Fabian Deimann got the last of it in with ![]()
but trailed the ![]()
of Paul Senter. The ![]()
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flop was a decent one for Deimann since he picked up a gutter and a flush draw, but a
turn and
river bricked for him.
2014 World Series of Poker
A preflop raising war resulted in Jeffrey West getting his stack of approximately 500,000 all in against Christopher Shaw. As one might expect, it was a classic race situation.
West: ![]()
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West was the player at risk and the one that needed to improve. He didn't do it on the ![]()
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flop, nor on the
turn. West needed either an ace or king on the river to survive, but it wasn't meant to be as the
peeled off.
Mukul Pahuja, the reigning World Poker Tour Player of the Year, opened from middle position to 35,000. Nick Yunis called from the big blind, and the flop came down ![]()
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. Yunis checked, and Pahuja bet 27,000. Yunis gave it up, and Pahuja won the pot.
Dong Guo raised to 36,000 before the flop and Pfizer Jordan called from the button. The big blind called as well and the flop brought out ![]()
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. The big blind checked to Guo who bet 39,000 and Jordan was the lone caller.
The turn brought the
and this time Guo checked to Jordan who bet 85,000. Guo tanked for a little bit and called.
On the river the
hit and both players checked.
Jordan showed ![]()
for a full house but Guo's ![]()
took this pot down. Despite losing this hand Jordan has amassed a big stack as of late and he now has more than two million chips.
From under the gun, Pakinai Lisawad opened with a raise to 35,000. Action then folded to Griffin Benger in the cutoff seat, and he reared to 83,000. After the button and blinds all folded, Lisawad made the call to take a flop.
The flop came down ![]()
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, and Lisawad checked. Benger continued his in-position aggression with a bet of 86,000. Lisawad called.
The dealer added the
to the board on the turn, and both players checked to see the
land on the river. Again, both players checked.
"I've got a nine," announced Lisawad.
"It's good," responded Benger.
Lisawad showed the ![]()
for a pair of nines, and Benger mucked his hand.
Bradley Tuck opened to 32,000 in middle position, and Jeffrey Loiacono made it 82,000 on the button. That wasn't enough for Tuck, who repopped to 160,000, and Loiacono made the call. Tuck kept coming with 130,000, but Loiacono shipped it on the ![]()
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flop, forcing a quick fold from Tuck.
"Ace-king, ovbviously," he said.
"All in and a call Table 376," a dealer bellowed. We made our way over and discovered that there was around 400,000 in the pot on a board reading ![]()
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. Jared "harrington25" Bleznick had gotten his last 468,000 all in and was in prime shape to double through Michael Finstein.
Bleznick: ![]()
Finstein: ![]()
Finstein had flopped top pair with top kicker, but it was no good as Bleznick held an overpair. With the ESPN cameras capturing the action, the dealer burned and put out the
! Finstein spiked an ace to steal the pot, which inspired some moans and groans from the other players at the table. Bleznick simply stared at the board in disbelief as he watched his 2014 WSOP Main Event come to a screeching halt in 217th place for $44,728.