Randy Levin moved all in under the gun for 1,100,000 and was called by Renmei Liu out of the small blind. Mark Bramley then shoved all in for roughly 14,000,000 and Liu folded.
Randy Levin: Q?9?
Mark Bramley: K?9?
There was no help for Levin on the 10?4?7?10?8? runout, and he was the seventh-place finisher in this event.
Khang Pham limped in middle position and Renmei Liu called from the cutoff, Randy Levin called from the small blind and Marc Wolpert checked in the big blind. The flop came out with 9?4?J?. Wolpert announced, "Check to the limper" and everyone checked.
On the turn Q? everyone checked to Liu who moved all in for 3,800,000 and Levin with a few more chips quickly called.
Both players announced, "Straight" but it was Liu who held the better straight.
Renmei Liu: K?10?
Randy Levin: 10?8?
The river 8? was irrelevant and Liu scored a big pot which left Levin descimated.
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Mark Bramley raised it up from the cutoff to 1,500,000 and Luke Graham smooth called from the big blind. The flop came out with 10?10?9? and Graham checked and Bramley bet out 2,000,000. Graham made the call.
Both players checked the turn Q?.
On the river 3? Graham took the lead and bet out 3,600,000 and Bramley turned his cards face up in disgust that he didn't hit any of his outs with A?8?.
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Eugene Singer has been best friends with chip leader Marc Wolpert since they discovered No-Limit Hold'em in 2004. " We started playing home games in Georgia and it was obvious Marc was the best player in our group. He won a seat to the Main Event twice playing in a league at our local golf club. Marc had some success and eventually moved to California, being closer to Las Vegas allowed Marc to play more World Series Events and sharpen his skills for this moment."
Justin Meng has been poker buddies with Renmei Liu or as his friends like to call him Karl, for over a decade. When Liu first started playing poker he would be the first to admit he was clueless, but after having some early success Liu caught the poker bug and has been playing and studying to improve his game. Liu, Meng, and bracelet winner Xing He are part of a poker group in Canada called the Three Musketeers. The group has helped each others game grow by leaps and bounds. In fact both Liu and He made the WSOP International Circuit Event Main Event Final Table together in April finishing 9th and 3rd respectively.
Both Wolpert and Liu are looking to capture there first World Series of Poker Bracelet but will have some tough competition standing in the way of the ultimate goal.
Marc Wolpert raised to 1,600,000 under the gun and Khang Pham called from the hijack. Mark Bramley then three-bet squeezed to 4,500,000 out of the small blind. After the big blind folded, Wolpert asked to see Bramley's stack. A few moments later he elected to fold and Pham followed suit with a fold shortly after.