Paul Hoefer Wins Big One Without Showdown
Jul 20, '17
With a board of A
8
2Q Paul Hoefer checked and Byron Kaverman bet 28,000.
Hoefer called and the river brought the K
.
Hoefer checked and Kaverman bet 93,000. Hoefer went into the tank and after some time announced that he was all-in.
Kaverman, who was left with only around 70,000 behind, went deep into the tank. After several minutes of thought he slowly raised his cards into the air and dropped them into the middle of the table. Hoefer took down the massive pot without showdown, chipping up to 485,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: Byron Kaverman, Paul Hoefer
Byron Kaverman Plays Trips Cautiously
Jul 20, '17
Chino Rheem had fired out on a board reading JJ2, and he was called by Byron Kaverman on the button and Paul Hoefer in the blinds. The turn brought the 6, and it was checked to Kaverman, and he bet 34,000. Hoefer called, while Rheem mucked. The river was the Q, and Hoefer checked. Kaverman went deep into the tank before checking behind KJ. Hoefer turned over J-8 for trips, and it looked like he thought he was going to be the winner. However, he saw Kaverman’s superior hand.
Kaverman sat more than 300,000 chips thanks to the hand, which was about average.
Player Tags: Chino Rheem, Byron Kaverman, Paul Hoefer
Martin Jacobson Doubles Through Paul Hoefer
Jul 21, '17
Martin Jacobson was all in holding A4
against the K8.
The board fell Q7554 and Jacobson doubled up to about 700,000. Hoefer is still stacked with 2,250,000.
Player Tags: Martin Jacobson, Paul Hoefer
Chris Tryba Eliminated By Paul Hoefer
Jul 21, '17
Chris Tryba was all-in on the short stack with Q10 against the AJ of Paul Hoefer.
The board ran out 984KK and Tryba was eliminated. Hoefer now has 1,480,000.
Player Tags: Christopher Tryba, Paul Hoefer
Fabian Ortiz Eliminated In 20th ($27,513)
Jul 21, '17
Fabian Ortiz opened the action by moving all in preflop with K-Q off suit for 327,000 and Paul Hoefer woke up with two queens on the button and made the call. The board ran out 9-5-3-4-7 with no draws for Ortiz, giving Hoefer the KO and about 1.1 million in chips.
Player Tags: Fabian Ortiz, Paul Hoefer
Matt Giannetti Eliminated By Paul Hoefer
Jul 21, '17
Matt Giannetti raised to 23,000, Paul Hoefer reraised to 74,000, and Giannetti shoved for about 270,000.
Hoefer called with pocket tens, and they held against the AQ of Giannetti on a board reading 64354.
Hoefer now has 1,060,000.
Player Tags: Matt Giannetti, Paul Hoefer
Paul Hoefer Eliminated In 2nd ($393,621)
Jul 22, '17
Paul Hoefer was down to only about 10 big blinds when he got the last of his chips in preflop with Q3 and was called by the QJ of Javier Gomez. Gomez was ahead.
The board ran out 95263, to send the German to the rail in second for a nearly $400,000 score thanks to the three-handed deal.
Player Tags: Paul Hoefer
Paul Hoefer Doubles Up
Jul 22, '17
Javier Gomez raised to 480,000 and Paul Hoefer moved all-in. Gomez called with the K2 and was in trouble against Hoefer’s KQ.
The flop brought the K28 to give Gomez two pair and the lead. The Jon the turn changed nothing, but the Jon the river counterfeited Gomez’s two pair and Hoefer’s kings and jacks with a queen kicker earned him the double up. He now sits with 11.6 million.
Player Tags: Paul Hoefer
Hoefer Wins A Big One
Jul 22, '17
Javier Gomez raised to 210,000 from the cutoffand Paul Hoefer made the call from the big blind.
The flop brought the 1093 and Hoefer check-called 250,000. The 5 hit the turn and Hoefer checked again. Gomez bet 625,000 and Hoefer again called.
The river was the 4 and Hoefer checked again. Gomez checked behind and Hoefer showed the K7 for a flush. Gomez mucked and fell to 5,400,000 while Hoeffer chipped up to 4,900,000.
Player Tags: Paul Hoefer
Jacobson Doubles Hoefer
Jul 22, '17
Jacobson opened to 225,000 from UTG and Hoefer shoved from the button for 1.6 million. It was folded back to Jacobson and he insta-called with AQ. Hoefer was behind with KQ. The board ran out K53108 to give Hoefer the double. Jacobson was down to about 5 million. Hoefer obviously had about double what he moved in for, so he was sitting with more than 3 million.
Player Tags: Martin Jacobson, Paul Hoefer
On a flop of J-J-2, Paul Hoefer found himself all in holding pocket kings, only to see he was up against the pocket aces of Jay Farber.
Paul Hoefer finished as the runner-up in the 2017