Jeffrey Warren decided to push all in and Jonathan Driscoll studied his man for a minute or so before making the call with . He was far behind the made hand held by Warren, who tabled .
The board ran dry for Driscoll and none of the ducks in the deck could be found, as the dealer spread . Driscoll shipped a decent portion of his stack to Warren and both players have settled in for this long road to the final table.
Albert Kim was eliminated when he moved all in preflop.
John Eames started the action by making a 25,000 raise. Sadan Turker reraised to 67,000, and Kim moved all in for his remaining stack. Eames called and Turker folded.
We witnessed a rather large pot develop before the flop, and when it was all said and done, John Gordon had grabbed the momentum and dragged the chips in his direction.
Jonathan Driscoll opened for 25,000 chips and Gordon made the call, only to see Jeffrey Warren three-bet to 75,000. This prompted a quick fold by Driscoll, but Gordon was not as easy to push around, and after asking his opponent to count his chips, Gordon decided to come along.
The flop fell and Warren paused for a minute in reflection before opting to check. The dealer thought she heard both players check and prepared to reveal the turn, but Gordon stopped her and quickly said "no check, I'm all-in!" Warren winced and eventually decided to release his hand. Gordon stood up and said, "Want to see it?" before flipping up the for a flopped two pair. He asked Warren if he held ace-king but no answer was forthcoming, and Gordon now has almost 350,000 chips at his disposal.
Ken Kao was eliminated after he moved all in preflop. Kao reraised for his remaining chips after a 25,000 raise from Daniel Haglung. Haglung quickly called.
Haglung:
Kao:
The board ran out .
Haglung sits on top of the leader board with 27 players left.
If you're wondering how the World Series of Poker Player-of-the-Year Race is shaping up after the first week of events, here is a look at the current leaderboard:
Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
Player
Points
Cashes
Bracelets
Winnings
Amir Lehavot
315
1
1
$573,456
Jake Cody
300
1
1
$851,192
Allen Bari
270
1
1
$874,116
Jarred Solomon
220.5
1
0
$354,460
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
210
1
0
$525,980
Francesco Barbaro
190
1
1
$262,283
Maria Ho
189
1
0
$540,020
Harrison Wilder
170
1
1
$205,065
Sam Stein
157.5
1
0
$264,651
Eugene Katchalov
150
1
1
$122,909
*Standings through Event #9 (not including Event #8 which is still in progress)
Jeffery Warren open-raised to 35,000 from middle position and was min-raised by Max Weinberg to 70,000. Undeterred, Warren went all in for his remaining stack. Weinberg snap-called and we had a cooler situation preflop.
Weinberg:
Warren:
Warren didn't get the help he needed as the board ran out , sending Warren to the rail.