Event #70: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

The following hand occurred moments ago on the PokerGO livestream.

With around 4,000 in the pot on a turn of     , the small blind Robert Gussoni was in a world of hurt with    for top two pair up against Bogdan Munteanu, who was holding    for top set.

Gussoni checked and then called after his opponent bet 3,000. The river was a harmless   and the small blind again checked. Munteanu bet 7,500, forcing Gussoni into a decision to call or raise. He wisely went for just a call and then found out the bad news, but it could have been a much worse outcome for him.

Robert Gussoni	59,000	-7,000
Bogdan Munteanu	55,000

Action was caught on the turn with the board reading     . Ole Schemion checked in the big blind before the button bet 2,000 into a pot of 4,000. Schemion called.

Schemion checked on the   river and his opponent sized up to 10,000. The German poker player thought for a moment but let his hand go.

Alexandra O'Brien had started the day in Paris Black but her seat had a new body in it. The table then confirmed that the Brit had busted the Main Event.

Ole Schemion	55,000	-5,000
Alexandra O'Brien	0	-34,000

With 4,500 already in the pot on a      board, Baseem Nsier bet 1,500. The button raised to 6,400 and Christoph Vogelsang folded from the big blind. Nsier called.

On the   river, Nsier lead out for 6,500. The button looked perplexed and thought for about 45 seconds before eventually making a crying call.

Nsier confidently turned over    for the win and, while getting a massage and scooping the pot, exclaimed "That's professional right there!"

Baseem Nsier	145,000
Christoph Vogelsang	51,500	-11,500

Action was picked up with about 16,500 already in the pot and a board of      on the felt. Robert Angeleri, the small blind, had bet 8,000 on the turn, sending his opponent into the tank. After a minute or two, the opponent piled his remaining chips into a single stack and placed them in the middle, moving all in for 18,500. Angeleri thought for a bit, but made the call fairly quickly with his opponent covered.

Opponent:   
Robert Angeleri:   

The opponent was in great position to triple up with his set of aces, but need to avoid a seven or queen on the river, which would complete Angeleri's straight draw. Disaster struck for the opponent as the   hit the table on the river, giving Angeleri the straight, enough to crack his opponents set, sending him to the rail.

Picking up the action on the river, 2012 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Merson from early position was involved in a hand with a player in the small blind.

With the board reading       and about 14,000 in the pot the small blind checked. Merson fired off 7,600 and his opponent went into the tank. After a minute or so the small blind asked how much Merson had behind, which turned out to be 40,100. Another minute of thought followed before the small blind announced a raise to 21,500.

That prompted Merson to consider his options. Eventually he pushed the remainder of his stack into the middle and it did not take long for the small blind to give up, sending a large pot Merson's direction. Before tossing his hand into the muck, Merson revealed he had held    for the nuts.

Greg Merson

71,500

17,900

The board read      . Mark Burford bet 15,000. Dean Chen thought for a bit before going all in for a bit more than the 15,000 which Burford called.

Burford tabled the   . Chen got up as his vanquished hand the    was shown.

Mark Burford	76,000	76,000
Dean Chen	0	0

Matthew Wantman raised to 900 in the cutoff before Chris Moneymaker three-bet to 3,000 on the button. Punal Patel cold-called in the big blind and Wantman quickly got out of the way.

Both Patel and Moneymaker checked to the river on the       board where Patel checked once again. Moneymaker tossed a bet of 6,000 in the middle, putting Patel to a decision.

After some time passed, Patel grabbed 6,000 in chips and held them for a moment before putting them down, looking at his cards and pushing them into the muck.

Chris Moneymaker	77,800	4,800
Matthew Wantman	38,200	21,200
Punal Patel	38,000

On the river, two players were battling over a pot with a board of    .

The player in the small blind led for 10,000. In late position, Frank Funaro moved all in for 38,000, sending his opponent into the tank.

"I'll show you this one, either way," said Funaro.

"It's hard to lay this one down," said his opponent.

"What do you have?" asked Funaro.

"This plus one," said his opponent, pointing at the jack on the board.

"Queens?" asked Funaro. "Well I can't tell you," he said.

His opponent did make the fold and Funaro showed the    for the semi-bluff to take down the pot.

Frank Funaro

65,000

65,000