Special" event in which he finished 78th.
Crane has been playing poker since 2003, and also enjoys chess, skateboarding, and golf.