First Jonathan Bodden raised and then folded against the three-bet shove of an opponent for what looked like 75,000. After flashing his cards, he asked the opponent whether or not he had him preflop and was shown the .
Only two minutes later he called the all in of a short stack for 16,000 with and battled against . The flop was quite decisive to say the least.
Ronald Dolliver waited long enough for another player to bust and then got his short stack in to benefit from a pay jump as of 36th place. He would get exactly that final position after his got cracked by the of Jacob Stearley. The latter completed a straight on the river.
"What can you do?" asked Dolliver and then waved good bye to his former table mates.
The action folded to Valentino Konakchiev in the small blind and he moved all in for 43,500 chips. In the big blind, Hoyt Corkins gave it some thought and eventually tossed in the chips for more than half of his stack.
Konakchiev:
Corkins:
The flop was huge for the Bulgarian with top pair and the flush draw. Corkins shrugged the head and was left short after the turn and the river.
Jonathan Bodden called the all-in bet of James Wahlen with . Wahlen tabled and was ahead, but the flop hit Bodden. The turn gave Wahlen some outs, but the river finished him off.
Leo Wolpert joins Nate and Andrew from Las Vegas to discuss safety precautions for staying in hotels, the Rio flu, and the trio beak down three hands that Wolpert played at the World Series of Poker.
0:00 — Intro and Rio Flu talk
16:00 — Discussion of safety at the Rio and in Las Vegas in general
30:45 — The trio discusses three hands that Leo has played at the WSOP
Hoyt Corkins, sans trademark cigar hanging from his mouth, raised to 6,000 when first to act on the button. Terik Brown called from the small blind and both players watched on as the big blind announced he was all in for 44,000.
Corkins paused for a few moments before moving all in himself, causing Brown to rock back in his seat and say "Damn!" loudly. Brown mucked and the two active players revealed their hands.
Corkins:
Big Blind:
The flop came into view and Corkins asked for a deuce so that his lowly five-kicker would play. The on the turn meant it was quite likely the pot would be split, which is what happened when the paired the board on the river.
Brian McKain three-bet shoved for 28,000 after Jason Zelus had opened the action with a raise to 7,000. Zelus called with the and needed help in order to improve against .
The flop was pretty much the best he could ask for and the turn closed the book for McKain. A meaningless blank on the river saw McKain increase his stack to above average.