Jeff Gross shipped it in short and was happy to see no one snap called. He was even happier to find out the one player mulling it over was willing to call with .
He then appeared absolutely ecstatic when his held on a run out.
Week three is underway at the 2014 World Series of Poker, and the crew is back to talk about the Venetian and Sheldon Adelson, some of the new bracelet winners, and more. The 2012 Main Event champion, Greg Merson, then joins the program to talk about his series thus far and play a game of Multiple Bracelet Winner vs. World Cup Footballer against Jason Somerville.
Domimik Nitsche has moved into top spot on the leaderboard with some aggressive plays and a little run-good sauce.
It was no surprise to see him defend his big blind against a short stack shoving for just 11,500. What was rather shocking was to see his make a comback against when they both flopped a pair and Nitsche made trip deuces on the river.
Jeff Gross raised to 8,000 on the button and watched Tripp Kirk shove for 57,500 in the big blind. Gross went into the tank.
"Sorry, guys. Thirty seconds, I promise," he said after some thought. About a minute later, he stacked up two towers of T1,000 chips. "I'm going to... call."
Kirk:
Gross:
"That's not a good flop," Gross said, as the dealer fanned on the felt.
The turn and river were no better, and Gross was forced to double his opponent up.
Simon Lam open-shipped from the button for 34,000 and was called by JC Tran in the big blind.
Tran:
Lam:
Lam was slightly ahead, but the flop turned him into a big dog. The opened up a straight draw for Lam, but the river meant the former chip leader was done.
The 2014 World Series of Poker is well underway at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, but that's not the only place you can get your WSOP fix. From June 1-15, grinders in Nevada will be able to participate in the WSOP.com Online Championship Series.
The 15-event WSOP.com Online Championship Series festival features more than $550,000 in combined guarantees, and the winners of the first 14 events will all receive an entry into the $200,000 guarantee WSOP Online Championship Main Event on June 15.
There's still a full week of events left on the schedule, beginning with tonight's $55 No-Limit Hold'em Rebuy & Add On at 7 p.m. The event features a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool and less than 40 players are registered, so don't miss out!