Championship: Michael Newman Shoves Against Chipleader Ido Ashkenazi; Jessica Dawley Out-Flushes Her Opponent

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  180 of 988

Michael Newman
Michael Newman

With the board showing 10h6s2s7c on the turn and about 50K already in the pot, Michael Newman moved all in UTG+1 for 72,000.

Chipleader Ido Ashkenazi went into the tank, and Newman said, “You gonna knock me out?” Ashkenazi said nothing, so Newman asked, “What do you got?”

Ashkenazi turned the question back on Newman. “What do you got?” Newman continues chatting, but said nothing about his hand.

Eventually, Ashkenazi folded, and Newman showed 6d6c for a flopped set of sixes. Newman asked if Ashkenazi had a ten, and Ashkenazi said he did. Newman told him he was supposed to call there and give him the double-up.

Michael Newman  –  123,000  (31 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi  –  750,000  (188 bb)

Jessica Dawley
Jessica Dawley

At a nearby table, Jessica Dawley just knocked out a player when they both made flushes on a paired board with three hearts. Dawley bet every street, and her opponent called the flop and the turn before raising back on the river. Dawley moved all in, and her opponent (somewhat reluctantly) called with Qh8h for a queen-high flush.

Dawley turned over KhJh for a king-high flush to eliminate her opponent from the tournament.

Jessica Dawley  –  390,000  (98 bb)