Competition:
Thursday, April 03, 2025 to Thursday, April 03, 2025
WSOPC Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 30K Opener
- Buy-in: $400
- Prizepool: $156,420
- Entries: 474
- Remaining: 0
EVENT UPDATE
Sunday, October 30, 2016 8:06 PM Local Time
Hand #16 - Fernando Pons Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,000,000)
Fernando Pons (pictured) moves all in on the button for 4,625,000. Qui Nguyen folds his small blind and Cliff Josephy asks for an exact count from the big blind.
After about a minute of thought, Josephy calls and the cards are tabled. Pons shows and is in the lead against Josephy's .
The flop is and Josephy takes the lead with a pair of kings, leaving Pons drawing thin. The turn is the and Pons is drawing to an ace on the river to double up. The river is the and Josephy wins the pot with trip kings.
Pons (left) is eliminated in ninth place, while Josephy (right) regains the chip lead. Pons takes home $1,000,000 for his ninth place finish.
Cliff Josephy - 76,400,000 (127 bb)
Fernando Pons - Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,000,000)