The remaining players are going on their last 15-minute break of the night.
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Nick Schulman limped in from the small blind and Nacho Barbero raised to 4,000 in the big blind. Schulman called and the flop came . Both players checked and the paired the board on the turn.
Schulman led out with a bet of 7,500 and Barbero called to see the on the river. Schulman fired out another bet of 6,000 and Barbero quickly called, turning over to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nacho Barbero |
168,700
87,700
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87,700 |
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Nick Schulman |
75,000
-9,000
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-9,000 |
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There aren't many crueler ways to bust the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event than with pocket aces, especially when $10 million and the coveted gold bracelet are within reach.
That's exactly what happened to Philippe Souki about seven hours into Friday's final table. However, he did still receive $1,075,000 as quite a sizable consolation prize for eighth place.
In a three-bet pot between Masashi Oya and Martin Kabrhel, the dealer spread the flop of . Oya checked to Kabrhel who bet 3,800 and Oya called.
"Houston, we have a problem," Kabrhel announced.
The turn brought the and Oya checked again. Moving his hippo card marker toward Oya's cards, Kabrhel said that the hippo smelled a queen under there. Kabrhel opted to check it back and the completed the board.
Oya led out with a bet of 4,800 on the river and Kabrhel thought for a minute before making the call. Oya flipped over , leaving Kabrhel confused about whether he was betting for value or as a bluff, but either way, Oya's hand was good enough to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Masashi Oya |
390,000
43,000
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43,000 |
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Martin Kabrhel |
17,500
17,500
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17,500 |
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Scott Seiver opened to 2,600 from under the gun and was called by the small blind. Frank Funaro three-bet to 13,000 from the big blind and Seiver responded with a four-bet shove. The small blind quickly folded and Funaro stuck in the last of his roughly 80,000 chips.
Frank Funaro:
Scott Seiver:
Seiver was way ahead with his pocket aces and the board ran out to eliminate Funaro.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Scott Seiver |
185,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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Frank Funaro | Busted | |
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On a heads-up flop of Pavlo Veksler moved all in against opponent alex Berenson for 87,700. After a few moments, Berenson called and the cards were tabled, with Veksler at risk.
Pavlo Veksler:
Alex Berenson:
The turn was the miracle card for Berenson as it gave him the lead with two pair but the river was a dagger as it gave Veksler a superior two pair with aces and fives. But Veksler didn't even know he'd won and he stood up to leave until people told him he had won the had.
"Ohh, I thought he had pocket queens," he explained as he stacked his new chips and Berenson was left very short.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pavlo Veksler |
200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
Alex Berenson
|
12,000
-98,000
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-98,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Darren Elias raised it up from the cutoff and Adrian Mateos called from the big blind. The flop fell and Mateos check-called a continuation-bet from Elias.
The turn was the and Mateos checked again. Elias sized up a bet of 9,000 on the turn and Mateos still called. The river was the and Mateos checked for the third time. Elias put together a bet of 22,500 and Mateos flicked in a chip to call. Elias quickly showed his for a missed straight draw while Mateos held for a pair of aces.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Adrian Mateos |
154,500
15,500
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15,500 |
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Darren Elias |
31,000
-16,000
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-16,000 |