Talk about D��j�� vu! Just minutes after kings lost to Big Slick it has happened again.
It happened when Luke Graham moved all in under the gun for roughly 1.5 million and Dan Schmiech called off for 1.255 million in the small blind.
Schmiech:
Graham:
It was the exact same situation we'd just saw, and the outcome would be the same as the flop delivered an ace. Schmiech, who is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner from 2005, immediately stood and prepared to make his exit, which he did after the turn and river failed to deliver the case king.
The action folded to Daniel Weinman, who moved all in for 865,000 out of the small blind. Kasra Khodayarkhani immediately called in the big blind, turning over . Weinman showed .
"I'm going to plank!" Weinman said, running down the steps of the stage.
Earlier, Joseph Hebert suggested that Weinman should plank the next time he was all in, and true enough, the Atlantean laid face first on a table off of the stage.
Meanwhile, at the final table, the dealer rapped the table, burned a card, then dealt three community cards face down. Right in the window of the flop was the , followed by the and the . When the tournament director announced that there was an ace on the flop, Weinman didn't look up, rather he just gave a thumbs up from the plank position.
Khodayarkhani needed the only remaining king in the deck to record the knockout, but the turn and river bricked , respectfully. Weinman gleefully returned to the stage, where he pulled in the 1.7 million-chip pot. Khodayarkhani was knocked down to around 1.64 million.
Soeph Hebert was under the gun and opened for 125,000, which Luke Graham called from the hijack. Rogen Chhabra and Daniel Schmiech called from the small and big blinds respectively, and the flop came down .
Chhabra was first to act and led out for 225,000 and only Hebert called, leading to the turn. Chhabra proceeded to check-call a bet of 325,000 and then checked the river. Hebert used two hands to spike in two towers of blue T25,000 chips for a bet of 1 million, and after thinking for about 30 seconds, Chhabra whispered, "Call."
Hebert rolled over the for fours full of deuces, and Chhabra sent his cards to the muck unseen as he relinquished the chip lead.
Luke Graham limped in from the small blind, Daniel Weinman checked, and the flop fell . Graham led out for less than the minimum, which he quickly corrected. Weinman called.
The turn was the , Graham opted to check, and Weinman flipped out 90,000. Graham called.
The river was the , and Graham checked a second time.
"Three-fifty," Weinman announced, pushing forward blue stacks of T25,000 chips.
Graham cut out enough chips to call, and eventually pushed them forward.
"Jack-high," Weinman announced, tabling what looked like .
Graham didn't hear the Atlantean at first, then finally showed for a pair of sixes upon seeing Weinman's hand. He now sits with 2.25 million chips, while Weinman is below one million.
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