| Buy-In: | $2,500 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $2,863,500 |
| Entrants: | 1245 |
Baldwin’s Kings Cracked in Third Place ($248,265)
William Haydon moved all in from the small blind and Joe Baldwin had to be pleased to look down and see K
K
. He called, and Haydon showed A
7 and was calling for an ace.
He got one. The flop came AQ3 and he took the lead. He never lost it.
The turn was the 8 and the river brought the 9
, and Baldwin was the third-place finisher, winning $248,265.
With that, they were down to two players — Haydon and Jeffrey Papola. Haydon had around 7.3 million chips to Papola’s 1.9 million.
Papola Meets Broadway, Out in 2nd Place ($391,068)
Not long into their heads up battle, Jeffrey Papola moved all in and William Haydon made the call. Their cards:
Haydon: AJ
Papola: A6
Papola was in bad shape and the KQ4 flop didn’t help. The board finished with the 9 and the 10, giving Haydon the unnecessary broadway straight and his first WSOP title. He earned $630,031 for the win.
Papola took second place and $391,068.
Solomon Busts in 5th Place ($110,903)
Play was 5-handed for nearly four hours before another player was lost. That player was Jarred Solomon.
Solomon moved all in for just over 1 million from the button and Joe Baldwin took a moment to think it over, then called. Their hands:
Solomon: K10
Baldwin: AQ
The board ran AJ642 and Solomon missed everything, busting in 5th place and winning $110,903.
Baldwin was the new chip leader with 3.7 million in chips.
Scharf Runs Into Aces, Out in 4th ($163,649)
Eddy Scharf was the short stack at the table when he pushed all in from under the gun. Unfortunately for him, Jeffrey Papola woke up with a monster. Papola re-raised all in over the top and everyone folded. Their hands:
Scharf: QJ
Papola: AA
On a flop of 84J Scharf had some outs, and the 9 turn gave him some more. But the river blanked with a 5 and Scharf was the 4th-place finisher, winning $163,649.
Action was down to 3-handed. Papola exploded to 3.3 million in chips, which was good for second place, just behind Joe Baldwin’s 3.8 million and well ahead of William Haydon’s 1.9 million.
Cowley Outdrawn, Falls in Sixth ($77,228)
Steve Cowley made it 105,000 to go and Jeffrey Papola made the call.
Papola checked on a flop of J63 and Cowley bet 140,000. Papola made the call.
The turn brought the 10 and Papola again checked, allowing Cowley to bet 215,000. This time Papola check-raised all in, having Cowley covered.
Cowley called and saw the bad news. Papola showed J10 for a turned two pair, while Papola showed AJ for a pair of jacks.
The river was the 8 and Cowley won eliminated in 6th place, winning $77,228.
The pot took Papola into the chip lead, with more than 2.5 million in chips.
We are officially down to the final 6 players in this $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event. They’ll be on dinner break for the next hour.
Final Table And Chip Counts
1. Joe Baldwin — 2,812,000
2. Jarred Solomon — 1,779,000
3. Steve Cowley — 1,730,000
4. Eddy Scharf — 1,321,000
5. Jeffrey Papola — 1,000,000
6. William Haydon — 799,000
The cash jump goes from $77,228 in prize money to sixth-place, to $630,031 for the first-place finisher.
15 players remain out of the 1,245 that entered the tournament.
The average chip stack is 622,500.
The next player eliminated will receive $23,537, with first place taking home $630,031
Notables still remaining include Justin Smith and Erik Cajelais. Both pros are in the middle of the pack.
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Action will conclude with a winner today.
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Here are the chip counts heading to the final day:
| 1 | Steve Cowley | 1,279,000 |
| 2 | Martins Adeniya | 823,000 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Papola | 797,000 |
| 4 | William Haydon | 776,000 |
| 5 | Joe Baldwin | 707,000 |
| 6 | Justin Smith | 641,000 |
| 7 | Jarred Solomon | 542,000 |
| 8 | Javier Etayo | 505,000 |
| 9 | Erik Cajelais | 345,000 |
| 10 | Andrey Danilyuk | 335,000 |
| 11 | Tyler Witteman | 326,000 |
| 12 | Patrick Ricci | 284,000 |
| 13 | Eduard Scharf | 211,000 |
| 14 | Alexander Ivarsson | 105,000 |
| 15 | Taurean Davis | 69,000 |
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