Samuel Vousden raised to 14,080 from the button and Stefan Burakov called.
The flop came , Burakov check-called the 9,293 continuation-bet of Vousden.
The turn was the , Burakov checked again. Vousden bet 38,400 this time and was called again.
The river completed the board with the , Burakov checked for the last time. Vousden took his time and then decided to shove for 115,431 and Buraokv called. Vousden tabled for the flopped two pair but Burakov held for the turned straight to advance to the next round.
Daniel Negreanu min-raised and Michael Zhang called. Negreanu continued for 8,000 on the flop and Zhang made it 28,000. Negreanu came back with 80,000 and they went to the turn. Zhang checked, Negreanu shoved for 221K and Zhang called.
No stage in poker stood as a bigger goal for a tournament player than the final table of the WSOP Main Event. For years, that meant going to sleep knowing you had the chance of a lifetime, to go down in poker history in the next few days as the cameras captured your every bet, raise and fold.
All of that changed in 2008.
The year after Jerry Yang's Main Event victory was broadcast to all on ESPN's standard tape delay, organizers made a decision to try to increase the excitement and anticipation around the final table: after the final nine was reached, play would be paused. At that point, everyone left would go home with 9th-place money and the players would reconvene a few months later to play out the final table on a short tape delay.
That lasted until 2016, and this is the history of the November (and October) Nines.
Sergi Reixach raised to 28,800 from the button and David Peters three-bet to 86,400. Reixach four-bet shoved for 346,800 which Peters called with the bigger stack.
Sergi Reixach:
David Peters:
The flop came for both of them to flop a pair but keeps Peters ahead.
The turn was the which didn't change things and neither did the on the river as Peters advanced to the next round.