Action folded to Luciano Angarolla in the cutoff and he opened to 6,500 only to see the player on the button three-bet to 17,000. The blinds got out of the way and Angarolla called to send the two players heads-up to the flop.
Angarolla checked on the flop as did the button player. The turn saw Angarolla lead out for 21,000. After some consideration the player on the button made the call.
Both players checked through the river and Angarolla showed down for the turned two pair, which beat out his opponent's to scoop the large pot and send Angarolla's stack shooting up above 100,000.
Only one poker player in history — Phil Hellmuth — has reached the 11 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet plateau. On Monday, Phil Ivey could join one of poker's most exclusive clubs.
As it stands, Hellmuth is the record holder with 16 bracelets, followed by Ivey, Johnny Chan, and Doyle Brunson tied at 10.
The $100k was originally scheduled to wrap up with the final table on Tuesday, airing on PokerGO, but PokerGO called an audible and decided to livestream the final table tonight. At the time of publishing, the remaining players were on a dinner break and will come back at 7 p.m. to play it down to a winner, who will receive $1,897,363. Coverage on PokerGO will resume at 8 p.m., along with PokerNews' live reporting updates.
With the blinds at 60,000/120,000, Ivey currently sits at 9,075,000, approximately 75 big blinds, good for second in chips. Aleksejs Ponakovs, an online poker crusher, is the chip leader at 14,450,000 and has been dominating play during Monday's Day 2 session.
Soeren Baekgaard Hansen relayed details of an all-in pot that saw him climb to 75,000.
A player under the gun shoved for 16,500 with before Hansen re-shoved for 52,500 with . Everyone else folded.
The flop gave Hansen top set and his opponent a flush draw, which he completed on the turn.
Needing the board to pair on the river, Hansen got his wish when the dealer turned over the , improving him to a full house and knocking out his opponent.
"This is a once in a lifetime experience for me," Hansen said, adding that his friends back in Denmark are following along on his progress through the tournament.
The remaining players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break. Once the break is over, late registration will officially be closed as the field returns to blinds of 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante.
A player in middle position opened to 2,500 and was three-bet to 9,000 by a late position player. Maria Ho in the cutoff appeared to wake up with a big hand as, despite the action ahead of her, she counted out her chips, contemplating her options. In the end Ho moved all in and received quick folds from both the initial raiser and three-bettor.
Benjamin Underwood, with five WSOP final tables since 2019 on his poker resume, put his last 30,000 in the middle from the cutoff and the original raiser called in the hijack.
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Underwood's opponent made a pair of eights on the flop before the fell on the turn. The cutoff improved to two pair on the river, but it wasn't enough to beat Underwood's jacks and fives as he doubled up.
"I was in a gambling mood," the cutoff said following the hand.