Facing a limp and a raise to 875, Bernard Lee made the call from the button, as did the limper, to see a flop fall.
The preflop aggressor fired out 700 which Lee called before the limp-caller played the check-raise card making it 5,000 to go to force both the flop aggressor and Lee's cards into the muck.
Although losing that pot, Lee still sits with 25,800 in chips.
Jarred Solomon opened to 750 only to have an opponent a few seats over three-bet to 2,200. Solomon made the call before checking the flop.
His opponent fired out a continuation-bet of 3,000 only to have Solomon ship it all in for roughly 12,000. His opponent made the call tabling his to be in great shape against Solomon's .
The turn and river landed the and to see Solomon sent to the rail.
We went over to the table where Theo Tran and Todd Terry are sitting side by side and saw the two of them in a hand with one other player. The board read , and Tran had bet 1,000 after the opponent in the small blind checked to him. Terry called, but the small blind decided to make a small raise to 2,125 total. Tran folded fairly quickly and Terry went deep into the tank. About two minutes later, Terry put a big stack of the yellow T1000 chips in, and his opponent called instantly for the rest of his stack.
Terry:
Small Blind:
Terry had flopped top pair, but his opponent turned an unbeatable set. The river came the , and Terry's stack was cut in half.
Tournament staff has officially reported the statistics and prizepool information for this tournament. 2,857 people registered for the tournament and the top 297 will get paid. The payouts for the final table are as follows:
Place
Payout
1st
$675,117
2nd
$419.173
3rd
$295,635
4th
$213,520
5th
$156,090
6th
$115,477
7th
$86,434
8th
$65,452
9th
$50,140
For more information on the prizepool for this tournament, see the Payouts tab.
With a limper in early position, Lee made it 875 to go from middle position. The action folded to Blair Hinkle on the button, and he shoved for roughly 7,000. The blinds folded, as did the limper, before Lee made the call.
Lee:
Hinkle:
The board ran out clean with it being spread to see Hinkle sent to the rail as Lee heads to dinner with nearly 30,000 in chips.