A series of small pots has put Tom Roupe on top of the Main Event leaderboard with Matthew Haugen.
Roupe has cashed once this series so far with a 113th place finish in Event #29: $ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em. He has six career World Series of Poker cashes totalling, $125,000.
A player raised to 7,000 from the cutoff and two-time bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard three-bet to 18,500 from the big blind. The player in the cutoff called and the flop brought out .
Hougaard bet 22,000 on the flop and his opponent made the call. The turn was the and the Dane slid out a bet of 50,000.
The player in the cutoff moved all in for 102,500 total and Hougaard went into the tank.
"When I bet the 50,000 I was sure I was going to call a shove," Hougaard sighed. "But now I'm not sure anymore."
A few minutes went by and eventually Hougaard painstakingly let go of his hand.
After a moment Hougaard looked up from the table and said, "That wasn't pretty," as he's left with just 126,000 chips.
Phil Ivey is the chip leader of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event going into Day 3, so naturally he is the main topic of conversation. Igor Kurganov and Philipp Gruissem join the program midway through the show to talk about anti-sweating Ivey, Raising for Effective Giving, their poker goals, and more.
The board read and with 50,000 in the pot a player bet 6,000 and Neil Farrell slid out a bet of 55,000. He then put his hoodie up to cover his face a rested his forehead on the table for good measure. This got a chuckle out of his opponent who still had a tricky decision to make. He decided to fold and Farrell came out of hiding to collect the pot.
After a bit of conversation beck and forth asking if Farrell really was chasing down that flush draw he responded that he had a straight draw too. Asked why he acted so nervous on the river Farrell replied, “I’m always nervous. Poker’s a tricky business, and it’s the main event.”