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The November 9 the stage is set for one more historic moment to unfold each year nine players secure their spots in poker history nine players each with their own story you know I look out over that sea of Dennis Phillips faithful and it’s hard not to become a Believer each with their own
Claim to F Harvin slays go updates for k nine names that will forever be remembered now 27 players remain in the main event the goal is to be a member of that exclusive Club to be the next November 9 yes the fear is to be one of the 18 who
Won’t cop sees his main event is done it’s not over yet guys every hand counts every decision matters I don’t have the feeling you’re bluffing players will join these others in poker lore the rest will Fade Into the Night welcome to the World Series of Poker presented by Jack Links beef jerky
I’m laon McCarron alongside Norman Chad from a tournament that began with nearly 1,000 tables now just three remain and what a scene it is here short on players but packed with family friends and fans this is it Lon I’m stoked two players have over 20 million in chips one of
Them might be the most surprising guy left in the field amateur soy win who’s seated at table three at table two are three one-time chip leaders John rner William Thorson who finished 13th in this event at 06 and of course the Mis rocki crew on hand to support Michael
The grinder Mis rocki welcome to the game guys at the feature table sits Norwegian Pro Johnny Laden and two other former chip leaders Matt Affleck and felipo condo and the current chip leader with nearly 25 million Joseph Chong these 27 have survived a field of 7,000 plus they’ve played with each other a
Bunch they’ve got to know each other a little they’re almost like family now a poker family how’s it going how are you I’m doing all right when do we play was that yesterday or two days ago two days ago two days ago but I forget it I I confus all days yeah
Yeah yeah me too they’re all just blurring together it’s day eight guys day eight a lot of the big Stacks are at the feature table including Affleck cono Matt Jarvis Jason centai and chip leader Joseph Chong 27 players remain the chip average just over 8 million the middle
Of the pack includes Michael Mis rocki who has almost 2 million fewer than the average fr William Thorson and Johnny lton have found themselves amongst the bottom nine along with bracelet winner Hassan khabib who is the shortest stack in the room with just under 1.5 million the blinds at 60,000 And1 120,000 action
On Matt Affleck on the Jack Links beef jerky pocket Camp Ace 10 have we seen this Seattle Jersey before because this is day eight and he only brought seven jerseys is this a repeat with everyone guaranteed over 300 Grand he can afford a whole bunch of jerseys from under the
Gun he raises to 75 David Baker Folds Five of the top nine chip Stacks are at this feature table you survive this table you have earned it fold it over to Johnny Laden second short stack in the room with pocket eights hm I wonder what Johnny Laden is thinking right
Here yep he says it’s time almost 1.5 million in the middle now the chip leader Joseph Chong with 74 and he will sit this one out much is it 7 Jason Sentai folds back to Matt Affleck 147 total 147 total it is 147 total about 10% of Affleck stack F I show
You lad fortunate just to be here he has survived a couple of allins with Cho pots to get here I call probably have two overcards he does have two overcards and a Ken Griffey Jr Jersey so Johnny L at RI that’s what I didn’t want he shoved so quick that I thought
His pocket eight against the two overs of Matt Affleck here’s the Flop it is Deuce king queen Laden still good with the eights Affleck picked up a Broadway draw Laden doesn’t like the look of that flop time to low cards turn card now Laden’s fate in the balance and
There is a 10 that pairs Affleck and that pushes Johnny Laden all but out of here he’s going to need an eight and an eight only or he is gone the River card is a seven and that will do it with a pair of 10 Matt affle knocks off
Johnny Laden Laden finished 11th in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in ‘ 08 makes another Deep Run here in Las Vegas half of the William Thorson Johnny Laden buddy Act is vanquished half like over 14.2 million now Johnny Laden perhaps thinking 317,000 that’s my largest ever tournament
Cash and just like that Norman we are down to 26 an incredible accomplishment for each considering 7319 players began and now every elimination brings more and more pressure as this field inches ever closer to the most important Final Table in poker La poker’s November 9 has become like college basketball’s final
Four just making it there is cause for celebration an amazing achievement if you get to the November 9 it is a poker experience like no other with a chance at $9 million but if you happen to be one of those who don’t make it could you
Do me a favor and swing by my house to set the DVR I so do like to hear how I sound when I get home well Norman Johnny Laden is he heading for your place no I don’t think so he’s going over to table two to check on his buddy William
Thorson the Swedish Pro looks down at Ace treay he’s wearing the white Cambridge crew Jersey today he’s going to raise it up to 255 this is a relatively well-dressed table too Lon there are some designer labels out there indeed Michael M Rocky will sit this one
Out A well-dressed and young lawn I have nothing in common with these people and there’s the youngest left in the field 21-year-old mckel ckins he could still break Joe cata’s record as youngest ever M event champ over two amateur Brandon Steven Queen Deuce he is the car dealer
From Kansas he’s in the big blind he needs 135,000 to call Thorson and he will do that Brandon Steven in the mood to gamble from the big blind and he’ll go up against the the seasoned Pro William Thorson the Flop is six Deuce Jack two hearts Steven
With a pair of Deuces Thorson picked up the nut flush draw both got a little something there Steven checks it I don’t know why anyone want to play Thorson out of position he’s just scary good Thors will take the free card he’s not in the mood to bet
His heart draw turn card is a hard Thorson scores his nut flush Steven picked up a queen High flush draw Ste even checks I don’t know why he’s got chips in his hand if he’s not going to use them Thorson now with the flush William loves to be aggressive he
Bets 425,000 as Johnny Laden looks on Steven with bottom pair and a flush straw doesn’t seem to want to concede an inch to Thorson Steven with chips in hand and he check calls oh if Steven hits his flush he’s going to think he’s very happy but my
Guess is he’s going to end up being very unhappy I think you’re right River Card seven of Club Steven misses his flush Thorson already had the check mark Steven with Deuces checks again 1.6 that’s what we expected from Thorson he’s got the stone cold nuts Thorson over bets the pot and hopes the
Car dealer thinks he’s advertising a lemon got to hope you on A7 I don’t think get anything oh he hasn’t Len looks more nervous on the rail than he did at the table I don’t have much either but I don’t think you have anything God it’s sick it’s just sick
Line unless Steven puts Thorson on air he’s got a fold the amateur folds ni bet Thorson now wishing he’d value bet it he might have got a few more chips from Steven a short stack William Thorson needs every Chip he can collect huh calling over his buddy wow Laden just told Thorson he
Owes him for drinks last night and Thorson said Over My Dead Body well one friend walks out the door his dreams Dash the other soldiers on in his quest for the final table back inside the Rio on day eight where just three tables remain three tables and only 26 players
Over at table two Lily MZ rocki in the house and has rejoined her husband’s fan Club Action is folded around to John rner rner with Ace King rner has the most chips at this table he says with a lot of chips he doesn’t like playing really big pots pre flop known as J
Money and spiky online are raised to 275 to Thorson Thorson we see a jack of clubs and that’s all we see Thorson likes to play in big pots anytime anywhere and he really wants that 275 from rer all in for 3.8 million more tot
My total is like a 3.8 a little bit more almost four I assume he has pocket Jacks count or four between 3.9 and 4 million that’s good you can bring it in if you want to no no no you don’t have to bring it in means you’re folding or no I won’t
Ask you anymore that’s all that sounds as if Thorson wants him to fold maybe he doesn’t have pocket Jacks it’s for 1/ third of racer stack i f wow racer folds the Ace King to the pressure of the William takes that small pot and he had
A king did you just look at the second one he pushed with King Jack I know both okay I think i’ be here for eight days and then looking one C and go in it’s possible with you yeah it is anybody here yeah to answer your question yes
Okay this isn’t the first time William Thorson has made it this deep in the main event in 2006 the swed had the final table in sight before his Swagger got the best of him in uh 2006 I was feeling so strong the tournament like unbelievable I had like 4.6 million I
Think with 13 left but I decided there was one guy that I can go against him and it was Jamie gold every time we look it seems Jamie gold chip stack keeps growing cuz he was playing every single hand the Gold Rush continues for Jamie
Gold I race with Two Jacks and he looks for one second 1 million 1 million and here is my problem I don’t think I’m just like I’m all in I’m all in I call right away and I the moment I said it I justed regret
It so much and with Two Jacks uh yeah I think that was a really bad play another race and William Thorson is gone in 13th Place you’re always hoping one day I will have the chance again this year I really feel I’m playing my very best and
Yeah now I’m here again with a excellent chance every day I just feel strong what do you like gamble or not I want to get into the final table if I raise will you call big big dream would be to go the whole way well he’s made two very deep runs in
The two largest Main Event fields ever but if he falls short of the final table again I assume William Thorson will be devastated at table three where the inexperienced amateur soy wind turned a king High straight with a flush draw against Rob Pano with Kings and fours both checked River card is another
King pan with the check mark with a Full House when he was in his mid 20s win went to LA card rooms once a week but he stopped playing poker with any regularity 10 years ago soy win with a monster stack he started day eight with over 23
Million he’s going to bet 900,000 of it here Dano claims that when the main event is over he’ll be done with poker for the year and I think River bets like that one make him wish you were already on the golf course Pano with just a small pocket pair with Paw for concern
But does make that call got straight straights not going to work here soy a full boat for persono takes that pot amateurs can be confusing Pano wasn’t sure he was good there well Pano needed those chips to move above the 8 million chip [Applause] aage soy win Left shaking his ha knew
It so win in a tough spot there on the river with the straight down to under 21 million Rob pasano keeping his day eight run alive where once tables and players packed this Amazon room now tension fills the air with only 26 hopefuls remaining back to the feature table
We’re down to 26 because of Affleck’s elimination of Johnny Laden action on Italian Pro philipo condo eight six of Hearts when he was 21 he saw Max pescator on TV and thought I’d like to be like him who wouldn’t want to be like Max pescator the Italian pirate AR
Raised a 305,000 Joseph Chung the chip leader with Ace Trey and his familiar hoodie and he folds to Matthew buerck in the small blind 24-year-old from Denver with one nine buerck college graduate by the way with pocket nines Finance degree from the University of Tennessee this is his
Second main event cash in three years he calls for 245 more Matthew makes the call from the small blind no no no I raised and he folded no no no it’s 305 you call you tell him dealer oh I’m sorry I’m sorry I can I’m I couldn’t
Even see those chips on need another quarter he didn’t see condo’s ra sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I believe he is sorry L and he is heads up now with cono here’s the Flop seven Jack 82 Hearts bu carrick’s pocket nines are still ahead cono with
Middle pair on a flush draw bu Carrick checks I’m not sure 2.3 Kio with 450,000 back to the Colorado Pro now come on it’s 2.3 million in the middle I and a call from cono a quick call from filipo behind but getting the right pot odds buerck will be at risk got in
Good carck is ahead really I love a good cono song he might be singing buar swan song right now Buck’s buddies just waiting to cheer turn card is a heart cono hits his flush but buerck with a higher flush draw s right we still got Hearts car keeping a
Stiff upper lip fipo still humming a tun buerck has to have a heart the River card is a CL Pio flush knocks out Matthew buer will win the let’s have bu Carri goes out in 26th Place he’ll take home over $317,000 sorry because if you see my R you
You it’s no problem it’s no problem good luck luck wow felipo telling Matthew if he had pushed pre flop he would have been gone one mistake and buerck hits the rail but with class straight up you might want to color some of that up
Huh he’s so sick hand if he if he see my ra onop he push me shes and you fall all day he’s going to be frustrated with that yeah it’s really SI 26 left he’s so sick and just like that the main event is down to 25 there’s another top Pro who won his first bracelet this year the grinder could tie Frank cassella as player of the year if grinder wins the main event cassella watching right now as the grinder in a hand with mads vissing from Denmark both with a pair of jacks
Vissing has the better Kicker the turn card on its way it’s a four of diamonds no help to M Rocky this is a battle of the blinds vising a 28-year-old poker Pro and student vising chips in hand he bets 225 with the best hand grinder with maybe the prettiest chip Towers on the
Table grinder not going anywhere makes the call missing ahead going to the river river card is an eight and that’s jacks up and the check mark for the grinder you know Lon if I were playing grinder in war and he was down to one card this year I would like his chances exactly
Ving thinks he’s got the best hand bets 440,000 well Grinder’s got to figure his two pair are good in this spot Grinder’s brother sweating every decision Michael makes yeah when you’re playing grinder it seems like you’re playing against three or four Miss Rocky he it once he says Rays
990,000 how can Ving not call that Ving might sense he’s beat but you’re right lon’s getting 5 to one on a call here can he get away from it I call jacks up F two pair yep jacks up is good M Rocky paloa continues and that’s good news for all the Miz
Rockies and grinder pauses for a refresh waiting for his new found winnings to come over now grinder now can build some additions onto his chip complex with that pot Michael over 8 and a half million he’s just below the chip average in the room let’s take a look at our
Chip count brought to you by pokerstars.net Joseph Chong and soy W continue to lead the field mad’s vissing is now dropped to the second short stack Hassan Habib still the shortest stack in the room and he is on the Move he’s joining the featured table once again Ronnie what’s up bro
Hey what’s up manh Ronnie Barta who is also one of the short stacks met Habib on day five the two have been friendly since yeah all the big chips are on this table huh wow it’s not going to be mad action you know remember Barta has promised to moonwalk
Naked around the Rio if he makes it to the final table he’ll sit this hand out action over to khabib and just when you think you got him trained on the whole card cams he misses all in oh khabib all in for his short stack just over 1.1 million khabib
The only player remaining over the age of 40 he’s 48 Joseph Chong the biggest stack with Ace five and he’ll fold Affleck now Ace 9ine suited very playable but he’ll fold that to Matt Jarvis who started the day with over 13 million with king queen off he’s a
Semi-pro not certain if he’s going to make poker career I call and he does make the call to put Habib at risk lays down his small blind cono folds his big you got a pair finally shows his pocket fors he’s ahead but we have to dodge a lot of danger yes come on
Baby’s wife Nancy leading the cheering section hold Assan has had no chips forever he’s been crawling through the sewer pipe searching for daylight here at the main event Jarvis trying to knock out one of the four remaining bracelet winners in the main event you know I’m
Ru for you kid I know andon Mar comes over to provide khabib some spiritual support all right here we go with khabib at risk it is Du six Jack two hearts khabib still good with the pocket fours now a two to one favorite I think the King of Hearts we have one request
With a smile for the King of Hearts turn card seven of Spades khabib one card from a double up Jarvis looking for a king or a queen and knock out Habib this little face would be nice the River card is a five of Spades and the pocket fours
Bring khabib life and 2 and2 million chips Hassan khabib has crawled up to 21 big blinds now Hassan climbed into the lion’s den of monster Stacks at this feature table with his smallest stack and had an immediate impact with his main event final table experience and
Poker skills he is a player who can do some damage plus he’s the only guy even close to my age go Hassan all right let’s get over to table two John Dolan triying to double up with king queen of hearts he R raised all in for about a
Million and a half pre flop Scott Clemens called the Allin with 10 nine of clubs Clem the only multiple bracelet winner left in the field all right here we go Dolan at risk Queen 8 Ace a good flop for Dolan he has middle pair with a
Nut flush draw Clemens picked up a gut shot straight draw Clemens was behind he falls further behind turn card now is a jack and Clemens turns his straight and now it’s Dolan who needs a Hail Mary pass Scott Clemens now poised for The Knockout John Dolan’s going to need a
Tend to make Broadway or any heart or he is wamb Boozled the River card is a heart wow a saving flush on the river for John Dolan oh one bad turn leads to a very good River for John Dolan so Scott Clemens takes that hit John Dolan still
Below the chip average but that’s secondary for him right now he’s still alive in the main event now it’s time for deal me in brought to you by Full Tilt poker.net Mike the mouth mato loves to talk at the poker table so when it’s another player making a speech it really
Makes him think like on day one of the main event in 2009 I decided to limp with the Jack Queen of Spades and like five of us took the Flop the Flop came down 963 of Spades and I was like Wow Mano hits the queen High flush Johnson
With a nut flush draw Johnson bets out and I raise it to 2200 the mouth pounces uh the blinds folded and uh then he went ahead and moved all in I’m all in all in uh with a speech I either double up through Mike m or I get eliminated by
Mike there’s a written rule in poker when they make a speech they got it and I got a speech too I know that this guy here is never going to play back me without the absolute joint because this guy has played one hand all right buddy
Take it wow what a difficult lay down but it was the wrong lay down here you know even when I saw on TV I was like wow he really only had the ace but you know what on day one you don’t need to win the big pot I got out of the day
With 41,000 in chips so I was really really really happy uh with my full D here on day eight making it through this day means making the final table and keeping alive your dreams of wearing that gold bracelet it’s time now for the Jack linkx beef jerky Wild Card hand I’m
Thinking of making the move to blackjack with my Wild Card skills Assan abib found the whole card cam Queen nine he folds see and blackjack if you can figure out the the dealer has line you can beat that game athle now with eight six of Hearts Matt says tournaments are
His bread and butter and the main event is his Bread Basket two straight deep runs he raises to 270,000 and Matt Jarvis with the Western Canadian Jack Links wildcard hand I can never put anyone wearing sunglasses that ridiculous on a real hand from the cutoff position he makes the call well
I’ll put Jarvis on one of those get you in trouble hands king queen rest of the table folds so heads up Jarvis with the wild card hard hand against Affleck the Flop 10 King seven Matt Affleck with a gut shot needs a nine for a straight
Matt Jarvis has had a cough and a cold to Route the main event but that doesn’t excuse the ridiculous Shades Affleck with the soft check oh that’s the best checking Motion in poker let’s see if Jarvis has Kings Jarvis with a check I think he’s slow playing kings and
Another King on the turn frankly Lon the shades bother me so much I’ll pay him $50 to take him off Affleck now oh here comes my boy we’ve seen him bet with nothing before he makes it 450 Affleck hoping that ends matters but Jarvis might have a big hand let’s see what he
Does with his allegedly big hand Jarvis has trip Kings and one fine looking lady friend that’s his sister Danielle H I’m already over one on this hand Jarvis made the call the River card is an eight of spades Affleck pairs his eight see with trip Kings I think Jarvis is trying
To use Affleck’s aggression against him he expects him to bet most people expect Affleck to bet don’t do it buddy he does 650 I can’t protect him from where I’m sitting Jarvis has matched Affleck step for step in this hand well now Jarvis has to bring down the hammer on my boy I
Think the sunglasses slow him down in figuring out the amount of the Rays he should make Jarvis has Ace Jack a busted straight draw that was it yeah and he folds the jacklink beep jerky wildcard hand my bad nice hand Matt Affleck nice sister Matt Jarvis Jarvis gives up a
Small portion of his stack to Affleck I’ll just be right on another day good luck with that so Affleck picks up some more chips as he continues his Chase of the Final Table after a disappointing 80th Place finish in last year’s Main Event all right let’s get back over to
Table two it is Sweden versus Denmark William Thorson caught bottom pair on a six tray 10 flop he checked Danish poker Pro mad’s vising as top pair action is on him Thorson called pre- flop from a small blind and Ving checked his option Ving bets 175,000 with the top pair Thorson
Now all in with bottom pair and that would put vissing all in call vissing makes the call for his last million and a half and is in good shape to double up thoron clearly thought pushing vissing all in would push him out of the hand vising a three to one favorite and at
Risk I have a good feeling I it’s going to be a club or or Jack on the turn I think Ving has his own feeling about William Thorson right now so Thorson trying to come from behind turn card and Thorson was right a jack what a killer
Card for Ving poker is a Preposterous Pursuit law no one should play it human lives don’t deserve this much Agony mads vissing you have my deepest condolences Thorson with Jack up this needs a 10 and a 10 only or he is out of here and now
The River card it’s an eight wow two pair not enough to avoid elimination for mads vissing he goes out in 25th Place Ving takes it well and off he goes with a main event ending bad beat Ving ships all his chips to a very needy William thoron so who’s the grinder
Today who is the grinder today at the main event everyone needs a little grinder in [Applause] Them back inside the Rio where Ronnie Barta is in trouble with Ace King of Hearts going to the Flop against phip oo and his pocket aces cono sings softly and Bart hoping for a jazzy flop all right now here we go to the Flop Jack dece for nothing there for
B looking for some immediate help fipo in great shape for The Knockout the turn card is another Jack that ends the Ronnie Barta drawing dead out of the main event in 24th Place no moonwalk naked around the Rio I think we’re going to sold tickets for that
Cono picks up an additional 2 million plus Barta goes out with his first World Series cash it was good it was a good uh good run hopefully I’ll be back here next year see you guys later good luck to everyone Oho is one player who definitely believes in luck that lucky
Striped sweater has been with him the entire way hey if it ain’t broke why fix it I’m a little bit Superstition but when I passed the day one uh I repeat all days the same thing wake up at 11:00 11:20 Coffee espresso very short with one sugar no stick please no stick 1130 I take a taxi I come to Rio I sing the song
Is stupid Superstition but maybe this this thing relax me at 12 I start to play and uh I repeat this eight times during the break I talk with all my friend I sing the song and I try stay calm and I think it’s my moment yes I can’t lose now yes
Sir I’m ready yes sir yes Sir he’s ready to win and I’m ready to single on maybe it’ll bring me Good Luck Figo Figaro Figo fipo cono now six in chips with nearly 14 million while Joseph Chong and soy win are still sitting pretty at top the leaderboard with over 20 million each with 23
Players left to chip average about 92 million let’s get over for to Table Three Jonathan daml with an open-ended straight draw check the flop of Trey 7 Deuce Rob Pano with Ace King that 1.65 million action is on daml daml had made a big three bet from the small blind pre
Flop in panu called neither one with a hand right now and neither one looks like he wants to give and it’s anybody’s pot as you see by the percentages as do hmel makes the call theano’s got to be worried about that call these two started the hand with almost even step
Sacks damel slightly covered by Pano turn card now is in Ace and du haml hits his wheel Pano with top pair top kicker have I mentioned that poker is a Preposterous Pursuit what a card top pair top kicker for Pano not straight for daml du haml reaching for some of
His stack that’s almost 1.9 million I thought daml might check there and give Pano a chance to bet at it raised to H all in Jonathan called immediately and that’s an instant double up for the Canadian Pro to almost 21 million you can actually hear his heartbreaking their lawn how he that
Dam’s now got a pile of chips and Pano has virtually no chips Rob Pano cannot believe what just happened to him Jonathan daml now second in chips Pano the man who crushed Johnny Chan’s Main Event hopes this year now crushed himself down to 320,000 making it to the November 9 is the
Dream while making it this far and falling short of the final table give me my money is the Ultimate Nightmare Rob pasano looks like he may join those who have fallen short all in Pre flop he’s got an up and down straight draw Pascal leonis with Queens
Up John do hamood just crippled Rob Pano Pano’s cheering section hoping he catches something on the river eight from Hell On the River let’s go an ad King only an ader King keeps Bano around the River card is a jack and that will do it Rob Pano’s strong Main
Event run ends in 23rd Place hanano was struck by the D lightning bolt and bang it’s all over right after that lonis absorbs the last of Pano’s chips while while pasano the New York native and Las Vegas resident takes the walk that’s a long and painful walk 22 players remain
Chip average nearly 10 million a new chip has been introduced to the game the Almond chip worth A4 million the big Stacks that this feature table are growing chip leader Joseph Chong has quietly added nearly 1.7 million to his stack fle oio has vocally added over 35
Million to his and Jason Sentai has picked up nearly 3 million today Sentai on the jacklinks beef jerky pocket cam looks down at Jack four offit the Minneapolis Pro says Minnesota is a great place to live 5 months a year it’s more expensive to play now the blinds up
To 80 and 160 a raise to 380,000 from Sentai Jason says he likes to play a lot of hands and sometimes he has a maniacal image Matt Jarvis in the big blind with Ace six off Jarvis started playing poker 6 years ago when he was working for a
Sales company they would play in the office after the work day was over Jarvis thinking maybe Sentai was on a button steel with a r ra here to 1.1 million what you playing start that about 1 11 million speaking of his maniacal image Sentai told us he will forb bet it bluffing
Sentai has Jarvis covered by about 5 million and Sentai is going to forb bet it Norman like you said 2.7 million in change and he’s bluffing you can’t trust summum graduates from the University of North Dakota and I don’t see how Jarvis could continue with A6 off come on I
Guess he can Jarvis re raises all in these are poker mines that operate at a different level L he puts his tournament life in the hands of the bigger stack Sentai well that sizing was a mistake that was was supposed to be 27 unfolding Sentai relents gracefully Matt Jarvis will take that
Big pot pre flop nice and play wipes his brow with a six of diamonds that got the attention of his sister how can I get the attention of his sister one down boy nice show the other one Jarvis is going to play it koi with the other card I didn’t try to make
It 27 for what it’s worth Jarvis picks up over 3 million chips from Sentai in that hand Matt’s previous biggest payday in a live tournament was 20,000 he’s guaranteed over 300,000 here in the main event action over at table two the grinder one be William Thorson is
Sitting this one out the real grinder is out of his seat to watch the hand with his brothers as John rner flopped a set of Aces and checked it to Brandon Steven with what is now an almost worthless Pair of Kings racer rais pre flop and
Then Steven three bet it from the hijack they check it to the turn it is a Jack rner gets the check mark with his three Aces it’s hard to believe rner had less than 15 big blinds left when we were on the money bubble it’s really gone all
His way since then rer bet seven 25,000 Steven now with his pocket kings hoping the Ace of course missed rner he makes the call if Steven doesn’t love it but he figures he has the best hand if rner doesn’t have an ace of course rner has lots of Aces River card is another
Eight rner improves to AC’s full Steven to Kings up which we know are useless well John racer was comfortable on the turn I assume he is very comfortable with A’s full very comfortable putting in 1.9 million so a big decision for Brandon Steven Brandon’s Brothers on the right Racer’s buddies on the
Left good turn to Jack good turn for you Steven trying to get something out of racer I don’t think he could get even a piece of bubblegum out of racer can he get away from pocket kings Stephen wants the call and he’s getting better than 2 and 1 half to one on a
Call you got a coin I can borrow a what a coin I can borrow coin it’s 50/50 man you actually want me to give you a coin I need to flip it you got one Lily Miss Rocky brings a coin Miss Rocky’s not going to flip a coin for Steven grinder is Racer’s
Friend Brandon Steven with chips in hand Brandon Steven tormented by this decision I think he turned the jack I’m lay down a big hand de you that’s a nice lay down Steven says he’s going to fold lay down big hand the big hand is not big enough and rner will win that pot
The amateur not convinced he made the right decision what’ you have you have Kings good guess by racer and Brandon Steven got off cheaply back at the Rio action underway at the featur table after Jason Sentai raised with pocket NES fipo condo reased and showed only a king to the camera you
Have me covered right I have like 125 the Italian is Silent not a note to be heard a couple of the big Stacks at this feature table bumping in the night Jason Sentai makes the call and we’ll go heads up with the Italian Pro so it’s the man who sings in a band
Against the man who sings to himself and the King against the pocket nines here’s the Flop and it is King 54 Kio with a Pair of Kings at least sentai’s pocket nines are behind but we don’t know exactly how much they’re behind cono checks remember I thought Matt Jarvis
Was checking Kings during the Wild Card hand but he didn’t have Kings turn card another king cono with at least three kings Sentai with a heart flush draw remember I thought Jarvis had trip Kings on the turn but he didn’t have any Kings I wish this were the Jack Link’s beef
Jerky Wild Card hand gandio bets a million and a half like many good players kanyo is effective because he is aggressive with or without a hand Sentai makes that call Sentai likes his Kings and nines River card is a deuce of Spades cono seems content Sentai missed his flush we
Saw cono earlier in the main event bet a lot with very little it’s hard to figure out when he’s really holding well he’s got three kings at least and he does bet a lot over 3.1 million Sentai getting almost 3 to one on a call and if he doesn’t think filipo
Has a king his pocket nines might be good nice hand Sentai gives it up cono didn’t even need the other card one card poker it can work filipo picks off Sentai for a couple of million as Jason looks to write his ship well that wasn’t a fun couple hands Sentai good natured
About giving away chips filipo takes him into his stack he is now fourth in chips with over 17 million a rough patch for Sentai but he is still in the top nine and still over the chip average which right now is just shy of 10 million Jonathan daml and Joseph Chong the only
Players over 20 million over to Table Three soy WN who is third in chips right now flopped a flush draw against Dy lay who scored trip Kings both checked turn card now is a six of Spades When Miss draw paired to six lay still ahead wind’s been behind every step of the way
Sometimes the amateur seems a little overmatched by the pros but he’s been hanging tough he checks 1.4 do we lay bets it 1.4 million L putting more pressure on wins flush draw hello ladies Dey L’s cheering section looking on nervously soy win told us he doesn’t know what implied
Odds are well on if he makes his flush and thinks dwey L would pay him off on the river whether he knows it or not soy’s got the correct implied odds here to make the call he needs 1.4 and that’s what he calls with actually I just think he’s
Happy he paired his six maybe so all right the River card now with Dy L way ahead and it’s another six wow soy hit a full house but its second best delays full booat poker is a Preposterous Pursuit Lon win hoping for a flush goes Runner Runner full house and now he’s in
Deep trouble I’m all call Lay were just waiting to pounce with the call and gets maximum value with his bigger boat boy that was fast that was brutal and a big pot for Dewey Le and that’s good news for deey and his Entourage do we lay over 11 million chip
Now soy wind drops to about 14 million no stack is immune from serious damage at this point of the main event back over to table two where Michael Mis rocki has been pretty quiet as a bystander to most of the action so far today over to John Dolan Dolan looks
Down at pocket sevens on day one Dolan starting stack of 30,000 went down to 18,000 very early he took a long break then he came back and ended the day with 45,000 chips with his pocket pair he’s going to raise it up to 375,000 rner with two kings like Dolan from
Florida so is grinder three Florida guys at this table wow he makes just a call with his Kings Brandon Steven on the button Ace five suited Steven looks like he’s been to Florida Brandon makes the call now the swed William Thorson in the big blind 10 of diamonds jack of
Diamonds how much three let’s see we’ve got a hoodie a backwards baseball cap and a nice haircut small he’s all in for over 5 million how much is it roughly how you covered well I know but it it does matter cuz I need to know how much he’s risking General roughly
Five 4.66 more and Thorson might be thinking wait a minute didn’t I learn my lesson going all in in 2006 the final day before the final table all in Dolan folded Rayner re raised all in well I’m all out and Steven will lay down his suited Ace and Thorson will be at risk
Against Racers Kings with his Jack 10 Thorson had hoped to clear out the playing field with his Squeeze Play instead he’s heads up against a huge hand that has him crushed Thorson a 4 to one dog and at risk it’s not a bad play by William most of the time he’ll take
It Thorson had 30 big blinds left he was 13th here in 2006 now staring at a 22nd Place finish unless he gets lucky all right now the Flop it is Duce 68 two diamonds Thorson with a flush draw brings him some hope Rayner’s Kings keep him ahead rner poised for a big knockout
Two his buddy’s calling for a black two black two William Thorson looks like a man awaiting execution turn card is a black two the de of Spades actually takes an out away from Thorson now they’re calling for a five of clubs and racer trying to finish off Thorson here Thorson needs a diamond
That isn’t a deuce or his main event is done it is the five of claws Racer’s friends called itk hey I I heard I heard your voice up R eliminates William Thorson from the main event devastatingly close to the final table again Thorson Squeeze Play squeezes him
Out think had such a feeling you really do did it because you think I will do it then he calls as well so sick yeah now I knew you I knew you two were capable of it is so sick rner owns the last of Thorson’s chips as Williams says his
Farewells good game well John racler now third in chips with 17 million the field is down to 21 the 39,000 Square ft inside the Amazon room now holds just three tables as the cream of the crop has risen with only 21 players remaining see you in November
It’s a young group chasing this world championship and a diverse group we have some bracelet winners some pros and amateurs alike Pascal alonis won a $1,500 No Limit event this year he’s holding court at table three with former chip leader amateur Kon soy WN Michael Mis Rocky took down the poker players
Championship you’re wearing that bracelet that’s a good looking bracelet man there’s a better looking one out there he remains at table to with a chance to claim a share of the player of the year title at the featur table Matt Affleck is continuing his impressive followup to last year’s 80th Place
Finish while Joseph Chong is looking to add to the biggest chip stack in the room only nine will advance to the final table let’s take a look at who is in the best position to do so as of now the top Stacks have an international flare with three Canadians Jonathan damel LEF
Franois and Matt Jarvis as well as Italian filipo cono they’re all well above the chip average which is almost 102 million and there is the chip leader Joseph Chung who’s at the feature table along with several other big stacks phip cono is currently in fifth place Matt
Jarvis is in seventh and there is my honorary godson Matt Affleck who is in eighth this got to be like the quietest feature table ever yeah what’s going on we should start talking more I think it’s my fault cuz I lost a few hands and I’m normally the one talking so much so
Now I’m probably just all pouty or something Jason Sentai usually a friendly table presence it’s gotten too serious Jason despite a couple of recent setbacks is in ninth place and that is the number one goal when this day eight is done be the top nine the November 9
All right action on filipo cono the fifth biggest stack on the jacklink beef jerky pocket cam 104 off cono usually quite outgoing he looks too serious he’s not going to play this hand khabib with a Trey and an Ace and he’ll fold Joseph Chung lays it down to Jason
Sentai on the button with Queen five of Spades he plays no limit hold them in Pot Limit Omaha cash games for a living online he’s going to raise it up to 380 Matt Affleck now with a couple of 10 he lost his glasses after day seven of
The main event never found them doesn’t need them Affleck with a r ra to 1.2 million I wish Matt Jarvis had lost his glasses too pocket Jacks he used to caddy for his father who played on the PGA Senior Tour he’s still wondering what his first World Series cash will
Amount to and he makes the call for just over a million more so back to Sentai now the original Razer and Jason will lay it down 14 gentlemen we have two players these two guys starting the hand with almost identical Stacks the Flop 49 Queen Jarvis still best with his Jacks
Affleck’s pocket 10s coming up way short Affleck more mature than he was a year ago but he still plays a lot of hands and makes a lot of plays puts a lot of pressure on his opponents that’s a bet of 1.6 million Jarvis usually plays quite deliberately he says when he
Rushes things he plays poorly with the better hand he makes the call that Queen May worry both of them though all right turn card is a jack Jarvis picks up a set of jacks Affleck Now with an up and down straight draw Affleck might put Jarvis on a heart draw
And looks like he wants to bet his pocket TS again Matt Jarvis probably very happy to see chips going in the pot from Matt Affleck 2.7 million I really do think the sunglasses slow down the math Jarvis does in his head takes his time Jarvis wow that’s a raise to 6.2 million
With the three Jacks I hope my boy Matt Affleck is reconsidering the strength of jarvis’ hand Jarvis with a strong group of supporters including his sister Danielle in the blue shirt and next to her his girlf friend Juliana 3.5 more it’s nothing more if you fold buddy oh Matt’s not folding he makes
That call for 32 million maybe my guy does need his glasses back oh boy big pot building here over 18 and 1 half million all right so these two see a river card a Deuce of Clubs Jarvis now with the check mark Affleck left only with pocket tens and he
Checks I doubt the third Club Hitting the board worries Matt Jarvis much I’ve got to believe Jarvis knows he has the best hand with the set of jacks Jarvis considering his next move all in all in declared well that all in by Jarvis actually would put Matt Affleck all
In Affleck barely the shorter of the two stacks Matt Jarvis is still pushing his chips in I hope Affleck’s not calling I I told his mom I’d look out for him and if he missteps here he’ll be walking out of the main event what a big moment for Affleck this
Is for his tournament and he lays it down to [Applause] Jarvis that was a good lay down Norman but it was costly for Affleck you’re right Affleck lost 2/3 of his stack there big blow he still does have nearly 30 big blinds left and those chips go
Over to Matt Jarvis and that puts him over for 23 million here on day eight Affleck took a real chance calling on the turn and eats a 9 million chip loss he saved himself from Total ruin here on day eight but he must now rebuild to be
One of the vaunted nine come November Norman eight long days of Poker have left the remaining players physically exhausted mentally drained and all longing for the Finish Line lucky for them the main event marathon is nearing its end L forget the players I’m exhausted but I have enough strength
Left for one one more pep talk that’s right Matt Affleck I’m talking to you I felt for you when things went wrong last year but forget the past and keep running I know you just took a big hit but forget the past and keep running listen here little buddy put your head
Down build your stack up and make me proud plus I I did make that promise to your mother and M she kind of scares me well that was not a total Matt Affleck blow up but he may have lit the fuse he’s left with less than half the
Chip average and a lot of makeup work to do it does take a little magic to make it through day eight and over by table to professional magician Donnie Ms rocki showing off his skills to Frank Cella I used to do that same trick when I was working with the CIA of course
Both have an interest in the goings on of Donny’s brother Michael the grinder can Ty Cella for Player of the Year honors with a main event Championship another player with a chance to make history here is mckel sipkins he could break Joe Cat’s record as the youngest ever Main Event Champion
He’s sitting here with Redmond Lee a 24-year-old London poker Pro with pocket fors he was 441st at the 07 Main Event I’m all in he’s all in for almost 2 1/2 million so Redmond Lee putting his tournament on the line now over to the grinder King
Jack rags to me he does fold to mckel ckins on the button with two1 if ckins wins the main event he would beat Joe Cat’s youngest ever Mark by 4 and2 months oh the 21-year-old from the Netherlands makes the call to put Lee at risk action on John rner he folds
Pass both hands please yep the 10 dominating Redmond Lee’s fours the Kel’s buddy and Redmond’s girlfriend wish each other luck you know I think we saw Lee kissing her a couple of days ago here I believe that kind of thing should be banned for the main
Event all right here we go Redmond Lee at risk one time he’s using his one time right here you get a one time only one time you may as well use it in an Allin when you’re behind on day eight of the main event two of the Young Guns of this
Main event and now here’s the Flop 76 Jack cpin Still ahead with a 10 Lee got no help Lee looking for a four or runner runner straight or Runner Runner diamonds and he hits any of that no kissing all right turn card ace of clubs cypin still way
Ahead Redmond Lee looking for a four and a four only or he is out of here the River card is a queen and that will do it pocket tense for ckins send Redman Lee back to London in 21st Place second main event cash in four years and this is a healthy one over
$317,000 for Redmond Lee no no no no no well that cashier trumps his $29,000 cash back in 07 ckins picks up an extra couple of million chips we’re down to 20 Redmond Le’s departure everyone a step closer to the November 9 back inside the Ria where only 20 players remain in this
2010 Main Event each fighting for a seat at the final table let’s take a look at all of the chip counts Joseph Chun still on top Matthew Jarvis has moved up to Second Place John rner with 21 million is fourth Dy l in Ninth Place Michael M
Rocky is still grinding in 14th Place with 5.9 million Matt Affleck one of the short stacks he has been chopped down to 4.6 million less than half the chip average come on Matt I just got another text from your mom he’s got to get some
Chips back as for the new man in second place Matt Jarvis well this game of poker apparently suits him quite well he may have finally discovered his true calling I’m 25 years old uh currently not working the last job I had was maybe like 4 years ago I worked in a lumber
Mill like 12-hour graveyard shifts it was the worst ever but I had a whole bunch of different ones when I was super young and I used to go golf balls out of the ditches and clean them up and sell them back to the golfers I work as a
Mechanics assistant on small like cesna planes I used to sell knives I was a dishwasher I worked at a golf course cleaning golf carts I worked as a cashier at one point I worked at a cafe just anything I could do to make a little bit of money I really realized
That I didn’t much like working for other people I kind of liked working for myself and ultimately in poker you’re working for yourself it just kind of turned into me going to casinos and started playing online and just kind of slowly got to a point where I was doing okay at it I
Like it I’m just happy to be able to do what I’m doing now this is my first World Series event actually cash in it’s pretty lucky finally did it and it’s way bigger than anything I’ve ever dreamed of and it potentially can be a lot more Jaris would fall asleep sometimes
While working at the lumber mill the business shut down a few months after he left maybe it closed because everyone working there was falling asleep action here at this feature table chip leader Joseph Chung with Queen Jack doubt Chung ever worked in a lumber mill he folds Jason Sentai he was an electrical
Engineer he lays it down Affleck he was a cashier looks down at pocket aces in the nick of time pocket aces now we’re running in the right direction you go Matt Matt with a raise to 375 a smallish raise not even two and a half times big
Blind Matt Jarvis now on the button with Ace King he actually was a pretty good knife salesman he sold $100,000 worth of high-end kitchen cutlery a r ra to a million 50 if Jarvis works on commission I don’t like his income prospects on this hand the blinds fold back to
Affleck and all in and snap call it’ll be Affleck Aces way ahead of Jarvis’s Ace King Ace King running into those Aces Lon and Matt Affleck in great position to get some chips back first been all in all tournament his first all in and if he gets unlucky he will be all
Out Jarvis trying to to finish the job he started earlier on Matt Affleck where did his sister go Jarvis’s supporters would love to see a come from behind win all right Affleck at risk here is the Flop and there’s an ace that’s a sight for sore eyes for Matt affle that’s all
Right buddy you can show a little emotion Good Start Good Start red please Affleck doesn’t want to see Runner run or flush for Jarvis turn card a treay of Spades ends the hand Jarvis dra dead Affleck doubles up my Matt gets some chips back from the other mat he
Still owes you three or 4 million though he does Affleck up to 95 million now wonders what if he hadn’t given away 9 million to Jarvis earlier Jarvis still left with more than 18 million let’s go to Table Three a short stack Patrick scander re raised Allin before the flop
For his last 845,000 soy win called as did Pascal leonis three amateurs going Toe to Toe to Toe a flop now with scander at risk is Queen 910 two diamonds soy went first to act he’s going to bet it 1.3 million Leon SW folds you got any of thatan soy
Wentz his top pair and he’s got a straight draw scander with a seven of Hearts scander best hope is an ace maybe uh I said back first I definitely don’t want to anybody folded Aces don’t tell me turn card another 10 queen’s up now for soyn Patrick scander down to a three
Outter diamonds I think he needs an ace it’s a king on the river soy win knocks out Patrick scander no heads up this year skander’s first trip to the main event is a profitable one he wins over 317,000 good Payday for the Northern California business owner and another amateur as
You mentioned Norman soy win pads his stack a bit we are now one knockout away from being down to the last two tables at the main Event welcome back inside the Rio where all the action in the Amazon room has moved to one corner where only 19 players on three tables remain here at table to mck sitkins looks down at A7 off he used to play chess transition to Poker you noan both games have kings and
Queens yeah you’re right about that Norman but each side only has one king and one Queen Brandon Steven now after the raise from ckins to 380,000 Steven with 64 of Spades and he makes the call from the big blind the car dealer from Kansas two more amateurs
Heads up think you can bet me off now I’m rooting for the kid Steven one of the very short stacks under 2 million chips T gentl now I’m really po committed now I’m definitely rooting for the kid all right ckins and Steven I check and Brandon Steven checks dark all
Right the Flop is Trey 5 seven Steven flops a seven High straight he checked dark ckins with top pair top kicker I’m still rooting for the kid I’m in call Steven calls all in he’s the shorter stack and he flopped The Joint we have no chance but I’m still rooting for the
Kid and it looks like Steven’s Brothers Johnny and Rodney will hang around a little longer Brandon Steven all in and very comfortable how’ you call the flob I took a Time link that turn de put a two no put a uh yeah two’s fun turn cart is a queen
That’s blank enough cin drawing dead and puts 4.4 million into the account of Brandon Steven Steven still only with 27 big blinds been waiting on that four six of Spades all day I’m still rooting for the kid any more cards to come that’s it Norman Steven can now stand down from
Desperation mode with about 4 half million the cin still in position to possibly be the youngest ever made event champ according to the Full Tilt poker.net tournament ticker it’s not just the Champions who are getting younger as the size of the overall field has been reduced so has the average age
When play began on day one the average age was over 37 now with only 19 left it’s Fallen to under 29 that Trend bodess well both for ckins and our 24-year-old chip leader Joseph Chong who has the action back at the feature table D did you want to bracel year
David Bak Baker won the bracelet is that a joke no the other one did I didn’t no no I I knew you had deep runs and everything I honestly it was best question I got a couple final tables but yeah he won a bracelet I didn’t the two Bakers are
Often confused I realize now how that could have came off that Matt and I have something in common sometimes we put foot in mouth all right action here on Joseph Chung 24-year-old born in South Korea now lives in San Diego Queen four of Hearts
He went out on day four five to buy a second hoodie because he thought it would be embarrassing to have only won the entire main event from under the gun he raises to 380 Matt Affleck with pocket T of course Matt has seven Seattle jerseys here at
The main event at the moment he’s worried because Chung raised under the gun in the old days if you raised under the gun you had a big hand Chung has Queen four suited it’s suited suited pocket TS make the call Jarvis fos over to David I’m not bak’s Baker pocket sevens David Baker
Trying to reclaim his name Lon you and I are ahead of the game nobody wants either of our names you’re right about that from the button Baker just with the call he’s also respecting Chun under the gun raay khabib the oldest player left at 48 Baker the next oldest at 38 a be
Folded so three players will see the Flop the Flop is Jack Ace 10 Affleck with a set of 10 Chong with a Broadway draw Baker with a 1% hand Chung bets 525 the continuation mistake Affleck with the best hand just with a call I signal
A Matt to just call and he has very nice Baker lays down smart move and the remaining players keep their faces well covered turn card is a queen that puts a Broadway draw on board the best Chong can do is chop it if a king comes Chung comes out with
1.125 million Chung fires a third barrrel my guy has to worry that Chung hit Broadway that is a worrisome board in Affleck just with the call the River card Trey of Spades Affleck officially with the check mark with his set does Joseph Chong have one more round of
Hooie in him it’s possible he picked up a case of hooie at CCO earlier today Chong now checks I have signaled to Matt to bet his set check he missed the signal Queens the Queens will come up short against the set and Affleck takes that pot Here
Comes Matt Affleck please don’t put one of six cards on the turn Chung took the hit he’s still our chip leader about even on the day Matt a bit frustrated that the straight draw on board kept his big gun holstered but but a win is a win
Ed out for straight from the pros brought to you by pokerstars.net two keys to taking down a final table or knowing your opponent and trusting your reads just ask Daniel nanu about facing Bryant King and Tunica in 2006 I raised with two sixes to 4,000 and Bryant was
Really um re raising a lot before the Flop 200 more but I started to feel like I got a read on his bed sizes I’d seen some of the hands he turned over and it seemed like the bigger the ray size the more likely for it to be like a marginal
Hand like Ace k pocket NES or something like that that’s a big raise my dead read was that he had Ace King exactly and Daniel calls it right away fob came Queen 43 and he bet 200,000 and that struck me as like very kind of a weak
Bet I looked at him and he did not look confident to me I decided to go with my gut I moved all in Daniel doesn’t think King has a bigger pair and he’s right he kind of shook his head and said oops go ahead Daniel my read on the situation
Was that I was ahead and I’m always going to look towards situations like that as as situations where I can really push people around the lesson for the hand for me it was just to go with your read stick your money in back inside the Rio only 19 remain at
Day eight of the main event let’s take a look at how things stand first the top nine where Joseph Chong is still on top Matt Affleck is climbed back among the leaders sits just above chip average of 112 million among the rest the grinder
Has a lot of work to do but not as much as John Dolan and Brandon Steven each with fewer than 15 big blinds one of our final 19 will be wearing that world championship bracelet come November 9th action here at table two on Michael Mis rocki King Jack it took him forever to
Make a World Series final table and now it seems that’s all he does from under the gun he raises to 380,000 mckel ckins with an Ace and a 10 he is in his third year of college in rdam studying Logistics and transport management he re raises the action to 960 on the button
John Dolan a very short stack with queens and his last 2.2 million are in the pot John Dolan doesn’t know from Logistics he just knows pocket queens and as you mentioned chip wise he is in the danger zone again R so action folds over to amateur Brandon Steven and the
Big blind with pocket nines he is the shortest stack in the room pocket nines though shrink when there are three raises in front of you Brandon Steven good fold frustrated about to be a good fault yeah he does lay it down finally over to M Rocky and
The pro lays down King Jack ckins made the call to put Dolan at risk it was for 10% of ckins Stack Dolan with that uneasy look on him John Dolan with his tournament life on the line again all right here’s the Flop 6-9 Trey Dolan’s pocket Queen stand
Strong Brandon Stevens sees he would have flopped a set ckins looking for help the turn card does not bring it an ace on the river and John Dolan’s going home the River card is a seven and Dolan will double up to almost 5.3 million John Dolan out of the danger zone ckins
Down to about 10 million Brandon two n right 226 I know you have two n wow so sick but if I would have known a nine was I would thought with Jack a while n the same thing there Jacks and NES are not the same thing right there
You don’t think I put it in with tens there are you crazy so John Dolan still alive in his bid to make the final table 19th Place and 18th Place are also not the same thing and it’s not just a point of Pride that makes it worthwhile there is a
Difference of almost $80,000 between finishing 19th and 18th back of the feature table chip leader Joseph Chung on the jackling beef jerky pocket cam pocket nines he says the hoodie helps to not give away any Tails it tells me he doesn’t have a nice shirt to wear he
Raises it up to 380,000 Matt Affleck back among the living with pocket Deuces here 80th last year in a field of 6,500 a top 20 finish guarantee this year in a field of 7,300 that is some back-to-back performance for Mr Affleck he makes the call Matt Jarvis will fold folded over
To filipo conio in the small blind this is his only sweater right it is indeed the lucky sweater and lucky pocket Queens maybe he just calls big blind toan khabib folds three pocket pairs in search of a flopped set this could be dangerous for someone the Queens are ahead right now
985 Chong with a set of nines cono checks Joseph Chong checks his set Chung with the sneaky check Affleck with the sublime check turn C is an eight of clubs Chong still best Affleck now drawing dead cono drawing very thin but takes a stab with those Queens
475 Chong raises to over a million and a half Matt says maybe next time good for him cono doesn’t believe CH he’s got chips but he pulls them back he can’t do that that’s Forward Motion the dealer should tell filipo the chips got to stay cono says F yeah time I’m not sure
They’re going to let him though Norman he did he came he came over with the million they’re right it’s almost like the goal line in football with his Forward Motion he crossed the plane of an imaginary line a motion it might be a call and now another tournament official comes
Over okay it’s a call officials say conos chips have to go in the middle that rule is to prevent someone from acting like they’re going to call just to see the other players reaction all right so here the River card it’s a four of Hearts Chong now with the check mark
I don’t think filipo was shooting an angle on the turn he just had a change of heart and he had to put the million in cono checked it 2.25 million 2 say 2 and A4 million chunga cono want it out he knows his set is good and he’s hoping cono is priced
In now and will call flippo’s got no business calling at this point cono may be thinking that chun’s trying to how do you say it swaggle fim Norman you got it I call he made the call and Chong shows him the set cono has to ship the chips
Well that pump fake mistake ended up costing fipo an extra 3.3 million filipo tried to fold on the turn and he should have folded on the river wow a river bonus for Chong you River two pair I set on the river M set on the river fipo did
Not hit a set trying a save face there and filipo perhaps upset at the ruling and upset at himself filipo will walk this one no singing from him now set on the river that’s insane just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong for filipo and Joseph Chong moves
Further ahead of the bunch as the main event pressure is ratcheted up 19 players remain but the final two tables have only 18 seats one time yes in this high stakes game of musical chairs the next man out will go home and those who remain will be one table away from a
Spot in the November [Applause] 9 perhaps the most surprising person still in the main event here at the Rio is soy win who admits he really doesn’t know that much about poker he’s not only in the final 19 but among the chip leaders he’s in a hand right now at
Table three with dwey layi they just saw a flop of King 10 Ace win inexperienced but he is getting help on breaks from his friend top Pro Nam Le soy bets 550,000 lay with the call turn card five of Hearts wi now with a million l 10 years
Soy wins Jr but with a lot more poker under his belt L calls with 10 lavender chips a deuce of diamonds on the river when with 1.7 million Dy L matches him and soy went mucks his cards and so lay will take that pot and shows a pair
Of acases boy we have seen Dewey L just owning soy win on day eight and you saw how fast he made that River call he knew win was bluffing soy win gives up another 3 million chips to Dewey L the chip average just above 11.5 million Joseph Chung has been the chip leader
For a while now currently at the feature table he sits with just about 29 million chips cono still smarting from that earlier hit with 13 million that earlier hit was his pump fake disaster against chunks conos say raay with 75 of Spades he gets right back on the horse fipo get
Frisky with small suited connectors in early position a raised to 385 amazing to see Hasan aib still here he’s had no chips and no cards forever pocket aces for Chong this time on the button that is the best starting hand in holding one it is and Chong knows how to play him he
Re raises to just over 1.1 million do you know the second best starting hand is lon the other two Aces oh I never thought of that boy you do great on the wonderl test you’re ahead of me cono with the call and he will joust with the
Chip leader once again here’s the Flop it is 566 aces up for Chong now cono with a lesser two pair fives and sixes cono checked Chong with one and a half million and change race is Rays no pump fake from filipo he declares verbally that he’s going to put some chips in 4.4
4.4 fipo gets a little out of line he check raises he says 4.4 million Chong in the driver’s seat I want you to start the hand with approximately and I’m in Chong the biggest stack in the room R raises cono all in that gets everyone’s attention
Chong has the big stack and the the best hand if cono calls here the November 9 will just be another date on his calendar cono giving this some thought I call and he makes the call Norman oh filipo wow that’s it and cono steps into the
Abyss yes and he knows his bid to become the first Italian born player to make the main event final table is all but over how do you say blow up an Italian almost 27 million chips in the balance and fipo cono at risk can you believe how many chips Joseph Chung is
Going to have if he wins this hand oh my goodness over 40 million cono was in KNE deep and now he is in Neck Deep cono looks at a turn card now of an eight of spades Chun still ahead conio picks up an up and down straight draw that’s got everyone buzzing
Chong still in position to become the runaway chip leader no signs of singing from Kyo but there’s still some Hope on the horizon Kyo would need a four five or nine or he is busted all right now the River card is the [Applause] four oh my God oh my God oh my God I would call that excessive Good Fortune runner runner straight for cono Chong lunders w me well that celebration looks like a scientific experiment going to ride filipo cono is the man of the hour Joseph Chong knocked down to seventh place he absorbs the blow silently Kyo
Called all in with a 133% chance of survival run a runner straight and he is now the chip leader just when Chong look like the 40 million chip man a miraculous turn of events gives Philip oo almost 27 million chips and suddenly he’s the man to
Beat back at the Rio fipo condo still savoring his Runner Runner Miracle nice hit man nice hit I wrong because when I when he say me how much you have and you count I know that I’m not committed fair enough dude hey you don’t got to
Justifying me nice hand and you got the stack dude I gamble only gamble but with that gamble he should be in a cab to the airport now Joseph Chung still in shock he lost both that huge hand and the chip lead in the process let’s take a look at
How these two Stack Up on the tail of the tape brought to you by the official WSOP gameplay now on Facebook both men have won their share of hands but only one of them has seen his chip stack grow larger because while Chong is taking an additional heads up pot the differential
Reminds us that all came from one hand indeed one lucky card in one big hand skews all the stats Filip oia won the biggest pot of the main event so far and as a result he is the new chip leader Chong had such a big stack before that
Hand he remains in the top nine to table two John Dolan way ahead with his Aces against the king queen held by 21-year-old mckel ckins here’s the Flop it is a du du a full boat for John Dolan ckins is drawn dead to running Deuces to chop the pot
I’d love to see that Dolan laying in the weeds he checks ckins checks as well smart kid turn C is a jack and now ckins drawing dead Dolan with a check mark he now bets 525 ckin picked up a Broadway draw but there is drawing dead and there is
Drawing very dead this is very dead he does make the call I believe he’s drawing dead Norman River card is a 10 oh my ckins hit his straight that may leave a mark tell me this isn’t happening to the kid nothing worse than drawing very dead and getting there
Dolan bets 1.1 million if ckins called 911 now they tell him we can’t help you you’re dead he announces Ray oh jeez this like you’re already in the coffin you’re being lowered into the ground you remember you left the water running in the bathtub it doesn’t matter you’re
Dead that’s almost all of Dolan’s in and now Dolan R raises all in and now he’s just kicking dirt on the grave it’s just another 860,000 the ckins and the pot is over 8 million the dead man’s got a call he does and in exchange will
Receive some very bad news and Dolan is off the mat with over 9 million now I don’t really know how else I’m supposed to play it unlucky nothing you can do John Dolan sheepish about robbing the cradle or the grave that is Dolan’s second double up at ckins expense and that should allow
Him and his parents to breathe a bit easier about making the decision to become a professional poker player I told my parents around the third year I was going in colge College I I didn’t want to keep going and I felt like I was wasting my time and they
Didn’t like that whatsoever but I pretty much told them that’s what I wanted to do I kind of liked the freedom of the game the ability to play when you wanted to and not having someone telling you what to do all the time and I’ve always been pretty
Competitive in everything I’ve done it’s pretty funny cuz this is probably the only aspect of life I guess that I’ve been semi disciplined cuz it’s a huge part of the game I call you definitely have to be very disappoint I I got you got my parents eventually came around
Once they saw that I was making enough money to live off of wow just want nice things and not have to worry about anything 9 million’s enough to not have to worry about much Dolan says he wants to win enough money so that he only has
To play poker when he wants to if he outlasts 18 more people he should be in great shape back to our featured table and it’s time for the jacklinks beef jerky Wild Card hand six of hearts two of spades we don’t even know who it is yet that doesn’t help me that’s Joseph
Chong you might be right he’s a tough guy to figure he reminds me a little of a Jonathan daml Chong is going to raise it up from under the gun plus one to 475 let me think about it for a sec a 10 for Affleck can you hear me thinking I can hear
You Matt Affleck in the cutoff position re raises to 1.3 million I’m still thinking sorry I’m publicly educated folded back over to Chung and he commits the chips to a call well from utg plus one Chung originally could have raised with anything I’ll put him on Jack 10 suited all right here’s the
Flop 775 Affleck does not pair up Chung checks if he had picked up a flush draw there I think he would have bet it Matt very Chris Ferguson like with that check I think it’s a battle of buus turn card is a third Diamond six of diamonds Affleck with a nut flush draw
Now oh here comes Chung he wants to bet just over 1.6 million I think he’s posturing maybe he picked up a flush draw or straight draw I’m not sure my boy Matt can call him though but maybe Matt’s got the same read I do that’s
Never a good thing no it’s not Matt has some chips once again to play with and he does make the call maybe he’s thinking Chung is a bald-faced impostor I’m still thinking Jack 10 nine of clubs on the river Chung now checks again I don’t think it’s a check raise rather I think
Chung’s waving a white flag now does Matt want to Bluff at it might that no P to got it chunk says you got it really and shows King 10 of Hearts Complete Air oh maybe Chun should have bet again but I was right he had nothing every donkey has his day today
Is mine Matt Affleck with asai wins the jacklink beef jerky Wild Card hand he’s trying to become the first man to win a world championship in a Seattle Jersey since the SuperSonics in 1979 the main event continues on day eight here at the Rio We Are One elimination
Away from consolidating the field to two tables the current chip leader is the main event’s own version of Houdini filipo I still can’t believe the hand we saw that made filipo cono chip leader he looks down at pocket fives he says he loves the stress of the game and the
Emotion of the game he got his money’s worth against Chung from early position he’s going to raise it up to 510,000 Pinch Me Line If Hassan abib ever gets a hand or get some chips fold that over two Jason Sentai on the button with two queens I don’t like the visor line it’s
Like you don’t want to fully commit to the baseball cap with a raise in front of him from the chip leader real men don’t wear visors centai re raises to a million 275 see my guy Matt he’s got a baseball cap on he’s a man folded cono needs 765,000
More to call and he can afford it heads up now a visor and shades he’s trying to get on my bad side any Soul raids here I’ll put on glasses centai ahead with the Queens the Flop is 987 the Queens still have the advantage cono with a gut shot and he
Checks it looks like filipo is way behind and probably on his way to a straight turn card Trey of Hearts Sentai still good cono still needs a six for a straight and he checks again I’m not big on beards either Sentai is not your guy and Jason says enough free cards for the
Chip leader I’m going to make you pay before you suck out on me over a million5 well I don’t like the visor the Shay or the beard but I like the betat in the middle is Jason’s wife Jessica among a big group of supporters and cono makes that call he’s
Calling maybe he put centai and just two big cards but then why not raise and end it another seven Sentai gets the check mark he has Queens up cono checks 2.7 bets now cono Sentai has bet almost half the pot filipo looks like he might not be a
Believer he’s getting a little more than 3 to one on a call here actually it’s closer to Pi to one Lon pi to one oh yeah I call Pondo calls and just like that felipo is dropped out of first place as Sentai takes that big pot we
Saw filipo cheuck call the river against Chung and now against Sentai and lose a bunch of chips in Queen he made it straight from Heaven to stick around we’re looking for team Sentai on its feet a nice win by Jason he’s now over 14 million cono down to 20 million let’s
Take a look at the updated leaderboard where cono has fallen to third place behind John rer and Pascal leonis but it’s still a very tight race for the overall chip lead leanis of course seeking his second bracelet of the year as for the shorter Stacks the other three bracelet winners M Rocky Clemens
And khabib are among the five smallest totals and Assan khabib in the seller with only 2.3 million we are only one player from consolidating down to two tables out of Table Three Ben STS moved all in after the Flop Jonathan daml is debating the call how much trust it’s for about one
Quarter of Dam’s chip stack left two STS the amateur from New York CEO of a proprietary trading firm St started the hand with a little more than 5 million damel with about 19 million there is Katie letterer Ben’s girlfriend D HL lays it down Ben STS will not be put at
Risk you have to wonder what’s it going to take to get Howard letter or Annie Duke out here to cheer for Ben stots he’s practically their boyfriend in-law and he’s in the final 19 so Ben doesn’t get a call he adds a few big blinds to his small stack let’s move across to
Table two once again and 21-year-old Dutch college student mckel ckins ckins looks down at two black jacks pocket Jacks is like drawn dead oh he’s all in for almost 2 and a half million so now over to John rner rner with a king and a queen painted Rags I
Call nope enough to make the call and put ckins at risk racer second in chips risk about 11% of his stack with king queen he could afford it and now the man trying to become Young Main Event champ ever is at risk rner will try to get us
To our final 18 I hope to see ckins had hoped rner had an under pair but he’s up against two overcards here’s the Flop and it’s four Queen nine racer pairs his Queen ckins in trouble one foot out the door for mckel ckins CLS he’s looking for an Escape
Route turn card is a seven of clubs racer still ahead ckins with a flush draw ckins needs a Jack or a club or or he’s gone River card is a deuce of Hearts rner wins the hand knocking out mckel ckins in 19th Place the 21-year-old student with a big payday
And Joe katak can rest easy ckins graciously bows out of this Main Event so that hand changes everything John rner takes the chip lead mckel ckins takes the walk meaning we’re down to two tables and Joe Cat’s record is safe for another year it all comes down to this
Two tables remaining with 18 players hoping to make it to the final table and you can feel the electricity here in the Rio poker room as fans press friends and family are all on their feet eager for the action to begin history is in the making lawn I have wild Goosebumps out
At table to is chip leader Pascal LEF franois and former chip leaders Matt Affleck and filipo condo over at the feature table today is John rner currently second in chips surrounded by a couple of top Pros who are among the short stacks hanana with 1.8 million and
Michael the grinder M Rocky don’t open with anything you’re not ready to commit the whole tournament on it right Grinders getting some last minute advice to play it safe so he can make it to the final table here’s a look at the leaderboard leonis and rner on top
Followed by Jonathan daml Matt Jarvis and the lone remaining European filipo condo on the flip side three of the four remaining bracelet winners are in the bottom nine including M Rocky Scott Clemens and khabib who’s Hanging On by a hair it’s been the year of the M Rockies
And if this one makes it to the November n you can just call it the year of the grinder lines right now at 100,000 and 200,000 three amateurs at this feature table Brandon Steven Ben STS and soy win there is the amateur win his real first name is he prefers his nickname soy
Folded to the pro Michael M Rocky from Florida on the jacking speed jerky pocket cam ajack 14 of the 18 players left are American actually 17 of 18 are North American with three Canadians left M Rocky with a raise to 485,000 from the hijack seat his wife Lily always looking on always looking
Nervous Scott Clemens the only two-time bracelet winner left with Ace Queen on the button I’m all in and he moves all in for almost 5 million Clem might be the best player still in this field M Rocky with the ace Jack may have to play
For all his chips after that race in the big blind Matt Jarvis with Ace King one of the three Canadians I’m all in two and he moves all in he has the other two covered you’re all in I’m all in I don’t think grinder is going to be playing Ace
Jack for Main Event life against two players grinder has Clemens covered Matt Jarvis of course has them both covered so the decision back to M Rocky with Clemens all in and at risk two all right Michael would have to call for all his chips gives friends and family a peek at
His cards and folds and what does the Greek choir have to say about that H not much so Clement at risk and dominated by Matt Jarvis wow sick everybody yeah Scott Clemens in tough shape here for his main event life in Scott’s Corner poker Pro on meet
Sander rooting for a queen king ball the Jarvis Clan would love to see a king you had my number col see Clem two bracelets one WPT title I’ll take a pair on the board twice that would chop the pot and would keep Scott around here’s the Flop it is 5 seven Ace
A and the last Ace pairs both Jarvis’s kicker keeps him ahead that’s a pretty bleak flop for Scott Clem turn card is a six Jarvis sweating it out but he’s in very good shape it gets Bleaker and bleer for Clemens Deuce some help Norm it’s out of my
Hands Scott Clemens has to have a queen or he’s gone the River card now is an eight and Jarvis wins the hand knocking out Scott Clemens in 18th Place Clemens with a nice payday almost $397,000 played really well really good Scott Clemens almost always plays really
Well a quiet steady Class Act he’s made Seven World Series final tables but fall short here of another one in the main event so with the addition of Clement’s 5 million Matt Jarvis now in second place with nearly 27 million ch so one down eight more to go and even
After his opening Raves with a big Ace a good lay down by the grinder keeps him in the hunt Norman it has taken an awfully long time to get here but the main event is now literally a tale of two tables tonight one group of nine players will go home heartbroken while
The other will start making plans for the biggest poker moment of their lives well the question is what’s the best path to take to get to that moment strategy wise do you crawl into a cocoon while the rest of the players knock each other out or do you take advantage and
Prey on the fear of others it’s a precarious predicament but if you make the right call you’ll be one of the fortunate few to make the November 9th everyone walking on the blade of a sword are you the next one out or will you be at the final table chip leader
Pascala franois sitting at table two folds over to David Baker with just 5.9 million chips he does not commit any over to Joseph Chong ninth and chips with 10 Deuce Chong folds now filipo cono and in fifth place he’s the only non-north American left queen
Four and he folds over to Poker Pro Adam Levy with pocket fives he transitioned from Magic to Gathering to Poker a top-notch online grinder he made a nice Main Event run in ‘ 08 finishing 48th and he’s going to make a raise to 480,000 from the dealer button you know
She started with like sevenish 6.2 I think Matt Affleck knows Adam Ley well from playing online from the big wine Affleck with pocket kings what a stamp Matt Affleck has put on the main event no one’s had a better two-year run in 09 and 2010 80th last year final two tables
This year Affleck wants to play for a little more a reais to 1.4 million that’s right Matt muscle up with your big pair well earlier in the main event Lev’s more likely to see the Flop here it’s a little tougher with his chip stack and he does lay his pocket fives
Down to the pressure of Matt affle good fold and nobody’s pushing around my godson Matt back to the featured table where Michael Mis Rocky avoided elimination a moment ago when two players moved Allin after his raise I want to try that Allin thing uh you’re
Free to do it at any time I believe the rules permit any player it’s a bit tougher for any player to do it here on the cusp of the final table if you don’t make the November 9 you are a footnote and STS an amateur from New York with
Ace 10 hey any player anytime push goad ahead push Ben he’s thinking about it but he lays it down I couldn’t bait him amateur soy win among the top nine Stacks at the moment with pocket fours this is his fourth tournament ever and he raises to 490,000 if Han makes a
November 9 I’m going to pin a poker medal of valor on him he’s been short stacked since prohibition folded over to Matt Jarvis second in chips Ace du suited how much you short 12 Lyn should make Jarvis an offer for his sunglasses you know like 2 million
Jarvis lays it down I haven’t looked yet for what is worth wow okay thought I’d already thought I thought I got the feeling that you thought that too Jason Sentai in the small Blind King eight I just am trying to be more consistent with the glasses thing right now the
Best way to be more consistent is to take them off forever and the big blind Ace King for Brandon Steven the candas amateur is a fist pumper very competitive I’m going to raise a r ra to almost 1.6 mil I win in a similar position we just saw Adam ly except he’s
Got twice as many chips wi makes the call he King Jack again Steven referring to Soy win’s huge win with King Jack over Theo Jorgenson Steven saw a flop in that hand much better much better soy win and Brandon Steven will see a flop and it is Trey Deuce Jack to
Diamonds when small pocket pair still leads Steven checks you may recall soy said he didn’t even know basic poker terms like under the gun but he knows how to check dur guard nine of Hearts soy W and his pocket fors are still best Steven checks again they should ask the
Dealer for a new flop and a new turn good idea win checks two amateurs stepping lightly River Card 10 of Spades with the pocket fors when earns the check mark looks like Steven wants to take a stab at it now he does take a shot just over 1.1 million soy wi’s been
Getting coaching the last couple of days from his friend top Pro Nam Lee good call and makes the call here with pocket Force good call a great call for the self-proclaimed novice soy win picks off the bluff one amateur frustrates the [Applause] other soy win with a strong call he read
Brandon Steven correctly on the river Steven takes the hit soy now with nearly 15 million as this amateur tries to make a reservation at the main event final table back at the Rio at the featured table Hassan abib with Ace Queen just moved all in from early position for his last 1.6
Million action on Matt Jarvis Ace Trey suited into the mck do Jason centai want to take on khabib nope three players to go for Hassan on the button King nine for Steven and he lays it down two players to go Ben STS 109 play ball no
Thanks to the big blind soy went he’s got an Ace and a six well it’s for not much more than 10% of his stack but this would be a good lay down on soy win’s part as it is he is dominated by Hassan abib soy win with another Peak shows an
Ace and folds khabib Will Survive ran needs a double up but he’ll take it he picks up over half a million in blinds and anes Hassan you will not die my friend you just hanging around I love it I love it I don’t senior ninja senior
Ninja all right I love it Captain ninja a nice win for the Senior Pro but a good fold for soy win and for a guy who doesn’t know what he’s doing he certainly knows what he’s doing I really got into poker when I saw Chris Money Maker win it average
Everyday Joe guy was able to beat out all these pros and actually win the whole thing made me think like hey I got a chance too I’m an everyday guy too I mean I have a typical everyday job I mean I go to work probably 45 50 hours a
Week in the 10 years i’ probably taken a total of maybe two to 3 weeks off so I told my boss I’ve always had the dream of playing the main event so I just went for it every Pro poker player goes in this world series because they want you
Know a chance to win the the World Series I just went in for the experience of it nice hand man nice hand once I started playing poker when I’m in the zone I I thought it was poker I didn’t think about anything else baby but I don’t really don’t believe it’s look I
Just think you know I really believe in karma I’ve done people right so hopefully somebody out there is watching out for me right now now I just want to try take a chance at winning the whole thing hey I got this far for a reason I know this sounds
A little cliche and everything but you know if you really want something just go after it and you know you might get it indeed soy is the every man this year’s Chris Moneymaker or Darin Moon he certainly may not have the skills of most of the others but it’s hard not to
Root for him back over to table two and there sits Montreal poker Pro Jonathan daml with 20 million chips and pocket kings he says this is his lucky Hood he’s been wearing the same hoodie every day but with different shirts underneath and du haml from under the gun plus
Three makes a raise to a half a million Ace Jack for Affleck I’ve been thinking of getting Matt Affleck a clothing consultant of course I could use one myself and he makes a call with Ace Jack David Baker with Jack seven of Spades in the big blind only four players left
Over the age of 30 Baker at 38 the second oldest after Han abib Baker makes the call his parents dick and Donna had scheduled a vacation here not realizing their son would still be playing they’ve delayed their departure of course poker Pros Greg Mueller on the right and Ray
Henson also in David’s corner of course I’m here for Matt Affleck and Jonathan D hamel’s on his own three to the Flop Queen Duce four two Spades damel pocket kings are still good Affleck got no help Baker picked up a flush draw Baker first to act and he he
Checks now daml with the best hand I like daml but in this Garb he could be the Devil he’s going to bet a million 275 the devil would bet pocket kings here would he not Affleck lays down his hand how much is the BET 1, 275,000 Baker on the draw I’m all in
Moves all in how much David Baker with 30 odd big blinds left decides to gamble on the spay draw his parents looking very nervous five Cole du halel calls with the Kings well this is it for David Baker if he misses his hand he’s gone if he hits it
He’s got a great chance for the November 9 I’ll take my chances with I’ll take my chances Jonathan DL in position to become chip leader here as David Baker awaits his fate Baker has hung on for quite a while now with all his chips in the middle he awaits the
Turn it’s another queen that takes the King of Spades away from Baker for an out Baker doesn’t like his chances as much now come on Spade Spade Baker needs any Spade other than the king or he’s gone the River card is a four of hearts doam two pair eliminates David Baker in 17th
Place and that’s painful for everyone in the baker Camp he’s not the other David Baker to me he is David Baker great run five top 20 finishes at this year’s World Series as Jonathan daml takes the last of Baker’s chips and with a deep run here in the main event Baker is
Solidified a name for himself in the poker World Jonathan D with the chip lead we’re down to 16 the short stacks under severe pressure who will be the next to go Back at the Rio the new chip leader in the room 22-year-old Jonathan daml of Canada that he and everyone else still have a long way to go to capture that main event bracelet let’s take a look at the leaderboard daml heads the 20 million plus club which also includes
Matt Jarvis John racer and Philip oio meanwhile seven others trying to fight their way into the top nine the two of the biggest climbs ahead of them Michael Mis rocki and Assan Habib grinder pretty Adept with a short stack and he says you can steal sometimes with a short stack
People don’t expect you to be making a play all right here at this feature table one of the big Stacks John rner lays it down over to Jason Sentai no thanks to Brandon Steven with Ace 10 Steven has that polished successful look to him I wouldn’t mind that look he limps
Again 200,000 from Steven over to Ben STS on the button with 98 STS used to play a lot of blackjack then wandered into a poker room one day and got hooked on a new hobby STS lays down good F good F really for 200,000 how could STS not
See a flop with 98 suited I would have soy win what folds his small blind now grinder in the big blind with ace5 and he can see a flop for free if he chooses he does check his option so Michael Mis Rocky in the hand with a
Weak erase don’t do anything stupid all right they’ll do something I would do you want to Define you want to Define that neither of these short stacks can afford a mistake now here’s the Flop it’s 10 Ace eight Steven with aces up Miss Rocky with Just A Pair of Aces
Grinder checks grinder checks and checks out Brandon Steven Steven with 200,000 with his Entourage looking on including his wife Karen in the middle M Rocky with a check raised to half a million grinder believes his Pair of Aces are best he is wrong 500,000 is
The bet now your wife just told me that she raised well it’s no secret I’m on in all in and that’s a raise that would put Miss Rocky all in Jack nope Ace 10 two of the short stacks Steven has M Rocky covered and a Moment of Truth here for grinder he’s drawing
Almost dead an anguishing moment for all of the Mis Rocky Clan I got a bigger hand than you think I have Jack n Spades jeez people nobody’s got Jack n already huh Jack n Spade way better than that better than Jack how do you get better than Jack n Spade I swear
I got better than that you can’t better than that there nothing better than Jack KN page I like Jack knage better than my hand Steven’s a card dealer but this is a card room not a showroom talking too much isn’t advisable I could be what I have
Though well I’m allowed to see what I have sure I’m allowed to see what I have I know tell me what you don’t have by one yeah you can’t say what your hand is but you can lie about it one of poker’s quirks right decision baby the right
Decision the right decision is to fold yesterday more importantly what do you think I have Steven seems awfully comfortable about 100% 90% sure the best hand I’m just taking my time oh well I’m in big trouble I don’t think Stephen thinks he’s in big trouble give me a second Guys I know Let it go fight another day good advice I know I got pretty sure the best that’s what Michael does Steven’s not going to show anything but Steven will take the chips I got a plus pretty sure you might have Jack Queen Jack Queen is
Space my hand’s made my hand show me one can’t show you are you kidding me if I give you any information you kill me oh Brandon has the right idea about that all right everybody huh so I knew you had grer talking it out with his group a good lay down
Though by Michael and he Dodges danger again it was my big blind Grinder’s margin for error is narrowing he’s under 20 big blinds grinder if you think I’m putting my my chips in the middle without a made hand you’re crazy Michael down to about 3 and A2 million still swimming near the
Bottom of the barrel every decision magnified down the stretch in the main event and when he get to this point the final table before the final table it is Blood Sweat and Tears pull it over to Matt Jarvis with king queen off in the cutoff seat Jarvis says he finds tells
And other people’s eyes so figures they might find him in his and that’s why he wears the cockamamy sunglasses he raised it up to 450,000 Ben STS with Ace five of hearts in the big blind all in STS moves all in I need a count Jarvis wants to think
About it Ben is all in for his last 5 million and change his girlfriend Katie letter hoping her man can get a much needed double up 4.9 almost exactly five five big re I would have preferred if STS played the 98 suited for 200,000 rather than pushed ace5 Allin for 5
Million but he shouldn’t be getting a call here from Matt Jarvis I think he’s reshipping lights think that’s the call the time Jarvis has a big stack still this is for about 20% of his chips I don’t know I can fold I like really thought you were going to do this Jarvis
Doesn’t believe STS has much of a hand Michael Jarvis calls with his king queen Ben’s tournament life now in the balance but he’ll find himself in the lead I don’t like that call too much WoW stop surprised by Jarvis’s king queen call I just thought you’re were doing it
Light like even lighter than this so obviously Ben stocks might be going home Matt Jarvis might be taking over the chip lead all right so Matt Jarvis trying to get us one closer to the final table a sweater and STS at risk here’s the Flop queen king king
Wow King’s full for Jarvis that will be that what a flop and likely the last one Ben STS will see Kenny’s brother Howard letterer finished fifth once in the main event her sister Annie Duke once was 10th looks like her boyfriend’s going to finish 16th money Ace is the only indeed
Only ace a saves Ben stots it’s pretty hopeless STS needs help and he needs it stat it’s a five of spades on the turn STS drawing dead and to add insult to injury Jarvis H quads on the river STS gone in 16th Place nice playing with you
Guys good luck to you guys hey whatever man everybody got bad luck at some point going to do it even lighter than that he was the guy that had Queen 10 all in for like 25 big BLS yesterday what a ride for the amateur Ben STS he’ll cash out for nearly
$397,000 as Matt Jarvis of Canada takes over the chip lead with more than 32 million we’re down to just 15 time for straight from the pros brought to you by pokerstars.net late in the’ 08 Main Event soon to be November ner Dennis Phillips got lucky on the Flop with a
Nut flush and played it perfectly the rest of the way against Joe Bishop you know your feet are dancing under the floor you’re happy as can be Bishop then with 550 on the flop which was nice speed limit and Phillips what he do just move from St Louis to Hollywood he’s
Acting like he doesn’t like it when the king came out on the turn he had a small reaction that’s cruel Bishop turned the AI straight drawing dead so I checked let’s do it again Bishop says 550 again I raised it about a quarter of his chips
Hoping that he would then go ahead and push out well he just called me all right River card now is a deuce of Spades so I pushed out the million if I had a bet one and a half or FID a sh or something like that I think he would
Have laid his cards down call he does call with the AI straight but Phillips has him beat this was an important hand it gave me a number of chips and it established me at that table and it gave me some possibilities for later play against these
People just 15 players left here at the Rio Matt Jarvis the third of the three remaining Canadians to hold the chip lead here on day eight he has almost 34 million at table to Matt Affleck in fifth place with just over 17 million I like how Matt’s playing but if he
Plays a seven Deuce I may legally disown him he’s not going to play it over to John Dolan King Jack Dolan originally an online player this year playing much more live former poker dealer raises it up to a half a million Joseph Chong now hoodies are in huh oh you just got the
Word pocket fives in the small blind Chung is 24 which he says it’s like 90 in the online world he was the day six chip leader he makes the call and we have have seen how young this game has become so Dolan and Chong to the Flop
Queen Jack for Dolan with middle pair that’s good enough to take the lead Chong first to act he checks Dolan with middle pair and a good kicker and he checks as well turn card Trey of diamonds Dolan still best looks like Chung wants to see if
His pocket fives are good he’s got chips 635,000 Dolan with the Jacks makes the call Dolan playing this hand passively like he’s on a draw River card is a king of diamonds Dolan gets the check mark with Kings up Chun going to bet it again though it
Looks like 1, 125,000 that small wager is just crying for a call Chong maybe bluffing with a value bet call call got pocket fives pocket fives will come up short to Dolan’s Kings and Jacks Dolan played it safe Chung could have picked up a flush draw on the turn bet it and
Then hit the diamond on the river chun’s buddies don’t like it that their guys sent over 2 million to John Dolan who now sits with nearly 11 million chips after starting this day eight with only 2.1 back to the featured table again Matt Jarvis has more than doubled his
Stack here on day eight holds the chip lead with around 33 million 15 players remain grinder can only dream of 33 million he’s sitting on 2.7 lines are up to 120,000 and 240 over to Soy WN he’ll sit this one out now to Michael M rocki M Rocky with an Ace and an
Eight and he says all in for 2.7 million Lily looks a bit worried out toan Habib shorter stack than grinder with pocket kings call and he calls all in for just over a million grinder looks back looking for better cards he Kings Kings reers going to need to catch
The two short stacks the two buddies scuffling for table scraps h a at risk this is your turn ass ass’s wife Nancy has seen her husband become a difficult man to knock out in this Main Event it but it’s is Rocky looking to knock out khabib plus grinder sorely needs chips
Himself he’s got one and a half million behind more than that grinder can’t be knocked out but if he loses the hand he would be a very short stack the bracelet winners have a nice moment both looking for a nice flop SO grinder with the ace8 against the pocket kings
Of khabib who’s all in and here’s the Flop and there’s a king in the window khabib hits a set and it’s becoming Grimmer and Grimmer for the grinder this can’t be happening grinder needs running flush or straight cards turned card now is no help khabib earns to check Mark grinder
Drawing dead and another double up for Hassan khabib yes [Applause] hassib still just with 11 big blinds left grinder down to seven big blinds it’s very Grim Habib hands Michael M Rocky a devastating blow and the long and winding Journey for grinder and family could be coming to an end if he’s going
To have any chance he really needs to live up to his nickname two players left have a chance to win a bracelet event and the main event in the same year Pascal lefron won a $1,500 No Limit event this year and Michael Mis Rocky of course won the
Poker players championship only an elite few have pulled off that rare double as we look at the tournament ticker brought to you by fulltilt poker.net Chris Ferguson was the last to do it in 2000 but look at this list Lana who’s who of Poker Legends Harrington anger Brunson Moss truly Elite
Company long way to go buddy long way to go could be the chip leader by grinder trying to stay optimistic commiserating with Assan khabib one double up here in great shape short stacks trying to shore each other up spiritually they don’t need pep talks though they need chips absolutely action
On the chip leader he doesn’t need chips he has 74 and he won’t play over to Brandon Steven well he could use some chips he folds 94 now to Soy win he doesn’t need chips and he doesn’t play now the grinder he needs chips on and he he’s going to try
To get some he sees an Ace and moves all in for almost 1.7 million just the blinds behind grinder two friends of his small blind khabib folds now John raisner with an eight and a jack into the mock grinder will take it ah and CH Ace I saw an Ace and oider
Ace and an no I know I I squee I didn’t know what I had grinder thrilled to be taking in the blinds and Annies it actually increases his tiny chip stack by one3 cheers gr you got it K of the short stack with the short stack grinder has
Voluntarily played in three of the last seven hands but has lost almost half a million chips in that time period over at table two it’s time for the jacklinks beef jerky wildcard hand on the Wild Card hand line it seems like I’m always the short stack Matt Affleck does not
Have a short stack but King Trey is not going to help him much and he will fold to John Dolan Dolan has the Jack Links Wild Card hand I’ve got to tell you I love beef jerky more than I love the Wild Card hand a raise to a half million
From Dolan well from utg plus two I’ll put Dolan on pocket sixes sevens or eights pocket aces for Dewey L or pocket nines sixes sevens eights or nines for Dolan Dewey from San Francisco just makes the call you know that yawn might be a tell yawning and acting bored when
He has pocket aces Leo cono in a small blind when cono is pocket aces I think he sings an Arya cono folded in in the big blind Adam Levy lays it down Levy looks bored as he should with nine Deuce whatever Dolan has Norman I’m guessing he’s behind Dewey lay Aces maybe pocket
10 sixes sevens eights nines or 10 for Dolan the Flop is Trey 572 diamonds Lei can’t be too worried about that maybe Jacks sixes seven eights n 10 are Jacks for Dolan you might be right today Dolan bets 720,000 Dolan with an overair on a board or a set of sevens he announces
Rays with his pocket aces Le likes it no more yawning from the pocket aces 2 million 2 million million that’s a big raise Dolan now needs almost 1.3 million to make this call Dewey’s wife Jennifer with the long hair part of his chering section call Dolan does make the call
Can’t believe he’s calling that rise with just an overp pair Lay’s curious too Dolan could have a set of sevens where he picked up a diamond draw and eight on the turn Dolan now checks well Dolan would would check there if he missed his diamond or even with a set if
He thinks Lay’s going to bet again L checks as well pocket aces slow down river card 10 of clubs doy still seems worried by Dolan’s call on the Flop if Dolan bets your Lon I might fold we have not seen a River Bluff from John Dolan Dolan has chips
3.6 and a quick call from dwey lay I don’t think he’s bluffing Dolan pocket FES for a flop set L I’m counting that as a win for me don’t take it away Dolan wins the jacklinks beep jerky Wild Card hand cracking Dewey lelay Aces I love the Wild Card hand Lon you
Got some beef jerky in a cigar tough break for dyel he gives up over half his stack to John Dolan who jumps into sixth place with over 17 million his sights are set squarely on November [Applause] Welcome back to a very boisterous Rio poker room where the main event feels more like Survivor special Miss Rockies Edition they’re everywhere gr you have anybody here rooting for you I don’t probably your family’s rooting for me H I am whoever bust you probably won’t be able to
Leave it’s South Beach over there I’m not going to bust him I don’t want to bust him grinder in danger of going busto right now he’s the shortest stack in the room let’s take a look at the chip standings Matt Jarvis with a very slim lead over Jonathan damel both of
Them way ahead of the remaining top nine and then there’s a big drop off in Stacks after Pascal lron suis in 10th place with 14.7 million any of those bottom five could be gone though in a heartbeat all right action at this feature table on Brandon Steven on the
Jackling speef jerky pocket 85 he’ll not play soy win now in Ninth Place 87 off suit yeah if this were a horse race soy would want it to stop now Ninth Place is good enough for the November 9 absolutely he’s going to raise it up to
525 so might fall out of the race if he’s raising with those cards misaki with king queen grinder with less than 10 big blinds left come on and they’re all in the middle now M Rocky all in for 2.2 million the clock is ticking and the grinder is pushing khabib now lays it
Down and now Sentai in the big blind queen 10 of diamonds and he folds well it’s for 12% of wi’s Stack if he saw Grinders king queen I think he’d gamble wi’s a two to1 dog and he’s getting two to one on the pot so he lays
It down and grinder picks up a million new Chips grinder happy to be taking in chips with winds raised the blinds and the anes his stack went up 50% how do you get a fold there I have no idea Jarvis and plying winds got a call there sure you had a
Big hand sure you had a really big hand there but me had a big I’m sure it was a pretty big end had to have been at least reasonable right well soy went thought he was beat and why give grinder a courtesy double up I guess back over to the eight
Players at table two now Jonathan daml looks down at pocket Jacks daml craves action and he says when you’re bored you raise a lot more well here he’s got a hand to raise with and he is going to raise it 575,000 now to Matt Affleck with pocket aces hello pocket
Aces you go Matt I think if he makes the final table he might wear a Seattle Mariners tuxedo Norman and Matt on the button with a the r raise to a million 550 small blind folds over to Dewey leay and the big blind and Dewey folds so now back to Du
Haml with tricky pocket Jacks and he says Ray himself to just over 3.9 million Dam’s interest is peaked and Affleck could five beted here even go all in Matt Affleck with two Aces against the pocket Jacks of daml and Matt just with the call well Affleck is out
Chipped by daml and he’d like to get as many of those chips as possible two of the top five Stacks see a flop of 1097 Affleck still good with his Aces daml picks up a gut shot and he checks Affleck Matt moves deliberately but decisively with the
Aces and du haml a very interested Observer it’s 5 million from Matt Affleck hoping daml has a big pocket pair because he’ll get at least 5 million more chips here that’s buddies looking a little nervous on the sidelines Dam’s going to call and you know if those chips fall over someone’s
Got to yell Jenga well he does make the call over 18 million in the middle big pot now and we could have a big change in the pecking order turn card is a Queen of Diamonds du HL Now with an up and down straight draw Matt’s a is still
Good though yeah that card line D haml more outs if he thinks he’s up against a big pair or a set daml checks again Affleck in his familiar pose he says all in for 11.6 million so now back to duam with the Jacks and the up and down straight draw
A huge decision for daml he’s not getting the right price to call and he’d be left with just over 8 million chips if he loses he’s got to believe Matt wouldn’t push here with anything less than Aces kings are a set no D HL thinking very seriously about this and
Makes the call T and NES King right I’m shocked by the call on look at the pot Affleck on the brink of becoming the huge chip leader daml if he gets lucky would be an overwhelming chip leader so Affleck way ahead one card away from putting a huge hurt on daml
Everyone on penss and needles here at the Rio this will be the biggest river card of the tournament yeah a defining moment here late at this main event line Jonathan duble just wants to disappear inside that hood if he could Matt Affleck is going to have 41
Million chips or no chips he needs to dodge a king Jack or eight the River card oh is an eight a crushing bow to Matt Affleck Duo hit his card and eliminates young matad affle he’s got to be heartbroken Affleck thunderstuck last year the blow up and he finished
80th this year the bad beat and he finishes 15th Affleck so close to the prize he had overcome some earlier setbacks only to fight back and become a major factor again but now he’s gone and back to back years he comes so far gets so close and leaves so crushed
He was one card from all but locking up a seat at the final table but now Matt Affleck’s Main Event dream is shattered all his chips go to Du haml who now has over 50 million it’s as if he’s in shock it’s as if he can’t leave Matt Affleck will try once again
To deal with the realization of a dream gone a miss and gets a welld deserved Round of Applause from the crowd here in the Rio poker room as he finally makes his way to the exit one man’s Bounty is another man’s demise a delayed understandable Outburst from Matt Matt Affleck knocked out in
Stunning fashion yet again welcome back 15th Place finisher Matt Affleck still trying to compose himself in the Rio hallway he told us he wanted to win the main event more than anyone in the room it’s just an awful heart-wrenching moment for him and you never know if you’ll ever get this close
Again meanwhile Jonathan damel has to be over the moon right now he’s got more than 50 million chips with just five eliminations to go to get us to the final table and Matt has come back in the room to say his goodbyes now what a gesture
Here from Matt Affleck in the wake of that brutal bust out he felt he did not leave the stage in the proper manner so he comes back and does the right thing Matt fought back from a near crippling blow earlier in the main event to once
Again be a player but like more than 7300 before him he’ll have to patiently wait for another opportunity you’re good by man a lot of maturity from the 23 year old Matt you played your heart out and you done us proud and with his exit just 14 players remain in the race
To November let’s take a look at the leader board Jonathan damel with nearly 20 million chips more than second place Matt Jarvis Jarvis has a 10 million chip leader for John rner in third M Rocky and khabib have been the short stacks all day once again though khabib the
Shortest you know I believe Hassan khabib started the main event with less than 20 big blinds it’s remarkable how long he has played with virtually no chips at this feature table fold it over to khabib Ace 9 all in and he says all in for his last 1.8
Million come on H all right so does somebody want to challenge Hassan Habib over to John rner with a King of Clubs and an ace of clubs how much is it it’s not even 10% of Racer’s stack5 1. call he does make the call to put khabib at risk he said
Something he said he call oh he did okay he called I did not hear that at all I heard it and if I heard it it stands so at risk does anybody else want to enter into The Fray Brandon Steven with Ace Queen boy that’s a pretty good hand in the small
Blind and racer just called the all in he could trap a hand like Ace Queen here awaiting his fate I’m fold oh Steven folds the ace Queen that’s a solid fold from the amateur now to Soy win in the big blind queen eight and he lays it down you got an ace
You got me beat them yeah yep rner has aib dominated and at risk ace9 against Ace King abib made the main event final table in 2000 he’ll have to get lucky here to keep his hopes of another main event final table alive racer supporters want a quick end to the
As always racer working the gum khabib looking for a Lifeline the well-liked and respected Hassan abib trying to hang on a little longer here’s the Flop it is 10 n Trey khabib takes the lead with a pair of nines with those clubs rner picked up the nut flush draw well those
48-year-old legs still have some kick in them khabib inches ahead and has to fade two cards and a lot of outs from John rner turn card now is the 10 that pairs the board giving rayar an added out on and you know even if khabib doubles up he’ll still have only 17 big
Blinds racer looking for an Ace King or any club to knock out Hassan khabib the River card is the Ace and the man they call spiky spikes the winner and eliminates Hassan Habib we just saw two extraordinary Main Event performers this year go out Matt Affleck and now h
Both took different paths to this point both have a lot to be proud of a well earned half million dollars for Han as John rner welcomes those chips into his stack as khabib says his goodbye take him down bro well this is it just two tables and 13 players remain four
Eliminations and we’ll have our November 9th there is an anxious electricity inside the Rio all the remaining 13 players are on the hot seat but after knocking out Matt Affleck Jonathan daml at table 2 is in the most comfortable position with a commanding chip lead on the other end of the spectrum is
Michael M rocki at the feature table his March towards history continues but just barely as the grinder holds the shortest stack in the room all right this last stretch towards our final table about to resume the players on pens and needles all hoping to survive and take their
Shot at poker’s World title take those glasses off guys amen this isn’t spring break this is day of the main event it’s only a tournament no big deal there’s another guilty party what if I go like this that’s how I should play might do that it’s a good look for you the
Jousting never stops all right let’s take a look at our leaderboard Jonathan daml on top with nearly double John Racer’s 26 million soy win with almost 13.6 million the last of our virtual November 9 the bottom four all looking to hang on with less than 5 million the next player out will walk
Away with just over half a million dollars while the other three players who fall short of the final table will get 635,000 a lot writing on this next elimination and Lon we are already guaranteed our youngest main event final table ever only two players left here over the age of 30 amateurs Brandon
Steven and soy win Steven from Witchita Kansas is 36 years old W from Santa ATA California 37 years old action on Michael the grinder M Rocky from Mir Florida on the jackling speed jerky pocket cam pocket kings grinder will turn 30 in January 2011 he’s the third
Oldest player left and a small blind there’s his wife Lily smiling she looks relaxed with Michael as a short stack well Grinder’s happy he’s got pocket kings but he has only one potential customer behind him in the big blind a raised to a half million from grinder
Rner in the big blind with King jack off suit racer trying to chew his way to the world championship and for 260 more he makes the call so the two friends rner and M Rock are heads up would it kill these guys to shave there’s the Flop
Nine Queen Jack Miz Rocky’s pocket king still ahead rner with a pair of jacks the same gut shot for each player yeah that flop hit racer good SO grinder should have a chance to double up here is rocki checks his Kings all in I call
Rer raises M Rocky all in and he calls with the best hand M Rocky with his Kings in great shape to double up grinder nursing the short stack hoping to get a little at his friend’s expense I hope Lily M Rocky takes a really good an acid every
Night boy she and the brothers M rocki all now watching anxiously for this turn card M Rocky hoping to extend the year of the grinder racer hoping to end it turn card is another nine M Rocky one card from a critically needed double up we still could have a chopped pot if a
10 comes on the river they both make a straight only River Jack knocks out Michael M rocki the river card’s a queen and King’s up for the grinder and he’ll survive I can’t take it anymore grinder now on 4.4 million chips as raer keeps grinder alive grinder
Still doesn’t have 20 big blinds though I was definitely wrong about Lily not feeling the pressure of this table right now so the grinder knows when to take his shot his raids have been good he’s been patient meaning the tail of the Mis rocki main event is not into jet Norman
The 2010 World Series of Poker began with an improbable bang two M Rocky brothers at the 50k Final Table of course Michael knocked out Robert on his way to Victory then led the Mis Rocky Band of Brothers in the main event a journey that still continues for the grinder L Grinder’s journey is
Mindboggling and when I say mindboggling I mean it boggles the mind he started this world series by winning the Players Championship and now he’s trying to end it by winning the World Championship frankly what he’s doing has gone from incredible to unbelievable to implausible posible to Unthinkable to incomprehensible to unimaginable to
Absolutely positively inconceivable if he does wi at all I think my head will explode and with the victory grinder would earn the added bonus of sharing Player of the Year honors with Frank cassella who is in attendance tonight cassella two bracelets three final tables and six cashes this year but
Grinder won’t let him celebrate anything yet let’s go to table two the short stacks over there Adam ly with 4.5 million and Dey lay with just over 4 million hoping for their own double up opport Pascal lanis is first to act there and he’s going to lay it down Joseph Chong
Now from San Diego lays down as does felip oo now Levy 10 aparts six aparts Man known as ruthless will’ll sit this one out everybody at this table a 20s something Dam folded over to John Dolan Dolan with a king and six of diamonds Dolan sits in the middle of the
Chip pack come on give me a walk bro do we in the big blind all in no walk a raise to put Dey lay all in Lay looks down at Ace Queen Co and he calls all in so Dewey lay at risk his wife Jennifer in the middle there
Very anxiously watching on Adam Ley an interested bystander I know you’re sweating this too there is a pay jump after the next elimination you’re a nice guy and all but 150k is a nice chunk $100,000 hand yeah Adam Levy looking for a pay bump John Dolan looking for a
Knockout Dewey lay looking to survive all right here’s the Flop it is King for Jack Dolan with top pair lay with a Broadway draw 10 the San Francisco pro has outs but he’s seeing his main event life flash in front of him Dewey L looking for help turn card
Does not bring it and Dewey L down to six outs he needs an ace or a 10 or it’s over the river cards another five Dolan with Kings up takes the hand Dey lay gone in 13th Place Dey L’s Second World Series cash is a big one half a million
Dollars for Dewey L and A well-deserved congratulations from his family and supporters and Adam ly along with everyone else has to like the pay raise now and how about John Dolan who started day eight with just about 1.2 million chips he moves up to fourth place without knockout Victory with we are
Down to 12 just three eliminations away from the final table now it’s time for deal me in brought to you by Full Tilt poker.net once you make it to a final table it’s imperative to play optimal poker going heads up against Mike seon Andy block held the better hand until
The river brought a tough decision a queen and that gives ston his straight with the same card that gets blocked Queens up I think a lot of players make a mistake in that spot a lot of beginning players will look at that and say oh I just just improve my hand I’ve
Got top two pair I decided to make a small value bet because I think I get more information from M by making the BET SE raises with the stone cold nuts I really just felt like I was beat when you get King Jack as he convinced
Himself he’s got the king Jack how could he he could have been bluffing me but I just thought that the possibility that he was bluffing was less than the pot ODS I was getting hey Mike he gives it up it’s a very good you can’t lose focus
When you’re at these big final tables you can’t let all the chips in the middle of the pot fool you into thinking you have a better hand than you actually have back inside the Rio there is the bracelet our remaining 12 are playing for but there’s a lot more on the line
Taking a look at the money at stake no more raises before the final table the next three out earn over 600,000 players finishing e they better will take them over a million and of course along with the title comes nearly $9 million now it’s now it’s like you got to make the
Final table now it’s all no more no more jumps anymore right till the final table right you know what I’m doing right guys I’m gambling at this point the November 9 is so close players would crawl across the Rio parking lot to get there and these are 30,000 the blinds remain at
120 and 240,000 M Rocky looks down at 45 off lays it down John rner now one of the big Stacks in the room 98 of clubs I can’t believe racer may get there chewing the same piece of gum for 8 days whatever works a raise to 540,000 to
Matt Jarvis from western Canada with Ace King 25 years old and a re ra to a mil 450 Play Changes this close to the final table some play scared others play that to their advantage a lot of folds behind that Ray now back to rner racer not shying away here nine8 of
Clubs he makes the call for over 900,000 more chew baby chew here’s the Flop it is five jack du’s two clubs racer favored with his flush draw now and he checks Jarvis has a best hand with AI and he checks neither player steps out turn card is a 10 Jarvis with a gutshot
Straight draw rner has an up and down straight draw a queen though would give Jarvis a higher straight rner betting million 1,800,000 I still believe his chewing slows down or stops when he doesn’t have a hand Rayner’s buddies looking on Jarvis with his ace high the best hand makes the
Call Jarvis not letting go seeing Rayner’s weak and his chewing has sped up a bit so I’m probably wrong again dard another Jack Jarvis earns the check mark with his Ace rer first to act he’s going to bet at 3.7 million 3.7 I’d go wow too see no
Chewing God I just don’t think you’d bet this much TR to Value bet racer stopped chewing he didn’t bet the Flop so Jarvis can’t figure he’s got a Jack in his hand it’s possible racer had a small pocket pair and slow played a baby set on the Flop Jarvis lays down the
Hand hey that’s how you play the game Jarvis thought something was up but couldn’t call no fear Racers here such a tough moment for Jarvis with just ace high he had to lay it down to the pressure of John Rayner over at table two we have a player at risk pre flop
Chip leader Jonathan daml holds pocket aces and perhaps Adam ly’s ticket home Levy looking for help with his king queen off king queen this is Levy’s second very deep Main Event run in three years and he doesn’t want to see it end so the man more famously known as
Ruthless online at risk against Jonathan daml our chip leader here’s the Flop 106 Trey and not much there for Adam Jag of Hearts Jag of Hearts leaving trying to rally the troops but that’s a pretty dry flop for him turn card now is a king that puts a little wind in Levy’s
Sails yeah that is one small step but Adam Levy needs another big step to stay alive only a king or a queen will keep him around the River card is a deuce and the pocket aces of du hold up and all the air goes out of ly’s contingent good
Game good luck everyone Ley 28 in 2008 12th this year those are impressive numbers and he does earn his $635,000 Jonathan daml with another big knockout he has been a runaway train here on day eight and his pocket aces have reduced this field to the final
11 back inside the Rio Robert Donnie and Eric Mis Rocky still looking on as their brother Michael continues his quest of the final table their family has been the story of this main event but over eight great days of play there’s been a whole lot more and as we take a look
Back we do our best to get it all in this was the second largest Main Event field ever we’re all here cuz we want one of these May Rock guys may roll it’s all or nothing baby it’s never ever maybe you think I might be crazy but I
Got to be all this would be a good entrance if someone would knock him out right now Doyle Bruns it knocked out and that over stads highly anticipated Main Event debut is over B down the river with the rest of the blank it’s a berry batch to
Be exact hey thanks in the eye of the storm again I think he should be out of here I’m going to deliver your W down this SP CL that hand makes me to Y yes yes my God bill iy now is crippled one time crazy it is over for the youngest champ ever
Johnny Chan keeps her rolling here at the main event in the money form is Rocky brothers in the money a statistical in probability I got to be all in pleasure doing business with y’all need to work on the poker I got to be all one milon are you
Crazy good Play It’s All or nothing baby it’s never ever maybe you think I might be crazy but I got to be all hopes for a third Main Event title aren gone what do you Think like thunder Struck good luck everyone welcome to the game guys ESPN 7300 18 allins will lead to one player capturing that bracelet 15th Place finisher Matt Affleck is back in the house he knows all too well the sting of the failed Allin so far it’s been music to the ears of chip leader
Jonathan daml time now for the jackl be jerky wildcard hand I’m all in Lon I I may as well go all in blind I wouldn’t mind seeing a montage of your incorrect Wild Card guesses good for you Filip oia with Ace Trey suited he was very active
Earlier in the main event not as active Lately from the small blind he raises to 560,000 Jonathan daml in the big blind with the Wild Card hand this guy would play a hand while waiting in the doctor’s office for colonoscopy results he is the chip leader and he wants to play apparently
He does make the call well I’m going to put him on the same hand with which he crippled Rob Pano from the blind 54 5-4 against fipo condo’s Ace Trey all right here’s the Flop heads up four Queen Jack rainbow cono misses filipo trying to become the first Italian born player to
Make the main event final table cono first to act with a high he’s going to bet it a, 350,000 in Italian that is called continuation donation H you got it Dam with the call D might have hit bottom pair remember I had him on 54
It’s a king on the turn cono picks up a Broadway draw oh what is Squad in Italian Squad DOI very good Kio checks I think du might pounce here du haml no pounce I actually think daml would have bet a pair of fours there so as usual I’m going to the river holding
An empty picnic basket River card is a 10 of diamonds cono hits Broadway that’s a third diamond on board also cono gets lucky I don’t think duam will got lucky unless he’s holding an ace two or happens to have diamonds Kio checks his straight I’m surprised he checked there nut straight should be
Good du haml now bets it 3,675 maybe Dam also has the ace they both could have the same hand Filippo’s got a call heck I’d raise call he does call flush daml says flush he shows the nut flush to win the jacklinks beef jerky Wild Card hand flush of course I
Never put him on diamonds that’s why I should just go all in blind so do takes a pot cono lost some chips there but his Rivage straight could have been much more expensive to him than it was on the pokerstars.net chip count cono down to ninth with 125 million daml climbs
Closer to 60 million our bottom two on the leaderboard are Michael M Rocky with 4.6 million and Brandon Steven with 3.9 M Rocky and Steven each has less than 20 big blinds left each still could make the November 9 there’s just very little room for error at this point action at
This feature Tak table on Brandon Steven Jack four off suit Rags they’re in the mock soy win and amateur with 13.7 million chips 7 six of Spades at dinner last night with his friend Nam Lee Nam told so he’d give up all his poker accomplishments just for a shot at
The main event final table soy says that’s when it really sunk in how big this is it is that important a raise to 525 from soy W Ms rocki with Ace Jack of Spades speaking of how big this is Michael Ms rocki trying to rewrite poker history but all he’s thinking about
Right now is I need chips he has just over 4 and2 million now and over half a million go in the pot for the call rer folds his button Jarvis and the small blind lays down Jason centine the big blind we’ll sit this one out so heads up
M Rocky and soy win the grinder and the amateur all right here’s the Flop it is 89 Ace M rocki hits top pair soy win with an up and down straight draw sorn was just hoping to cash at this main event he bets 700,000 on the draw M Rocky
Now top pair and a good kicker and he says that’s worth just over 2 million Grinder’s not raising at this point unless he’s dead certain he has the best hand soy win makes that call I’m telling you there is stomach tissue inside of lam Rocky that might
Not make it to the November 9 Michael with over half his stack in the middle already turn card seven of Hearts third heart on board that also paired soy WN W checks this time and Lily Miss Rocky in a torture chamber on the rail action to her
Husband 1 million that’s about half of grinder stack yeah grinder committed to this hand now he’s only got a million behind and soy win now getting almost seven to one on a call here so he’s got a call Soy when the amateur lays it down [Applause] really grinder gets some chips the wind
Seems befuddled by grinder that fold baffles me and grinder feels like a billionaire now with 32 big blinds and he’s got some momentum perhaps he can carry the whole family to the final Table say hello to the November 9 what will be this year’s World Champion quite a long way from Fremont Street and the old days at the horse the roar says it all love this game this is a dream come true the excitement of being part of the
November 9 awaits all but two of our remaining players looking at the chip count five players currently above the chip average while Pascal lefron swall holds the ninth spot with Under 12 million still on the outside looking in a Brandon Steven holding fewer than 10 big blinds and the grinder who now has
7.7 million chips short stacks have to worry a little more now with the blinds up to 150 and 300,000 grinder with eight deuce and he’ll fold with one more elimination the final 10 players will combine to a single table to play down to nine Jason centai now on the button
King 10 off suit online whiz Phil galon once was Jason’s coach now they’re good friends and he makes a raise to 700,000 to short stacked Brandon Steven in the small blind with Ace King Steven says giving in is not in his vocabulary this
Is it I’m all in and he is all in for his last 2 and 1/2 million Steven does not give in here he’s all in here and he should be obviously I call with all the cards right Jason Sentai puts Steven at risk and Steven in good shape
Really nice King Jason makes the call oh found a good time for an dude Sentai called with about 133% of his stack Steven all in with just eight big blinds left Brandon Stevens Family hoping his remarkable main event will continue either way man either way either way
It’s been fun playing either way you’re going to still be here let’s see the Flop that’s true all right Steven at risk here is the Flop it is Queen 58 that’s a good one for Brandon Steven well it looks like Brandon Steven is still going to be here Jason Sentai
Looks like he wants to be someplace else par of bases for Steven but that does not end it Sentai with a Broadway draw Jack ball a jack give Sentai an ace high straight if a jack comes Jack comes I mean it was supposed to come only a jack
Knocks out Steven River car is a six and Steven will double up and stick around will double up Steven and his family very happy every other player goes darn nice hand man nice hand with that nice hand Brandon Steven up to 5.6 million5 boy that table over there is po
That I didn’t get didn’t get the this table here’s a little po them ourselves with Brandon’s double up we do remain at 11 players and two tables speaking of table two let’s get back over there to those five players which includes the man who has become the
Black hole for opponents chips it is Top Dog Jonathan daml with Ace Queen the youngest player left at 22 and he could sleepwalking into November 9 if he now desires from under the gun he raises to 750,000 dama has about one qu of the chips in play with 11 players left
Folded to the button Pascal leonis Queen Jack of Spades he is friends with daml they both love playing hockey why not it’s the Canadian Pastime he makes the call for 750 over to Joseph Chung in the small blind he has pocket kings Chung doesn’t play hockey he just plays
Kings and a r ra to over 2 and A5 million cono in the big blind lays it down so back to daml with Ace Queen now into the muck I like that fold Ace Queen is trouble leanis with Queen Jack of Spades Le franois won his first bracelet this year it was worth
$568,000 all in all in and a call from the kings of Joseph Chong and suddenly lefon swah who was the chip leader earlier today is at risk well lefron swah has played really well but he got impatient there with more than 30 big blinds left and now he is in Dire
Straits Joseph Chong primed to pick up a h huge pod here the Flop six Jack dece leonis with a glimmer of hope pairing his Jack Chong way ahead and he will catapult himself to second in chips if he knocks out lefron SW here and there’s
A king and that brings an end the hand and the main event for amateur Pascal leonis gone in 11th place what a disappointing end to a great year for the Canadian student fris probably angry at himself he didn’t have to go out on Queen Jack suited and for the moment Chong
Forgetting that ridiculous beat filipo Kio put on him earlier here on day eight so Chong with another knockout to his credit bringing his second place stack to over 37 million left Fran SW makes his exit clearly frustrated the other door was open word has reached the featured table of his elimination now
The final 10 players will combine at a single table the November 99 beckons who will answer the call who will be left out in the cold back inside the Rio 10 remaining players have taken their seats and while excitement and anticipation surround them a sense of nervousness and apprehension permeates our one remaining
Table they know nine will be playing in November but who is to be left behind is anyone’s guess it’s going to be fun unless you’re lilam is Rocky what a range of stacks on this leaderboard Joseph Chong’s knock out of lanis propels him to over 37 million the
Shortest of short stacks is Brandon Steven who continues to barely hang on Brandon Steven with virtually no wiggle room good luck guys good luck every Brandon Steven the man with the biggest Target on his back right now as the short stack this is essentially the biggest bubble in poker there’s nothing
Equal to the November 9 there’s nothing worse than being left out in 10 filipo condo folds soy win says no thanks folded over to Joseph Chong lot of folds daml now the top stack Queen eight on the button he says when he’s bored he raises he looked for it and he’s going
To raise 750 Brandon Steven now the short stack Queen Jack of clubs the clock ticking on Steven he started the hand with 2.6 million with the blinds at 150 and 300,000 and he’s going to call for 600,000 more m rocki in the big blind with Ace eight of spade the second short
Stack but in much better shape than Brandon Steven as Rocky calls he’ll see a flop with a short stack and the big stack here’s the Flop and there’s a jack for Brandon Steven and he moves all in for his last 1.8 million no Briner for Brandon now M rocki with a pair of
Eights Steven with no choice there m rocki’s got a choice though in a tough spot here he’s got daml behind him he’s sitting with middle pair top kicker and getting the right pot odds right call and he does make the call you Call DL also with a pairk yeah daml might have
Called if grinder didn’t and DL folds and grinder will have to come from behind to knock out Brandon Steven and get us to our final nine Steven trying to double up again and keep his November 9 hopes alive M rocki Used about 20% of his stack for that call his family knows
He’s in bad shape a grinder almost a 4 to1 Underdog Steven trying to avoid bad luck turn card another six Steven with Jack up he’s still in control Michael mcki needs an ace or an eight to set our November 9 the River card is a king and Steven doubles up to
Almost 6.4 million we’re still at 10 Steven pumps that fist one happy man a going nowhere one out of our 10 players is happy one wife is unhappy grinder took his shot and missed oh well with Brandon’s double up to over 6 Mill and some of the other shorter Stacks could
Be damaged should he now double through them everyone here at this table needs to be on guard if you fall short you fall short but if you make a mistake at this point in fall short lawn I think it stays with you for a long long time John
Rner lays it down cono and soy win will not play this group is tired but all but one of them will be tired happy very soon so many hours of play have led these 10 to this precipice so many emotions running through each of them Brandon Steven on the jacklinks beef
Jerky pocket cam holds a deuce that we saw so the short stack safe for at least another hand over to Michael M Rocky on the button Michael looks down at Ace 10 Grinder’s been on a short stack for a good while Michael has chips in hand he’s
Going to raise it up to almost three times the big blind 850,000 I do not want to be in grinder shoes if he misses the November 9 over to Matt Jarvis in the big blind eight five of clubs Jarvis is taken his jacket off and decide to
Stay a while he is comfortable and also has about 17 million he makes the call for 550 more we’ll see a flop with mis rocki battle all the blinds flop nine Queen Seven M rocki best with aai Jarvis favored with flush and straight draws grinder checks for Jarvis flush draw
Straight draw position and the bigger stack and he checks wow I might have bet turn card another queen M Rocky still best 1 million and Bets almost half the pot grinder takes a stab we we you’ve seen him do this a lot on the turn but
Usually when he picks up a draw Jarvis a three to2 dog getting three to one makes the call he’s right the call there by a match he could have ended the Hand by raising the river is a 10 that pairs M Rocky Jarvis missed his draws so M rocki with a check
Mark grinder checks Here Comes Matt Jarvis Jarvis looks like he’s going to put grinder to another test he bets 1.9 million Jarvis has played this hand oddly passive to the river and now he takes a stab at it I call as Rocky makes the call at the
Critical juncture and what a call it [Applause] is that is a terrific call from Michael mroi chipsy sorely needs and his wife doesn’t leave him so many fans rooting for grinder but nobody at this table wants to see him with more chips 10 players still remain in the hunt for poker’s biggest prize
Jordan Smith gone at 10th place it’s the worst place in poker disappointment for him but ation for our final nine for Phil Ivy in 2003 it was a moment to forget in an otherwise memorable career an incredible knockout blow for others it’s an elimination that can haunt them
Forever Dean HRI finishes in 10th Place better than thousands but worse than nine no one wants to finish 10 back inside the Rio action about to get underway at this table each competitor hoping they’ll have a seat in November but they know one will be frozen out you
Know if Jason Sentai would take his Shades off I think we’d enjoy each other’s company well he wouldn’t enjoy mine but I would enjoy his fold it over to Joseph Chong seven six of Hearts I don’t think I could talk Joseph Chung out of the shades or the hoodie lines
Are up to 2 400,000 he makes a raise to 950 John do with Ace King and John Dolan seems committed to his hoodie Dolan makes a r ra to over two and half million definitely committed to Ace King Brandon Steven the short stack with Ace
Jack and he lays it down in this group of 10 we have two left from Canada two from California and three from Florida who knew fle bandio trying to become the first Main Event champ from Italy he folds as does soy win so action back to
Chung and Chung repops it to almost 6 million Chung has just forb it from out of position with 76 suited he’s playing big stack big bubble poker and if I’m John Dolan I’ve got to wonder if I’ve run into Aces or Kings I’m all in now Dolan R raises
Chung all in Dolan bullies back and it’s time for Chong to cut his losses at 6 million for this hand and the seven six of Hearts go into the muck and don’t takes the pot right move by Dolan and Joseph Chung just took my breath away there Lon great idea wrong time
Nice that was scary as I won’t overcoming your fears without showing it it is a key to success in poker especially at this point of the game so Dolan overcomes his fears there and it paid off he’s now in second place on the leaderboard with almost 35
Million Chong not too far behind in third Michael Mis Rocky has jumped up to six place and Brandon Steven stack is also grown but he still remains at the bottom of the list Steven with 7.6 million trying to find a way to hang on John rner looks down at five Deuce under the
Gun no thanks a lot of active players this table filipo cono used to be one of them but he’s largely shut it down soy win with king queen of diamonds his goal was simply to be chip leader at his table every day at this main event and
He usually did it soy win with a raise to 2 and 1 half times the big blind 1 million chips Jason Sentai with Queens early on day one he was down to 11,000 chips then on day two he was all in with Ace queen against Ace King and he’s
Still here and with queens and 10 players left he makes the call for a million Joseph Chong folds Steven now on the button with King Jack I tell you this amateur from Kansas he’s made a lot of sensible decisions there’s another one he does lay it down small blind Michael Mis
Rocki we sit this one out and Jarvis folds his big blind wind says he is still learning poker Jason Sentai is an online poker instructor five jack 62 Diamond Senti pocket Queens are still ahead when with a flush draw soy’s boss and co-workers are here to support him
1.7 he has chips 1.7 million with his draw we saw him bet his straight draw on the Flop against grinder here he bets his flush draw Sentai certainly didn’t mind seeing three undercards to his pocket Queens on that board he called pre- flop and he calls here after the
Flop I’m surprised Sentai didn’t pop it there 62 million in the middle the turn card is a six that pairs the board Sentai with Queens up still ahead I’m all in soy with an Allin move for almost seven and a half how much l shoves all in it’s interesting when didn’t push on
The Flop here with just one card to come he risks his November 9th seat that is not an amateur play Norman warning Bells must be going off in sentai’s head this is really though a tough call for Jason it’s for two-thirds of his stack if he
Were to call and lose the hand Brandon Steven would no longer be the short stack it would be Jason and it wouldn’t hurt M Rocky’s chances to make the final table show i f yeah you’re not going to say anything right this is is the World Series Main
Event yeah yeah I like that this is the final T this is the final T soy wi trying to execute the bluff of his life well I guess I’m going to fold Jason Sentai tortured and puts the Queens in the mark soy win takes that pot show something show diamonds show show something
Silly so wi says he goes with his gut what a gut and it gets Jason Sentai off his pocket Queens who knows so we are still at 10 players the amateur soy win may not know the math or the terms but he shows under the most difficult
Conditions he can play the game back at the Rio still one elimination away from the November 9 and occasionally a player has to take a chance as soy wind did Bluff shoving with king queen only I know your hand only you know my hand you
Know want me to say right right you want me to say it or no all right I won’t say you don’t know his hand want to bet no oh Jason there’s another Bluff you should have called STI heading in the wrong direction after that hand with win
He is now the second short stack one spot above Brandon Steven who continues to hang on with only 4 and half million at the top of the list is Jonathan daml still our overwhelming chip leader with nearly 62 million action will be on Michael M Rocky from early position he
Looks down at king queen that’s almost soy win’s hand but they’re not suited with nearly 14 million in his stack Michael raises to a million racer now Ace King of Clubs I hope chewing gum is not banned from the November 9th racer with a re ra to 2.6 million now to
Cono filipo with ases he can’t sit by any longer and he moves all in for almost 9 million yeah it’s been a while since filipo cono seen a big hando all in in the blue shirt his friend and fellow Italian Pro Max pescator is here cono down to 22 big
Blinds so now back to miss Rocky he raised from early position and gives up the million rer now I know you got Queens buddy it’s going to be a great flip don’t worry Queens is a decent guess but kano’s hand is even stronger you got two
FL rner needs over 6 million to call he does with his Ace King and cono once again at risk but this time Norman he’s ahead cono in commanding position racer will have to get lucky to knock him out does filipo have it in him to hold a
Lead we know he can come from behind Brandon Steven cheering section now throwing their support behind John rner there’s only like five people in here not rooting for me right well felipa’s got Max pescator and four others in his corner here’s the Flop and there’s a
King for rer condo still ahead with his Aces that flop made fipo uneasy but the 26-year-old still in great shape filipo singing Softly As ever will this be his last song or will we remain at 10 turn card is an eight and his aces are one card from a double
Up great turn card for the Italian John rer will need the last king in the back to take down filipo cono the River card is a 10o doubles up and we’re still 10-h handed filipo found the five people rooting for him racer loses onethird of his stack and
With that now belonging to filipo cono the Italian is up to almost 20 million chips so after condo’s survival and double up a lot of disappointed faces at this table will we ever have a November 9th a lot has happens since lron suis elimination as we see on the tail of the
Tape brought to you by the official WSOP game play now on Facebook through 94 hands of 10-h handed play John Dolan has gained the most chips while this table has not been so kind to Joseph Chong Jonathan daml using the big stack to his Advantage winning almost all his
Voluntary hands and picked up almost 17.5 million chips to boot and nobody wants to go out D haml understands that and has been pounding the table pre flop who will be the next one to go who will be are November 9 more pressure on everyone that blinds up to 250 and
500,000 play’s been pretty snug no one wants to be left behind for the November N9 action over to Jonathan daml who has been very active with his big stack Ace Trey he is one of the only ones willing to open pots and he does it again over
1.2 million is his raise Steven with Ace King and he is all in for almost 4 and A5 million Brandon Steven putting his family and friends on edge again Steven has been Stellar on the short stack 10 big blinds left and he finds a hand Matt Jarvis
With pocket Queens it looks like Steven is going to have company four-way all in I see it after all that fourway all in 4,475 I call Jarvis makes the call with the Queens to put Steven at risk Jarvis will try to finally take out the resilient Brandon Ste trip it’s folded
Back to dallo does he want to get involved now with Ace Trey no he does not Jarvis hoping for the final knockout of the night if Steven wins the race though Jarvis will become the short stop Brandon Steven at risk amateur soy win on the verge of being part of Poker
History the incredible Mis Rocky made of in state could wind up at the final table Danielle Jarvis hoping her brother can end the suffocating drama Lu will either be done or a new player will have a Target on his back Brandon Steven staring at the cold possibility of being the last one left
Behind all that’s left now are for the cards to tell the story for Trey 10 Jarvis still ahead and Brandon Steven fearing the worst a clean flop for Jarvis Steven running out of cards come on baby P of diamonds I’m okay with that turn card now is another four Jarvis with Queens
Up Steven one card from elimination Brandon Steven can only sit and hope all the crowd on their feet and the 10 remaining players await their fate adah heart King of Diamonds will the grinder be part of our November 9 will daml be there as the chip
Bader Steven needs an ace or a king or our November 9 is set with a five on the river Brandon Steven is eliminated and at last we have our November 9 class of [Applause] 2010 hey you play you the best short stack player I think I’ve ever Steven
Hung tough as long as he could and he Le us with at the moment the nine happiest people in America incredibly a Mis Rocky will be at the final table tears of joy finally for Lily M rocki amateur soy win will be there and respected Pro John rer will be a force
Philip oio the first Italian at the final table where Jonathan daml is the chip leader ah finally after a grueling eight days of Poker we have our no November 9 and one will be this year’s World Champion can chip leader Jonathan daml maintain his sto spot on the leaderboard
And take the title good game good G or will one of the other remaining Young Guns capture the crow can the combustible filipo condo’s Main Event in with a championship or will the short stack at the table climb his way to the top of the pack can the ultimate amateur soy wi
Continue his unlikely ride to an improbable title oh my God or will it be the grinder finishing off an unprecedented World Series as world champion happiness as always story lines abound and one Championship tale will soon be told for Norman Chad I’m Wan McCaren we’ll see you next time at the
Pen and Teller theater for the main event final table of the World Series of Poker
46 Comments
LOL THESE PRO EXPLANATIONS DON'T EXPLAIN ANYTHING, THEY JUST TELL THE HAND
I miss the crazy amount of chips on the table, just looks so much better on TV
Crazy to watch how bad Candio plays and always gets lucky and sucks out on very very bad calls.
The affleck duhamel hand will never not be funny!
I puked when Duhamel won that hand.
This was when TV poker was in it's prime. Love watching these.
14 years later I still feel for Affleck there that was sad.
I love how everybody says today everyone is playing like a robot and also say Duhamel is a donkey for making one bad Play with pocket jacks in a ten day tournament
Commentators are always on top of their game my favorite part of the game is to listen to their throughs
Jack link's rail/01758^°st.lucia Cage Rodney Bay ™®
Duhamel was a huge luck box on the JJ VS AA hand. He played that so badly, unfortunately for Affleck, Duhamel got lucky.
the way racener checks his cards is so infuriating bruh, why ruin the cards like that
You can see how the WSOP Main Event got more and more boring. The fun, real players got replaced by robots, the fun died out.
Matt Affleck is PURE CLASS. Great player, greater person.
This entire replay, I’ve been waiting for the Affleck/Duhamel hand. With norm and Lon commenting on how it’s his bounce back year the whole way, and just knowing the whole time what’s coming for him. Really feel for the guy
Can anyone remember a final 27 that was more stacked for big name player talent than this one. Outrageous number of quality players still in here.
That suck out on Affleck was heartbreaking!
1:16:04
Lily has some BITTIES!
28:29 the guy in the neon green shirt has a advertisement for hookers on his shirt 😂😂😂
Racener is an obnoxious douchebag.
That is all.
Duhamel is one of the biggest donkeys to ever win the WSOP Main. idk if he played a single hand correctly.
Этот Кандио сказочный…
Affleck should have gotten all in pre flop then it's a true bad beat. Letting the guy get to the river while picking up outs was bad karma.
Affleck, the m's of the WSOP
Pisano punted hard lol
Rob Pisano TORCHED his stack off to Duhamel at 31:00. A HUGE reason why Duhamel ended up winning it all
How is Matt Affleck still at the awkward age well into his 20’s?!?
Candio has 0 class. You dont see Greg Raymer dancing around like a fool when he dishes out dirty beats after terrible play
Pure class from Cheong after that horrible suck out.. can you imagine phil hellmuth’s reaction? Or really anyone that isn’t Joseph Cheong? 😂😂 I would’ve flipped the table right after puking all over it
I wonder how much these players were being paid to have full tilt or poker stars patches during this event.
Anyone know if they have to pay taxes on their winnings?
habib icm masterclass
49:40 Matt Affleck was crushed moreso by this hand against Matt Jarvis than the infamous Duhamel hand. He lost 2/3rds of his stack this hand.
2:36:00
the other door was open
Probably my favorite jab 😂😂
Jonathan Duhamel is a great poker player. But he played that hand against Matt Affleck so questionably. Matt really deserve to be champion this year
I had forgotten just how much of a luck box that Filippo Candio was
Guys really cry too hard sometimes. Only Mike Matusow would cry harder in that spot Matt was in. Like you act like you jus deserve it so much for some reason, you guys were fortunate enough to last that long and make hundreds of thousands of dollars. Other players have took worse beats and not act even close to that weak behavior
No final table?
I'm lost as to why people are saying it's a bad call. Duhamel had SO many outs and Matt was clearly trying to steal the pot. People are blinded by the fact they like him.
Strange that Chad havent coment of the grinders wife she s wery cute 👍🏻
How much different would it be to play huge stakes tournament poker while being filmed and having access to your hole cards?
1:14:35
Bring these commentators back!
Please poker gods give us 2011
Ah yes, the great Pascal LeFrancois… a.k.a. Unknown Player on the Hendon Mob database.