Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds
Limit Hold'em
Jeff Madsen raised under the gun and called when Mike Gorodinsky made it three bets from the small blind. Madsen then faced a bet on the K♠A♥7♣ flop, putting him in the tank.
Eventually, he pulled out a 20-dollar bill.
"Do you have change?" he asked Gorodinsky, who replied that he did not.
Madsen then tossed the bill to Gorodsinky before he folded and flipped up Gorodsinky's A♠K♥. Madsen showed QxQx before they were added to the muck, and the pot was shipped to Gorodinsky.
On the next deal, Ray Henson raised in the cutoff, and Gorodinsky three-bet on the button. Henson called and check-called when Gorodinsky continued with a bet on the 9♣6♦J♦ flop.
The 8♥ fell on the turn and saw Henson check-raise all in. Gorodinsky quickly called to put his neighbor at risk.
Ray Henson: A♥9♥
Mike Gorodinsky: A♠A♦
Gorodinsky's aces held on the 3♠ river, and Henson wished his former opponents goodbye.
2-7 Triple Draw
Yosif Nawabi, James Tilton, and Donny Rubinstein were in for four bets each headed into the first draw. Nawabi and Rubinstein drew one while Tilton took two off. Everyone then checked.
On the second draw, everyone drew one and Nawabi bet. Both Tilton and Rubinstein called.
Nawabi stood pat on the final draw, while Tilton and Rubinstein drew one again.
Action checked through and Rubinstein said, "I caught every four in the deck," prompting Tilton to fan out 9x8x5x3x2x for a nine.
Nawabi showed he held 10x7x6x5x2x for a ten and mucked — awarding the large pot to Tilton.
Limit Hold’em
Shaun Deeb raised on the button and was called by Julius Reiner in the big blind.
Reiner check-called a bet from Deeb on the Q♠4♦4♠ flop and then both players checked on the 3♥ turn.
Reiner checked a final time on the 10♣ river and Deeb put out a bet. Reiner tanked a bit, but eventually decided to look him up. Deeb turned over 10♠9♥ for tens and fours.
Reinder sent his hand into the muck upon seeing it and Deeb was sent the pot.
Razz
Mike Gorodinsky: 9x7xAx/3x4xKx6x
Ray Henson: 10x7x3x/5x8x3xAx
Ray Henson called the bring-in and then called after Mike Gorodinsky completed.
Henson called a bet from Gorodinsky on fourth street and then led out for a bet after catching better on fifth, which Gorodinsky called.
Henson then check-called a bet from Gorodinsky on sixth before both players checked down on seventh.
Henson tabled his cards for an eight, but it was no good as Gorodinsky revealed his holding for a seven to claim the pot.
Pot-Limit Omaha
William Kerkaert bet 50,000 from the big blind on a J♦5♣K♣7♦ turn. Danny Noam pushed in a small raise to 125,000 in the cutoff, which Kerkaert called.
"Check blind," Kerkaert then announced before the 6♥ river completed the board.
Noam pushed in a pot-sized bet of 341,000, sending Kerkaert into the tank.
"Why would you bet that much," he wondered out loud.
He then sat a minute in silence before suddenly announcing a call.
"Nuts," Noam declared, and he tabled K♦Q♠9♦8♠ to prove it.
Kerkaert spent a few moments looking at his opponent's cards before sliding in the towers of chips required for a call.
Razz
Allen Kessler: 2xAx/5x3x7x2x/Qx
Danny Noam: 10x4x/7x7x3x2x/Ax
Allen Kessler was all in for about 30,000 on third street. Danny Noam looked him up and saw Kessler make a seven-five low by fifth street.
Kessler did not improve any further, but had to look on as Noam caught three perfect cards to make a seven-four low on seventh street.
Kessler could not believe his eyes, saying what happened was, "impossible," and, "amazing." He then grabbed his belongings and headed out of the tournament area to collect yet another WSOP cash.
Level: 20
Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000 Blinds, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds
Seven Card Stud
Nicholas Julia: K♣Q♥5♦/A♥4♦K♦2♣
Yujian Zhou: XxXx/Q♠J♠K♥7♣/Xx
Nicholas Julia completed with his ace and was called by Yujian Zhou.
Zhou called bets from Julia on fourth through sixth street and then both players checked on seventh.
Julia turned over his cards for a pair of kings, which was enough as Zhou scooped up his board and sent them into the muck.