Leonid Yanovski went all-in in the small blind for 2,300,000 into Marc Lange's big blind, who decided to call for his 400,000 behind and the cards were tabled.
Marc Lange:
Leonid Yanovski:
The runout gave no help to Lange and he was eliminated in 7th place.
Rafael Mota opened to 120,000 in the hijack and Tim Grau jammed his 360,000 in the middle next to act. The action folded back around to Mota and he quickly called.
Tim Grau:
Rafael Mota:
The flop came , giving Grau a pair of sixes but Mota two pair. The hit the turn and the landed on the river for Mota to make a full house and eliminate Grau in eighth place.
Nicholas Rigby made some interesting calls with on Day 5 of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, where he built a big stack throughout the day. But it wasn't because of his love for NBA legend Michael Jordan, who famously wore the #23 for the Chicago Bulls.
When poker's world championship tournament concludes next week, one player will take home $8 million. If Rigby continues stacking chips at his current rate, he just might claim that nine-figure prize. But there appears to be only one thing that could stop him from reaching that mountain top — refusing to fold a hand dubbed in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as "The Dirty Diaper."
There is actually a reason why he loves to play the three-deuce, and it has nothing to do with GTO. Rigby's rowdy and inebriated friends on his rail inside the Amazon room explained on the PokerGO stream why their pal likes to play the 3-2.
"The Diaper is a famous hand in Pittsburgh," one of his friends explained to PokerGO's Jeff Platt. "The three-deuce is called The Dirty Diaper if it's off-suit, and we play it all the time."
Rigby's friend continued to explain that they play the 3-2 game in Pittsburgh like others play the 7-2 game, where everyone at the table must ship a chip to a player who wins a hand with 7-2. In their case, the bounty is on for when a player takes down a pot with the 3-2.
In the Main Event, or any tournament, you can't play those games, but Rigby's a cash game player, according to his friends. During Day 5 of poker's biggest event, he brought The Dirty Diaper game across the country to Las Vegas, except no one else was playing along.
PokerGO has partnered with CBS Sports Network to provide WSOP coverage with the likes of Lon McEachern, Norman Chad, and Jamie Kerstetterreturning to the WSOP broadcast booth this year, along with PokerNews Podcast co-host Jeff Platt from time to time.
All 16 episodes will be televised following the conclusion of the tournament.
PokerGO will provide live streaming duties of the World Championship event starting on Day 1A (November 4) until the end on November 17, except Day 1B (November 5).
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The final day of the Event #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha gets underway at 2 p.m. local time.
Yesterday's Day 2 saw 126 players return to the felt and after 10 levels of play, only eight remained. Rafael Mota goes into the day as chip leader and leads the pack by a large margin with 7,515,000 chips.
GGPoker qualifier Motoyoshi Okamura bagged the second highest stack with a total of 3,835,000 chips whilst Nick Yunis is not far behind his 3,190,000 chip stack. Okamura isn't the only GGPoker qualifier remaining, Leonid Yanovski bagged 2,070,000 with both qualifiers looking to capture their first WSOP gold bracelet.
Final Table Seat Draw
Room
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
Amazon
414
1
Nick Yunis
Chile
3,190,000
53
Amazon
414
2
Leonid Yanovski
Isreal
2,070,000
34
Amazon
414
3
Marc Lange
Germany
535,000
9
Amazon
414
4
Rafael Mota
Brazil
7,515,000
125
Amazon
414
5
Tim Grau
Austria
360,000
6
Amazon
414
6
Jordan Spurlin
United States
1,740,000
29
Amazon
414
7
Mike Takayama
Philippines
1,900,000
32
Amazon
414
8
Motoyoshi Okamura
Japan
3,835,000
64
The final eight players will return today at 2 p.m. local time to the Amazon Gold section at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino to play down to a winner. The event resumes on Level 26 where blinds are 30,000/60,000/60,000.
All eight players have secured $20,737, but of course, all eyes will be on the $209,716 first-place prize that the eventual champion will be taking home as well as the much sought after WSOP bracelet.
Final Table Payouts
Position
Prize
1
$209,716
2
$129,621
3
$91,989
4
$66,249
5
$48,428
6
$35,942
7
$27,088
8
$20,737
Stay tuned here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all of the action as the day unfolds.