Nick Goetz just made a sick river call to double his stack on the last hand of Level 22. William Vogel raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Goetz called in the small blind. Goetz checked blind and the flop brought . Vogel opted to fire 35,000 into the pot and Goetz called, bringing the on the turn. Goetz check-called again, this time for 70,000.
The river brought four to a straight on the board, plus a potential flush draw. Goetz checked for a third time, and Vogel asked for a count of his opponent's stack.
"Just under 300," Goetz replied. "You can check."
Instead, Vogel moved all in, and Goetz wasn't happy. "Why did I say that?"
Goetz weighed his options for a couple minutes but decided to call with . Vogel was forced to flip over his for a failed bluff, and Goetz doubled to around 800,000
We're on a short break here as the television production team fixes a minor glitch with overhead flop camera, but the final table is about to resume. We're down to five players, and Lou Procopio is our new chip leader after eliminating Steve Przybyl.
Play got under way shortly after 3 p.m. EST, and it took only two hands to lose our first player. Lou Procopio raised to 46,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Steve Przybyl, who moved all in for 173,000 from the big blind. Procopio made the call, and the cards were tabled:
Przybyl:
Procopio:
Przybyl was out in front preflop, but a queen-high board sent him to the rail in sixth place for $13,359.
Buffalo, New York's Michael Wachowski is a Mortgage and Business Analyst who says he followed his poker hero Daniel Negreanu into the game.
He bought into this event because he'd never played in a televised tournament and says his biggest moment came when he got it all in with pocket kings and had to go runner-runner to make a straight to survive with 28 players left.
Williamsville, New York's Nicholas Goetz has been playing poker for five years and has dreamed of being a pro poker player and journalist ever since he saw the movie Rounders.
For now, he does Debt Collections for the Department of Education and says his biggest moment in this event was when he called a 30k Michael Mizrachi bluff on Day 1.
He gained entry into the tournament through a $55 satellite.
Liverpool, New York's Lou Procopio is a Gold and Silver Buyer who previously played poker for a living for a decade.
With 18 players left he got all in with kings versus aces and turned a king to win a million-chip pot marking the biggest moment in his tournament so far.
Chip Leader William Vogel is from Stockport, New York and has been playing poker professionally for seven years.
He bought into this event as a birthday present to himself and says the biggest moment for him so far came when he grabbed the chip lead getting it in with big slick versus jack-ten.
Lake View, New York's Tom Krol is a lawyer who got into poker after seeing the WSOP on TV.
His dream is to own an NFL franchise and says his biggest moment in this event came when he doubled up turning pocket threes into a full house early on in the second day.
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. Vogel opted to fire 35,000 into the pot and Goetz called, bringing the 
on the turn. Goetz check-called again, this time for 70,000.
river brought four to a straight on the board, plus a potential flush draw. Goetz checked for a third time, and Vogel asked for a count of his opponent's stack.
. Vogel was forced to flip over his 
for a failed bluff, and Goetz doubled to around 800,000
and was a huge favorite, increasing his lead on the 
flop.
turn sealed the deal, making Wachowski a full house and after the 
river, he doubled up to around 350,000.
