Ian Johns' board rolled strongly and he fired with three wheel cards out on fifth. Bryce Yockey gave up but Ryan Hughes continued. He called two more bets on sixth and seventh, but Johns had him beat with seven-six.
Any poker player worth their salt dreams of playing in the biggest tournament of the year every summer in Las Vegas. Forty-nine players have won the event since its creation and you have the chance to become the fiftieth winner of "The Big Dance" thanks to Oddschecker giving away a $10,000 seat.
Last year, John Cynn navigated his way through a field of 7,874 opponents to get his hands on the colossal $8.8 million first-place prize. The 2019 edition should be equally as large, if not bigger.
How to win a $10,000 seat with Oddschecker
What do you have to do in order to be in with a chance of winning a $10,000 seat for free? You’d think you have to jump through hopes and make a sacrifice to the poker Gods, right? Wrong; all you need to do is visit this page right here, click the “Enter Here” button, and enter your first name, email address, and state.
The random draw is on Jun. 19 and the winner notified by email, so double check you have entered your email address correctly!
Please be aware that this promotion is only open to residents of the United States who are aged 21-years or over. You may only enter your details once. The full terms and conditions can be found here.
Phil Galfond and Shaun Deeb clashed preflop for Galfond's effective stack of 43,200. Deeb started with but Galfond scooped the pot with as the board rolled out . Galfond finished with the nut flush and doubled his stack. However, Deeb is still guarding well over 400,000.
Viacheslav Zhukov had nursed short stack since the start of the day, and while he was seen doubling at least twice, Zhukov couldn't make it back to safe waters. His tournament was over after he put in his last chips after the second draw.
He was up against David Moskowitz who stood pat on the last draw. Zhukov flipped which he needed to change, but whatever he needed, he wasn't able to squeeze anything to get at least a slice of the pot as Moskowitz scooped with .
With 52,400 in the pot, Michael McKenna and Craig Chait made it to the river of the board. Chait checked and McKenna fired 50,000. Chait started talking to himself.
"Ace-deuce-three what?" he asked without expecting an answer.
"Ace-deuce-three-four would be terrible. Deuce-three with aces-up would be fine," he continued his analysis.
Then he folded.
McKenna offered to show his hand and Chait saw that he'd made a good fold as McKenna had .
"I folded a set of jacks," Chait said and the case was closed.
Daniel Ospina was left with the last 20,600 and he peeled in the big blind. Majid Yahyaei was on the button with and the two met in a preflop all-in contest.