Ethan "Rampage" Yau shoved his last 235,000 from the button and Brock Wilson called from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and action was heads up.
Ethan "Rampage" Yau:
Brock Wilson:
The board ran out and Wilson flopped a pair of aces to eliminate Yau in 13th place for $88,000.
Ryan Riess shoved his last 85,000 and Brock Wilson went all in with more from the small blind. The big blind ducked out of the way and action was heads up with Riess at risk.
Ryan Riess:
Brock Wilson:
The board ran out and Riess flopped the lead before Wilson caught up on the river to eliminate him in 15th place for $76,600.
n case you didn’t know, PokerStars is back in the United States. It actually has been for quite some time in New Jersey as well as in Michigan and Pennsylvania, though each was a segregated market. At the start of the New Year, PokerStars hit the ground running by becoming the first online operator to merge their NJ and MI player pools, instantly making it the largest online poker network in the US.
One man responsible for making that happen was Managing Director of North America for PokerStars Severin Rasset, who helped usher in a similar liquidity merge in Europe.
“We had similar things happening in Portugal, which was operating as a closed liquidity for a while,” he explained. “Portugal has about 14 million inhabitants. So, very similar to the size of New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Then Portugal joined with Spain, which was a big, dynamic change to the market.”
He added: “I've been through quite a lot of these changes in the regulatory and so just using this experience while getting the most out of the team in the US and plugging my experience in with their expertise and their own experiences, I think we're gonna have a really good mix.”
Rasset recently spoke to PokerNews at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the Bahamas about recent developments concerning PokerStars US including the reveal that they’re offering $1 million in guarantees each week, updates on Pennsylvania and Nevada, and the potential return of live events in America.
The $50,000 PCA Single Day High Roller was won by New Zealand's David Yan earlier this week. This 6-Max tournament attracted a star-studded High Roller cast, with Yan agreeing a heads-up deal with Orpen Kisacikoglu.
Yan banked $485,690 for this victory, after 14 hours of play, and told PokerNews that his victory was down to running "insane"
“I’m pretty grateful for the experience" Yan told PokerNews after his victory. "When you play such a little amount, it’s just basically anything can happen. Today I just ran insane, the field was one of the tougher ones we’ve seen".
Ethan "Rampage" Yau has taken his shot a couple of times as play has slowed down for the final two tables, but he can't find a caller.
Meanwhile, Kayhan Mokri raised to 30,000 from the button and Joao Vieira called from the big blind. The flop was and Vieira check-folded to a 15,000 bet.
Mario Navarro raised to 100,000 while he left 15,000 behind and Ren Lin raised a big stack of T-25,000 chips. Navarro tossed in the last of it and the cards were turned up.
Mario Navarro:
Ren Lin:
The board ran out and the aces held to eliminate Navarro in 16th place for $66,600.