With one jack exposed preflop, the player in the cutoff seat raised to 500 and got one caller before the action reached Sam Cohen in the small blind. She moved all in for 5,100, and the initial raiser folded. The player on the button eventually called the shove with the , but he was dominated by the for Cohen.
Cohen was rather surprised about the call due to the exposed jack, but nonetheless she earned the double up after the board ran out .
Vanessa Rousso flat-called a raise with the and picked up the nut flush draw on a seven-high flop. She then check-shoved all in, but could not improve anymore versus pocket jacks.
Aleks Brkovic raised from under the gun to 400 and Sean Giesbrecht called out of the big blind to find a flop of . Giesbrecht check-raised and called the three-bet of Brkovic to 2,300 before check-calling another 3,000 or-so on the turn.
The dealer spread the on the river and Giesbrecht checked for the third time. Brkovic now moved all in for 7,125 and Giesbrecht took quite some time before releasing his cards. "You bluffed me?" he asked towards the opponent one seat over but got no reply.
Two hands later, Giesbrecht raised from the button and quickly called the all in of a short stack for 1,475 with . He faced and the showed up straight in the window. The rest of the board ran out and Giesbrecht shook his head and handed over the chips.
The very same two players would clash again exactly one hand later, but this time it was a split pot versus .
Here's a batch of updated chip counts, including World Series of Poker Europe gold bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen who was eliminated when he missed a flush draw. Hinrichsen got his money in on the board with the , but he couldn't improve against his opponent's . The river was the .
Ami Barer raised to 400 and found three caller in Gary Benson and the two players in the blinds. On the flop, Barer bet 575 after the action was checked to him and only Benson called.
The turn provided the and Barer moved all in for 2,475. Benson called with pocket sevens and faced , somehow dodging all outs of his opponent thanks to the river.
Ryan Riess opened to 450 and called a reraise to 1,050 from an opponent in later position to see the flop come down . After Riess checked, his opponent bet 1,000. Riess called.
The turn was the , and Riess checked. His opponent bet 1,200, and Riess folded.
Back on July 14, the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event final table was set. The players in this year's "November Nine" are set to resume play on November 10, and it is a globally diverse group of young players who will be battling it out for the $10 million top prize.
Bruno Politano became the first Brazilian player to reach the WSOP November Nine, albeit with the shortest stack of 12.125 million. Despite his lack of chips heading into the final table, Politano's stack is the "biggest" short stack since the November Nine was established in 2008.
On the final table bubble in July, the Brazilian rail supporting Politano was one for the ages. They were loud and cheerful, they brought confetti cannons, and they even had one person donning a Scooby Doo costume. Come November 10, you can expect much more of that.
"My rail will support me," said Politano to PokerNews in an interview. "Brazilian rail is everything. When they are screaming, and sending me energy, good vibrations, I see and I smile for everybody. It’s so powerful. It’s not my dream come true, it’s my country’s dream come true."
Ismael Bojang looked quite tired after a long trip over from Germany and ran out of chips despite a promising start early on. The German pushed all in for 1,300 after a raise to 4,000 by Sam Cohen from under the gun. The player on the button called and then also called off the isolation of Cohen with queen-jack suited.
Bojang had pocket tens and Cohen . There was a queen on the flop but a king on the turn saw two players hit the rail.
In one of the last hands of Level 5, four players each put in 425 preflop and saw a flop of . Jonathan Karamalikis checked from the small blind, and then the player in the big did the same. Australia's Kahle Burns checked from early position, and then 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Ryan Riess bet 1,200 from the button. Two folds saw Kahle call, and then both he and Riess checked the turn.
When the appeared on the river, Kahle led out for 1,600 and Riess hit the tank for about a minute before releasing his hand.