Level: 32
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Level: 32
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
On a board of 3♦Q♦4♠A♠J♥, the blinds checked, and Schuyler Thornton on the button moved all in for 1,400,000. Bobby James in the small blind quickly folded, but Dechang Zhang in the big blind went deep into the tank.
After several minutes, the clock was called, and Zhang ultimately folded. Thornton proudly revealed J♣10♣9♦6♦ for just a pair of jacks.
Action was picked up as Muhamet Perati was all in against Christopher Hannel on a flop of A♦Q♥9♣.
Muhamet Perati: A♥9♦8♠5♥
Christopher Hannel: J♦10♠9♥7♠
The J♥ was dealt on the turn, and the K♦ on the river gave Hannel a straight to eliminate Perati in 16th place.
There were roughly 900,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 10♥4♠J♦.
Harry Rubin who was under the gun fired out a bet of 580,000, Paul Zappulla in the big blind made the call. Rubin did not slow down on the 4♦ turn and he fired out a bet of 1,200,000, and Zappulla check-called.
Rubin went for three streets of betting on the 9♣ river for 3,000,000, and to his surprise Zappulla announced all in, then Rubin made a fairly quick fold.
Tony Cousineau in the cutoff saw his 1,250,000-chip stack being called by Christopher Hannel in the small blind.
Tony Cousineau: K♥K♣10♠8♠
Christopher Hannel: A♥K♠Q♥8♦
Cousineau's kings held on 3♣3♦J♦Q♦J♥ and he doubled up.
After Christopher Hannel limped from under the gun, Toby Joyce in early position raised to 700,000. All the other players folded to Hannel, who called.
Both players checked the 9♣10♠9♦ flop, leading to the 7♠ turn, which saw Hannel bet 900,000. Joyce went deep into the tank and called.
The 7♥ river was checked by both players, so Hannel flipped over K♥Q♣J♣9♥ for trip nines. Joyce looked at his cards and mucked his hand.
Action was picked up as Muhamet Perati was all in against Francois Scapula.
Muhamet Perati: A♥A♣9♥9♦
Francois Scapula: A♦A♠J♠2♦
The board ran out K♠Q♥5♥3♣J♥, and Perati hit a flush to double his stack.
Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Poker fans were treated to many exciting hands at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) the past week.
But there's always a player involved in one of these juicy hands who doesn't find it as interesting as the rest of us. Take Allen Kessler, for example, who took a cruel Razz bad beat to bust from the $3,000 Nine Game Mix event, a hand you'll read about in just a bit.
"The Chainsaw" isn't the only recipient of a bad beat or on the wrong end of a brutal cooler the past week at the WSOP.