Luis Assuncao raised to 16,000 out of the hijack, William Gottman moved all in for 75,000 out of the cutoff, and Dustin Fox re-shoved for 109,000 out of the big blind.
"I would've called you," Assuncao told Gottman, showing .
Gottman:
Fox:
The tens held up as the board came , and Hien Nguyen yelled "That's a straight!" after the river card was dealt.
The players were confused at first - Fox held the best hand during the entire race - but then realized that he was referring to Assuncao, who would've made two pair only to be rivered.
Gottman hit the rail, while Fox is up to 213,000 chips.
Daniel Miles opened his button with a raise only to have Andrey Zaichenko come over the top from the big blind with a three-bet to an unknown amount. Miles four-bet the action to 110,000 and Zaichenko waited little time before moving out a five-bet to 400,000. Miles, who only had 265,000 behind, was suddenly contemplating calling for his tournament life.
"You know what?" said Miles. "I'm having so much fun playing with you guys that I'm going to lay this down."
Miles folded face up and Zaichenko was pushed the pot. With this win, Zaichenko now has about 1.28 million in chips.
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Level 17 of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event has come to a close! The remaining 444 players are now on a 90-minute dinner break.
Michael Finstein became a name to remember during this level, soaring to the top of the chip counts in two key hands. In Finstein's first key encounter, he made a full house of tens full of nines against Rocky McNatt's nines full of kings. This hand crippled McNatt and Finstein was pushed the 1.75 million-chip pot. Soon after, Finstein climbed the chip counts even higher, making another full house - this time eights full of sixes - to send Lisa Tehan to the rail. Finstein had right around two million in chips after the conclusion of that hand and goes into the dinner break with 1.924 million. This puts him second in chips behind Dan Smith, who is the chip leader with 1.976 million. Other big stacks include Mehrdad Yousefzadeh (1.826 million) and Andoni Larrabe (1.78 million).
Mark Herm crossed the million-chip mark in a hand that took roughly ten minutes to complete. Herm was deep in the tank after pressure from Eddie Ochana. Herm spent eight minutes thinking before making a correct call with pocket queens. His queens held through the river, sending Ochana to the river and allowing him to take down a sizable pot.
Several familiar faces were eliminated from play this level including WSOP.com qualifier Cody Gorman, Ryan Julius, Laurence Grondin, Steve Brecher, Larry Ormson, Tony Hachem, Darren Rabinowitz, JJ Liu, Matt Marafiotti,Vinny Pahuja and Phil Galfond. Also hitting the rail was Ronnie Bardah, ending his historic run of a fifth WSOP Main Event cash in a row.
Our very own Sarah Grant recently caught up with Day 1a chip leader Martin Jacobson who is still alive and thriving in the event. Be sure to check it out below.
We didn't see his opponent's hand, but NASCAR driver Jason White just doubled up with on a board of courtesy of Jesper Hougaard. He'll come back with a solid 30+ big blinds after dinner.