Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The first half of the room is about to head off for their dinner break, and we are too. We'll see you back here in an hour with full bellies.
We didn't see the whole hand play out, only walking up in time to hear Amit Makhija committing the last 21,300 of his chips to the pot. There was only about 6,000 in the middle, a board of , and Daniel Pelletier had matched Makhija's shove.
Makhija showed up for the nuts, and Pelletier made a motion to table his hand, which he apparently thought was superior. Halfway through the process, though, he noticed that Makhija had made the nuts, and he froze. "Magic f***in' river, huh?" he asked. "Magic f***in' river."
Makhija just quietly raked in the double, and he's moved up just shy of 50,000 now. Pelletier is down to just about 10,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Amit Makhija | 48,000 | 25,000 |
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Sam Stein opened with a raise from middle position to 725. Richard Loth called from the small blind and the flop came down . Loth checked and Stein bet 950. Loth made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Loth bet 4,100. Stein called.
Loth tabled the and Stein the . Stein's pair was best and he won the pot to chip up a bit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sam Stein | 76,000 | 6,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nick Yunis | 123,000 | 59,000 |
Andrea Dato | 90,500 | |
Sam Stein | 70,000 | |
Melanie Weisner | 60,000 | 30,000 |
Sandra Naujoks | 50,000 | 20,000 |
Eugene Katchalov | 43,000 | 6,000 |
Martins Adeniya | 39,000 | 4,000 |
Tim Marsters
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35,000 | 5,000 |
Bryn Kenney | 32,000 | 2,000 |
Michael Tureniec
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17,500 | |
Bolivar Palacios | 15,000 |
Another round of exposures from the EPT's photographer extraordinaire, Neil Stoddart.
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Riccardo Marchini check-called a bet of 3,500 from Shaun Deeb on the board. The river was the and Marchini bet 5,000. Deeb gave it some thought and then folded. Marchini showed him the for a full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Shaun Deeb | 45,000 | -7,000 |
PokerStars Team Online Pro Giada Fang raised from middle position to 675. Tom Bedell called from the cutoff seat and the flop came down . Both players checked and the turn brought the . Fang checked and Bedell bet 1,025. Fang folded and Bedell won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Giada Fang | 31,000 | 4,800 |