2012 World Series of Poker

Even though he had the high hand, Cory Zeidman checked sixth street and allowed Chris Bjorin to fire out a bet. Zeidman made the call and then checked in the dark headed to seventh street. Again Bjorin bet and Zeidman made a quick call. "Queens with a low," Bjorin said as he rolled over his hand. It was good as Zeidman shook his head and mucked.

Bjorin: / /
Zeidman: (x-x) / / (x)

Chris Bjorin brought it in with the , then called the completion from Brandon Shack-Harris and his .

Shack-Harris pulled a and bet fourth, and Bjorin called a bet after drawing the . On fifth, Shack-Harris bet again on the , and Bjorin folded after the provided no help. That dropped him down around a half-million chips.

On the next hand, it was Shack-Harris bringing it in with the , but he'd not factor in the hand as Bjorin and Cory Zeidman mixed it up.

Zeidman: (x-x) /
Bjorin: (x-x) /

Action checked through fourth street, and Zeidman made a leading bet on fifth. Bjorin called, then paired up on sixth and made a bet of his own. Zeidman folded without incident, and Bjorin recouped the losses from the prior hand.

Our three remaining players have stepped away for a quick break.

After a quick color-up, the chip counts will magically appear in the space below.

We just watched two consecutive pots between Chris Bjorin and Brandon Shack-Harris.

In the first, we joined up on sixth street as Shack-Harris was raising a Bjorin bet.

Shack-Harris: (x-x) / / (x)
Bjorin: (x-x) / / (x)

Bjorin called the raise on sixth street without much incident, but the seventh street bet was a little tougher. He tanked for longer than we're used to seeing him tank, then tucked and mucked. That moved Shack-Harris up over the 700,000-chip ark.

One hand later, Bjorin completed with the , and Shack-Harris raised with the . Off they went.

Shack-Harris: (x-x) / / (x)
Bjorin: (x-x) / / (x)

Shack-Harris bet his lead on fourth, then check-called a bet on fifth. Sixth and seventh went check-check.

Bjorin rolled over / , and the winning sevens up helped erase his losses from the previous hand.

Chris Bjorin brought it in and then called when Yarron Bendor completed. The turn saw Bendor bet and Bjorin call, and then fifth street gave Bjorin the lead. He led out, prompting Bendor to say, "I need miracles," before calling off his last 30,000.

Bjorin: / /
Bendor: / /

Bjorin improved to two pair on seventh, and Bendor knew he was drawing dead even before looking at his last card.

Yarron Bendor brought it in with the , and Cory Zeidman completed with the . Bendor raised it back, and the resulting action left him all in for this last 123,000.

Bendor: / /
Zeidman: / / (x)

Bendor couldn't scoop the pot, but he was ahead for the low with Zeidman still sweating his last card. He needed to make his seven-low to earn the knockout, but a river was blank.

Chop it up.

Brandon Shack-Harris fired out a bet on sixth street and was called by Cory Zeidman. The same action occurred on seventh street, and Shack-Harris showed an 7-6-5-2-A low. Zeidman just shook his head, mucked and said, "I had a good eight." Scoop for Shack-Harris.

Zeidman: (x-x) / / (x)
Shack-Harris: / /