Erik Hellman is the newest player to see his stack soar up to two million in chips. Plenty of those chips came when Hellman eliminated Mark Demirdjian late here on Day 4 of the 2012 World Series of Poker.
Demirdjian had his stack all in preflop holding and was looking good to double up against Hellman's . However, the board had other ideas, sending the pot to Hellman and Demirdjian to the rail.
Nico Behling opened to 22,000 in the hijack and Claudia Crawford three-bet to 50,000 from the button. Roman Valerstein then four-bet to 105,000 from the big blind, prompting Behling to five-bet jam for about 395,000.
Crawford folded after a few moments, Valerstein folded immediately, and Crawford told the table "I knew I had the best hand!"
The ESPN cameras wanted to see the players' cards in the hole camera, and Crawford said, "I don't mind!", and showed to everybody.
James Keys opened the action to 20,000 from under the gun and it the play was folded around to Kevin Pollak in the hijack. He three-bet to 60,000 and it was back on Keys, who four-bet to 110,000. Pollak then shoved all in and Keys made the call.
Keys:
Pollak:
Pollak was up on his feet here, shouting for his hand to hold up. He got his wish, with the board sending him the double up. At this point Pollak stormed away from the table in celebration, pacing throughout the tournament area fist pumping. After a few moments, someone from a nearby table shouted, "Kevin, you're meant to stay at the table when you win."
"When you've got a minute, go f***k yourself," said Pollak jokingly in reply, still excited about his victory. "If this is how I act when i win, imagine what happens when I lose!" said Pollak as his table and the nearby tables joined him in a laugh.
We found Gaelle Baumann and Ryan Pachedly surrounded by cameras with a pile of chips in the middle. The flop was , Baumann checked and Pachedly bet 125,000.
Baumann took her time and then moved all in, having Pachedly well covered. Pachedly folded and Baumann moved to over 1.5 million.
Claudia Crawford and Charles Coultas had together built a pot of about 130,000 by time the turn had been dealt, at which point the board showed . Crawford quickly checked, and after a long pause Coultas checked as well.
The river brought the , and Crawford set forward a bet of 41,000. Coultas considered for about 20 seconds, then called. Crawford showed for sixes and deuces, then Coultas rolled over for a better two pair.
Andrew Moreno opened to 24,000 from the hijack seat, Taylor Paur three-bet to 66,000 from the small blind, and Moreno responded with a four-bet to 139,000.
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