Live Tournament Updates
Hand #134: Ken Aldridge
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Ken Aldridge raises from the small blind to 700,000, winning the blinds and antes.
10:16 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #133: Jeff Vertes
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Jeff Vertes raises from the button to 700,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 3. Will Failla - 6,850,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 8,900,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 8,800,000
10:14 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #132: Ken Aldridge
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Ken Aldridge raises from the button to 700,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 3. Will Failla - 7,050,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 9,250,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 8,250,000
10:13 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #131: Will Failla
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Will Failla raises from the button to 700,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 3. Will Failla - 7,250,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 8,700,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 8,600,000
10:12 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #130: Jeff Vertes
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Jeff Vertes raises from the button to 700,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 3. Will Failla - 6,700,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 8,900,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 8,950,000
10:10 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #129: Ken Aldridge
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Ken Aldridge raises from the button to 700,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 3. Will Failla - 6,900,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 9,250,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 8,400,000
10:09 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #128: Jeff Vertes Gets Pocket Aces
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Will Failla raises from the button to 750,000, Ken Aldridge reraises from the small blind to 1,600,000, and Jeff Vertes moves all in from the big blind for 6,125,000.
Failla thinks for a minute and a half before he folds, and Aldridge thinks for another minute and a half before he folds as well. Vertes shows A
A
as he takes the pot. Announcer Ali Nejad quips, "We'll ask Ken if he had that beat."
Seat 3. Will Failla - 7,250,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 8,700,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 8,600,000
If you'd like to see what Failla and Aldridge folded in that hand, be sure to check out the WPT Final Table Live Stream, which shows all the action and hole cards with a 30-minute delay.
10:09 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #127: Jeff Vertes
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Jeff Vertes raises from the button to an unknown amount, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 3. Will Failla - 8,050,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 10,350,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 5,625,000
10:03 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #126: Jeff Vertes
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Jeff Vertes raises from the small blind to 700,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 3. Will Failla - 8,250,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 10,700,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 5,075,000
10:02 PM, 08/30/11
Hand #125: Will Failla
Level 35: 150,000-300,000, 50,000 ante
Will Failla raises from the button to 700,000, Jeff Vertes reraises from the big blind to 1,900,000, and Failla moves all in. As Vertes begins thinking, Failla says, "Call the valet!"
Vertes asks Failla if he has a pair. Failla responds, "Well, I got a pair of balls."
After about three minutes, Vertes quietly says, "It's either a coin flip or a two-outer." Failla says, "I've got a monster, but that's all I'll tell you." Vertes says, "I think it's at least a coin flip, and maybe a 70-30 situation. Failla snickers.
After more than four minutes, Vertes folds, and Will Failla Failla takes the pot.
Seat 3. Will Failla - 8,600,000
Seat 5. Ken Aldridge - 10,750,000
Seat 6. Jeff Vertes - 4,675,000
10:00 PM, 08/30/11
