re: WSOP on going thread

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He was selling a percentage for his entire wsop. It was a great deal. 850 for 1% and he played in around 22 events.

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A few members of the WSOP staff ventured over to the table to help the gentleman out, but he didn't want to leave the table. He was certain that Winter was sitting in his seat. After doing some research, the floor discovered that the player's name was Michael Nelson, and his original table was no longer in play.

Gulp.

With the help of the staff, Nelson stumbled out of the Purple Section so that their scavenger hunt wouldn't disturb the other players. Lead Tournament Supervisor Charlie Ciresi started to ask Nelson questions.

"Have you ever seen this room?" he asked Nelson.

"Yes!" he belted. "I'm sitting RIGHT OVER THERE!!!"

His index finger waved in the direction of Table 444 as he mumbled something about his opponents being afraid of him. Without any clues present, Ciresi and his fellow staff members appeared stumped. That's when ESPN's Andrew Feldman received a hot tip from Matthew Haugen: "Table 309 is missing a drunk player"

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Michael Nelson has made it to the the Amazon Room, and the hilarity continues.

Robert Schmidt profited the most of the situation at hand, as he managed to double up through this man who was unable to locate his own table for about 30 minutes after the dinner break.

In a multi-way pot, the flop showed {3-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Spades} and Schmidt bet 1,400, after which his opponent moved all in immediately. The other players quickly folded and Schmidt called off for a total of 9,725.

Schmidt: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Nelson: {3-Spades}{5-Spades}

"Yes!" Schmidt's opponent cheered as if his hand was unbeatable. The turn was the {4-Clubs} and the man continued, "Boom!"

Schmidt was still in the lead and doubled up when the river brought the {A-Hearts}.

"Yep!" Nelson yelled in excitement once more, while the dealer took the chips from his stack needed to pay off Schmidt.

The dealers started dealing the next hand and the player, out of nowhere, lit a cigarette.

"You're not allowed to smoke in here," the dealer politely said.

"Oh, sorry," Nelson said, as he put out the cigarette in the palm of his hand.

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Phil Ivey tossed out a bet of 14,000 on a flop of 10h, 9d, 6s, Lazaro Hernandez called, and Fabian Scherle moved all in for 44,000. Ivey reshoved for effectively 130,000, and Hernandez paused.

"I guess I'm going home," Hernandez said, finally risking his six-figure stack.

Ivey: 6d6c
Hernandez: 8h7h
Scherle: KhKs

"Why did you say you're going home?" Ivey said incredulously, after seeing that Hernandez had the nuts.

"Because you're Phil Ivey!" Hernandez responded.

Hernandez added a flush draw when the turn was the 5h, and just needed to fade a ten, nine, six, or five on the river to double through. The dealer rapped the felt, burned one final card, then delivered the river.

The 10c.

Ivey boated up, making sixes full of tens and pushing his stack to nearly 400,000 chips, and Hernandez's premonition came true — he's going home.

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There was a raise to 2,000 on the button, Phil Ivey three-bet to 6,000 out of the small blind, and the player called. The flop came Qh 2d 4s, Ivey fired out 8,000, and his opponent called.

Ivey bet another 16,000 on the turn (2h), the player called, and Ivey moved all in for effectively 28,700 on the river (8h). The player tank-called with Q10s for a pair of queens, but it was no good against Ivey's AJh for a flush.

The 10-time WSOP bracelet winner now has 478,000 chips.

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