On a board of J♠8♣9♦J♦, Gerhard Schleicher bet 5,000 on the turn, and the player to his direct left made the call.
A 3♥ completed the board and Schleicher downsized with a bet of 3,100, which was once again called by his opponent.
Schleicher tabled A♠J♥ for trips and took down the pot as his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000 |
Players are on a 20-minute break.
Earlier this year on an ordinary Monday afternoon, a bespectacled man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Blvd. Tucked under his arm was an uninteresting box that only he knew contained something rather interesting – a pair of gold watches dating back more than 40 years.
These were not your run-of-the-mill wristwear, but rather evidence of a unique and often overlooked time of poker history, a year when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, now the game’s highest accolade, was replaced in favor of watches.
The man holding the box was David Sklansky, who in 1978 forever changed poker by advocating a mathematical approach to the game in his groundbreaking book The Theory of Poker. Nicknamed “The Mathematician,” he proved his prowess just four years later when he won two WSOP tournaments in five days.
First, he won the 1982 WSOP Event #7: $800 Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud, a tournament that paired one man with one woman, alongside Dani Kelly, and followed that up by taking down Event #12: $1,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High. A year later, the Binions reverted back to the beloved bracelets players know today, and Sklansky captured his third piece of WSOP hardware by winning Event #11: $1,000 Limit Omaha.
It was a remarkable accomplishment, and for more than four decades he’s kept safe the evidence of his victories, both of which still worked. So, why was Sklansky carrying his 1982 WSOP gold watches, two of only 15 ever awarded, into a pawn shop? Well, he was looking to sell them of course, but not to just any of the dozens of pawn shops spread across Las Vegas. Oh no, he was walking into arguably the most famous pawn shop in the world, the home to the wildly popular television show Pawn Stars, and he was there to do it with cameras rolling.
Read all about the 1982 WSOP watches here in our feature article!
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Action was picked up with 10,200 in the pot on a board showing 6♣A♦4♠10♦Q♦ with three players in the pot.
Mikael Gronvik went all in for 3,200 and was called by two players.
Gronvik tabled 7♦6♦ for a flush, while his opponents showed A♣10♣ and A♥Q♠, both having two pair, but it was Gronvik's flush that was the best hand, securing him a triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,800
19,800
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19,800 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,500 | |
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34,500 | |
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29,000 | |
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21,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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18,000 | |
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16,000 | |
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15,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
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13,200 | |
The board read 9♣7♣7♠4♥4♣ and with 20,000 chips in the pot, David Chanduloy bet 8,600 on the river. His opponent was thinking for quite some time and seemed in agony at the situation he had found himself in. Eventually, he made the fold.
Chanduloy cashed this event in 2018 and has gotten off to a good start in this year's edition of the Super Seniors.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,000
34,000
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34,000 |
Action was picked up on the flop with a board showing K♦8♦10♦ when a player under the gun bet 1,500. He was called by a player in early position and Raymond Torio in middle position.
The turn was the 6♣ and the under the gun player bet 2,500 before the early position player raised all in for 26,500. Torio announced all in for 51,900 and the player under the gun called for his last 24,600 chips as well.
Under the gun: 10♠10♥ 
Early Position: 6♦2♦
Raymond Torio: A♦3♦
It was a massive cooler as the under the gun player flopped a set of tens, the early position player flopped a flush, and Torrio flopped the nut flush.
The under the gun player could improve to beat the flush of Torio, but when they river came the A♣ it locked up the hand for Torio, who eliminated two players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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102,000
102,000
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102,000 |
