On the flop of , James Sievers called all in for his last 880,000, saying, "I know I am behind but I have a big draw. I call."
He was indeed behind with against , but the turn gave him a Broadway and the river didn't improve his opponent's hand. Sievers raked in the pot and moved up to 2,400,000.
Jerry Humphrey and Srinivas Balasubramanian got all the chips in the middle on a flop.
Jerry Humphrey:
Srinivas Balasubramanian:
Balasubramanian was ahead with his aces and Humphrey needed help from the deck to survive. The on the turn kept Balasubramanian in the lead, but the river gave Humphrey trip nines to take the pot for the double-up.
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Craig Chait and John Popa got all the chips in the middle before the flop. Popa had the larger of the two stacks by a narrow margin.
Craig Chait:
John Popa:
Popa had the lead with his kings and Chait needed to improve in order to survive. He pulled ahead on the flop and neither the turn nor river helped Popa, so Chait took the pot to double up.
With the action on the turn, Gonzalo Mercade checked from the big blind and Pete Arroyos fired 300,000, sitting two seats to Mercade's left.
Mercade took his time and then tossed in calling chips to see the land on the river. Mercade checked, Arroyos quickly potted to set his opponent all in for around 300,000, and Mercade instantly laid his hand down.
"Queens. Queens good? Maybe," Arroyos asked and then answered his own question before Mercade confirmed that Arroyos had him beat.
Kevin Pahl won a $5,000 package to spend at the WSOP. So far he's played a couple of WSOP events but has set his sights on qualifying for the WSOP Main Event which starts today. Last year Scott Blumstein won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $8,150,000!