Lee Davy brings you updates from the World Series of Poker Main Event as nine players battle it out for the title of poker’s Champion of the World and $8m in prize money.
Welcome to the evening’s coverage of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.
Three players are remaining in the hunt for the $8m first prize and here are the chip counts at the start of proceedings.
Chip Counts
Qui Nguyen – 197,600,000
Gordon Vayo – 89,000,000
Cliff Josephy – 50,000,000
The night started fast when Cliff Josephy doubled through Qui Nguyen on the first hand. It went a little something like this:
The chip leader opened to 2,700,000 on the button, Cliff Josephy three-bet to 8,500,000 in the small blind, and Gordon Vayo folded the big blind. Back to Nguyen and he four-bet to 20,900,00; Josephy moved all-in for 49,800,000 and Nguyen made the call.
Showdown
Josephy: [Ad] [Qd]
Nguyen: [As] [4c]
Josephy had Nguyen dominated and was a 71% favourite to double up. That percentage widened to 95% when the [Ac] [Qh] [7c] hit the flop to hand the veteran two-pairs. The turn, [3s], and river, [Qs], completed the action and Josephy doubled through the chip leader with a boat.
Josephy – 101,400,000 (85 bb)
Nguyen – 147,600,000 (123 bb)
Final Table Payouts
1. $8,005,310
2. $4,661,228
3. $3,453,035
4. Michael Ruane – $2,576,003
5. Vojtech Ruzicka – $1,935,288
6. Kenny Hallaert – $1,464,258
7. Griffin Benger – $1,250,190
8. Jerry Wong – $1,100,076
9. Fernando Pons – $1,000,000
