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Players are busting at an extraordinary rate, & tables breaking all the time.
Best go find gooner before I lose track of him.
235 remain.
The current payout is $2,640, with the next ladder being at 225th, which would be worth $2,998.
gooner has 220,000, with blinds still 2,000-4,000/500.
With 225 left, that means......
Minimum payout is now $2,998.
BIG POT ALERT
goner, playing 220,000 pops it up to about 11,000 with A-K.
Fella behind him, who has the nick of "Madman" shoves all in for 112,000.
We CALL.
.....and the K high flop is good for gooner who banana's the villain, & propels gooner to north of 300,000.
Shortly after, on gooner's table (but not involving gooner), there was a 3 way all-in.
The hands?
A-A
A-A
K-K
The Aces held, chop chop.
Trivia Alert
Each pair of Aces were just 2.04% to WIN the hand.
The Kings were 20.2% to WIN the hand.
However, the Aces were 75.6% to tie, whereas the Kings were just 0.4% to tie.
Apologies for all the waffle & trivia, but it's 0445 in the UK, so I have no readers at the mo, & I'm trying to make for an interesting early morning squeeze.
With Level 16 now complete, they are on a 1 hour dinner break.
Blinds go 2,500-5,000/500 upon resumption.
216 players remain.
The average stack is 201,532.
Last I checked, gooner had over 300,000.
Droplet
Play has resumed.
3 early bananas means there are just 212 players remaining.
4 levels of play remain today.
gooner has some 330,000, which is more than 50% above average.
I arrive to see gooner (SB) in a pot, on this flop.....
5-4-7dd
The button fires out 12,500, gooner quickly 3 bets to 25,000.
Button does not look best pleased, & the staredown commences.
He gathers up around 80,000 for the threatened 4 bet, stares again at gooner..........
.......and folds.
gooner then button raises & takes the blinds very next hand.
BOSS MODE
Droplet
The attrition rate continues to be high, & just 195 players remain now.
gooner is sitting comfortably with around 340,000.
Play is scheduled to continue to around 2.15am Vegas, 10.15am UK, so plenty of play yet in Day 2. (Currently 22.20 Vegas).
The circus is leaving town
The WSOP is drawing to a close, & it's all rather sad, empty, & hollow here at The Rio.
324 remain in the Main, & 195 in the Droplet, & then that's it for another year.
The Pavilion Room - where all the cash games & Daily Deepstacks are held - has closed. The ceiling grid has been lowered to the ground, the security cameras removed, the tables & chairs are boing shrink-wrapped & removed until next year.
The Poker Kitchen closes for the last time tonight, no hot food available tomorrow, just coffee & bottles of pop. All the little kiosks & trade stands are being dismantled.
The WSOP Merchandise Stand in the "roundola" has closed.
What next for The Rio Hotel? The 2016 Star Trek Convention, which will be the 50th such gathering. 50,000 attendees are expected.
The Magic Marketplace Fall Show is in August, too, over at the LVCC, where 85,000 attendees are predicted.
There's very much more to Lass Vegas than poker.
Droplet
Down to 180 now, & gooner has 365,000.
His table will be breaking shortly (one more table before his breaks), which is rather a shame as he seems to have the table sussed, but it's inevitable as the numbers dwindle.
Droplet
168 remain, & that means they are just 5 spots off a $500 ladder to $3,437.
gooner's table is next to break.
Droplet
162 left, so that next ladder is in the bag & he has $3,437 locked up.
His table has just broken, but no point in him settling down as he will be the third table to break.
He is a bit card dead right now, but is still comfortably above the average of 269,172.
I saw a comical hand earlier.
Plenty of chips in the middle already, on this board......
A-5-A-8-5
Player A now bets half the pot.
Player B calls quite quickly.
Player A says "you win" & insta mucks his hand face down.
Player B tables........2-3.
There has been a change to the schedule - instead of paying 10.5 levels today, they will play 10 levels.
Allowing for the imminent break, that means play will end at around 2am Vegas, 10am UK.
153 remain, average is 269,000.
You are right as to gooner - he is playing with great heart & spirit, & does not seem bothered by any other players.
gooner gets unlucky - with Quads
In a three way pot, with 4 hearts on the board, gooner has quad sixes but can't get paid.
It only needs one of them to hold a singleton heart & he gets some action, but it was not to be.
149 left
Gross news incoming
144 left.
And once again, I report that gooner's table is next to break.
Blinds are currently 4,000-8,000/1,000.