Jouhkimainen Making all the Right Calls
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Just moments earlier, according to Espen Jorstad, the reigning WSOP Main Event champion got all of his chips in the middle holding pocket jacks and was called by pocket queens. Joni Jouhkimainen, also at the table, predicted that a jack was coming because those are his initials. Indeed a jack came on the flop and Jorstad doubled up to stay alive.
Now the action had folded to Fabiano Kovalski in the small blind who limped in and Jouhkimainen checked his option. The flop came 
and both players checked to the 
on the turn.
Kovalski tossed in a bet of 7,000 and Jouhkimaninen called to see the 
on the river. Kovalski flicked in another bet of 14,000 and Jouhkimainen quickly called. Kovalski tabled 
for nothing while Jouhkimainen held 
for two pair.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
197,000
108,500
|
108,500 |
|
172,000
99,500
|
99,500 |
|
||
|
80,000
-59,500
|
-59,500 |
|
||
flop was checked to Caneda and she bet 6,000. Ventura folded and Moneymaker check-raised to 18,000 for Caneda to fold.
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flop on which the Swiss checked. Hughes moved all-in and that won the pot uncontested.
and Kaverman check-called a bet of 9,000 from Kuo.
and Kaverman checked again. Kuo sized up a bet of 20,000 and Kaverman still called. The 
completed the board and Kaverman still checked. Kuo ripped all in, putting her opponent to the test for his remaining stack of 39,500.
for just ten-high while Kaverman tabled 
for ace-high which got a reaction from the rest of the table.
flop and 
turn, but Gutierrez spiked the 
river to score the elimination.
flop. His request was denied on the 
turn before the 
