Level: 25
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Tim Hughes opened for 28,000 from early position and then called when Blair Hinkle three-bet to 55,000 from the button. Both players checked the flop, the dealer burned and turned the , and Hinkle called a bet of 60,000 from Hughes. Both players returned to checking on the river and Hughes tabled the . Unfortunately for him, Hinkle held the winner with the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Blair Hinkle |
1,500,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
||
Tim Hughes |
435,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brendan Waite |
1,060,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Sean Small |
600,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
Jeff Heiberg |
589,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Mark Bonsack |
580,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Andrew Leshovsky |
310,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
Phil Mader |
250,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Blair Hinkle |
1,195,000
-91,000
|
-91,000 |
|
||
Sterling Savill |
650,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Trevor Deeter |
620,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Tim Hughes |
570,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
Cord Garcia |
560,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Ben Smith |
435,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
Grant Hinkle | 213,000 | |
|
Sean Small has just taken a huge hit to his previously-second-place stack.
Small opened for 29,000 in middle position, and Brendan Waite, in the cutoff, three-bet him for the second straight hand. Small was ready with a four-bet this time, to 190,000. Waite tanked before calling. The players took in a flop, and both checked. The turn paired the board with the , and Small checked once again. Waite bet 118,000, and Small put him all in for 334,000 total. Waite instantly called, and his hand set off murmurs from the railbirds.
Waite:
Small:
Small had no outs, and his stack has dropped to 418,000, while Waite sits with over a million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brendan Waite |
1,030,000
643,000
|
643,000 |
Sean Small |
418,000
-492,000
|
-492,000 |
Grant Hinkle opened for 30,000 from early position only to have Sterling Savill, who was seated to his immediate left, three-bet to 57,000. Action folded back around to Hinkle and he made the call before checking the flop. Savill continued for 61,000 and Hinkle thought for a bit before announcing that he was all in. Savill, who had 259,000, couldn't call fast enough.
Savill:
Hinkle:
Savill was ahead with two pair, but Hinkle was drawing to a double-gutted straight draw. The turn meant another on the river would also give Hinkle the win, but it wasn't in the cards as the harmless peeled off.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sterling
Savill
|
650,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
Grant Hinkle |
213,000
-307,000
|
-307,000 |
|
In the last hand before the break, Andrew Leshovsky managed to double through Brendan Waite.
We caught the action with around 60,000 in the pot and a board reading . Waite had checked from the big blind, Leshovsky bet 25,000 from the hijack, and Waite woke up with a check-raise to 95,000. Leshovsky proceeded to move all in for 146,000 and Waite was hesitant but made the call nonetheless.
Leshovsky:
Waite:
Waite needed either a king or five on the river to eliminate Leshovsky, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brendan Waite |
387,000
-198,000
|
-198,000 |
Andrew Leshovsky |
358,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
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Level: 24
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 23 has come to an end, and that means it's time for the last 15-minute break of the day. When the players return, they'll play two more levels before calling it a night.