Fearless bluffs, aggressive spots, exciting games or intense emotions - the tournament of all tournaments in the last week brought a brutal dose of poker action, which led up to the moment of the formation of the final table. That's right, from the once 8,663 players, the field has shrunk to the last 10 adepts, and one of them will become the WSOP ME champion during the next two days.
Although it was originally planned to reach the final nine, the organizers ended the long poker marathon by forming an unofficial 10-seat final table, where two players with identical 69-blind stacks will sit as chip leaders – Espen Jorstad from Norway and Matthew Su from Britain.
As for the paycheck, everyone knows that this year's champion is in for a whopping $10 million cashout along with a diamond bracelet and eternal glory, but the other contestants aren't going home empty-handed either. Each of them is guaranteed a payout of $675,000 at this moment, from the 8th place each of the players will become millionaires.
The long seventh day of play also produced a hand that immediately earned the title of "Best Fold in ME WSOP History." In the last 14 players, a situation arose in which Farnes opened his KsKd from early position, which he defended from SB Diaz with AsQh. KhQd2d brought an interesting flop, where Diaz check-called his opponent's bet for 2.7m.
The things got mixed up by the turn Qs, which Diaz already bet for 4m, which Farnes only called, but no one doubted that there would be no escape from this spot. Everything was sealed by the river 2s, which Diaz appreciated at 7m. Here, however, the opponent exposed him all-in, but while most of us would have quickly called the remaining 12m, Diaz fell into a 6-minute tank, at the end of which he showed great discipline and was able to fold his cards!
For poker players, the Main Event is truly a test of skill and endurance.
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David Diaz, finding an incredible fold with queens full, shows that the players who have made it this far in the tournament are truly at the top of their game.
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If he couldn't do it, he would have left the tournament in 14th place for $410,000, but this way he kept his tournament life, which he lost soon after in another spot, but he managed to survive one elimination and with it a pay-jump worth an extra $115,000. How about a decent amount for such a disciplined fold, right? Would you ever be able to fold something similar?
Source: PokerGO, WSOP, Pokernews
