Shunjiro Uchida moved all in on the second round of betting when he was heads up against Raphael Zimmerman. When the final draws were made, Uchida made a queen and Zimmerman showed .
And with that elimination, we have our official table of six.
Shunjiro Uchida moved all in on the second round of betting when he was heads up against Raphael Zimmerman. When the final draws were made, Uchida made a queen and Zimmerman showed .
And with that elimination, we have our official table of six.
David Chiu raised and Leonard Martin called. Don McNamara also called from the big blind and then drew one. Chiu drew one as well and Martin drew two. After the draw, action checked to Chiu and he bet. Both his opponents called.
On the second draw, McNamara drew one, Chiu stood pat and Martin drew one. Chiu then bet after McNamara checked to him and only Martin stuck around to see the third draw.
Both players stood pat and then checked. Martin tabled an eighty-seven and Chiu mucked his hand.
On the second draw of action, Peter Gelencser stood pat and David Chiu drew one card. There was already over 100,000 chips in the middle and Gelencser added to that by betting out after the draw. Chiu made the call.
Gelencser stood pat again on the third and final draw. Chiu drew one. Gelencser bet and Chiu made the call. Chiu tabled the and won the pot. He's now up to about 340,000 chips.
Don McNamara raised from the cutoff seat and David Chiu reraised from the big blind. McNamara made the call. On the first draw, Chiu drew one and McNamara stood pat. Chiu checked, McNamara bet and Chiu called. On the next draw, Chiu drew one and McNamara bet. Chiu raised and then McNamara called. On the third draw, both players stood pat. Chiu led with a bet and McNamara called.
Chiu:
McNamara:
McNamaa was second best and lost the pot, giving up a nice pot to Chiu, who's now up to about 250,000.
Raphael Zimmerman check-called Leonard Martin's raise from the small blind. They each drew two. Martin bet and Zimmerman called. Both players drew one. Martin check-raised Zimmerman's bet and Zimmerman made the call. Martin drew one and Zimmerman stood pat. They both checked the final betting round.
Zimmerman tabled and took the pot.
A few hands later Zimmerman raised from the button and was called by Don McNamara in the small blind. McNamara took two and Zimmerman drew four. McNamara bet and Zimmerman called. This time McNamara drew one and Zimmerman drew three. McNamara bet and Zimmerman called. McNamara took one while Zimmerman stood pat. They both checked and Zimmerman tabled and won the pot.
Peter Gelencser check-raised Don McNamara after the first draw and McNamara called. After the action, Gelencser stood pat and McNamara drew one. Then, Gelencser bet out. McNamara raised and Gelencser went into the tank. A solid minute went by before Gelencser released his hand and dropped the pot.
Although the official final table will be set when when one more player makes his exit, we thought we'd let you know a little bit about each player seated at the felt in front of us.
Seat 1: David Chiu is a 49-year-old poker pro from China who resides in Rowland Heights, California. He cashed in the 2009 WSOP six times and has four WSOP bracelets. Chiu's lifetime career earnings is $6,758,729.
Seat 2: Jameson Painter is from Goodfield, Illinois. He is not a stranger to the WSOP, he finished in eighth place at the 2009 WSOP and also cashed in 2007.
Seat 3: Leonard Martin was the runner-up in the 2007 WSOP 2-7 triple draw lowball rebuy event. He has $147,000 in career lifetime earnings and is looking to take home a bracelet.
Seat 4: Raphael Zimmerman resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has three WSOP cashes and finished in sixth place in this same event last year. He has a lifetime cash total of $167,817.
Seat 5: Don McNamera currently resides in Menlo Park, California. He has two previous cashes in the WSOP. If he makes the "official" final table, it will be his second. In February finished in second place in an Omaha 8 or better event at the LA Poker Classic. His lifetime cashes are $133,544.
Seat 6: Peter Gelencser comes to us from Budapest, Hungary. He cashed twice in the WSOP last year and barring an exit in seventh place, this will be his first official WSOP final table.
Seat 7: Shunjiro Uchida is a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2008 he finished second in the limit 2-7 lowball event. He has $207,683 in career cashes.
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From under the gun, Raphael Zimmerman raised. David Chiu was on the button and made it three bets. Zimmerman then made it four bets and Chiu called. Zimmerman stood pat on each street while Chiu drew one card each time. Zimmerman bet out after every draw, but eventually Chiu decided not to call after the third draw.
It was a hefty pot for Zimmerman and he's up to 420,000 again. Chiu's down to 205,000.
From the button, Raphael Zimmerman raised and Don McNamara called from the small blind. Peter Gelencser called from the big blind as well. All three players drew two cards apiece on the first draw and then action was checked around.
On the second draw, McNamara drew two, as did Gelencser. Zimmerman drew three this time. McNamara bet, Gelencser raised, Zimmerman folded and McNamara called. McNamara then drew one and Gelencser stood pat. After the final draw, both players stood pat.
McNamara's was the winning hand and Gelencser mucked.