Jacks Crack Waki Stack, Then Eyster Sends Him to Rail
Yasuhiro Waki, who cashed in the £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event already here at the Empire Casino, and who appears to have made the trip from Japan just to compete in a selection of WSOPE events, has not fared so well at the start of this Round Two. He just lost a pot of over 50,000 to Kevin Eyster, with whom he'd built a pot of 22k by the turn: . At this point out bet big blind Eyster, 16,400, and after a bit of a pause Waki made the call. The river was the and Eyster checked, Waki checking behind and then mucking when he saw in his opponent's hand.
Less than two minutes later and the rest of the chips were Eyster's - he progresses to tomorrow's Round Three.