Adam Kornuth raised from early position, and Mikko Pispala defended his big blind with a call. The flop came , and it went check-check to the turn. Pispala bet out now, and Kornuth promptly raised. Pispala raised it right back, and Kornuth flatted to see the fill out the board. Pispala wasn't slowing down, sliding out one final bet. Kornuth quickly cut out raising chips and shuffled them, but he eventually returned his cards to the muck face-down.
Kornuth has been sliding today, down now to about 199,000. Pispala has been trending the other way, up to 325,000 as he stacks that pot.
John Racener raised from the cutoff, Eric Buchman put in three bets from the small blind, and Racener called. The flop came down , and Buchman led out. Racener called.
The turn was the , Buchman bet again, and Racener called.
The river brought the , and Buchman fired one last bet. Racener put in a raise, and Buchman called.
Racener opened up for a rivered straight, Buchman mucked, and Racener raked the pot.
We caught up with the action on fourth street, where Yu bet, and Portano called. On fifth, Yu check-raised all in for less than two bets, and Portano called.
Portano:
Yu:
Portano did not improve when he drew a on seventh, and despite pairing with another , Yu doubled to around 80,000 chips.
Table 286 is starting this level with no limit hold'em, where the ante is 1,500, and the blinds are 2,500-5,000.
"That's way too high," John Monnette told a floorperson. "We just played with the antes at 700."
Actually, during the last level, the antes in NLHE were 1,000, but the table never got to the game during their rotation.
"I understand," Monnette retorted. "But your structure is terrible."
Whether or not you agree with Monnette, the structure has been public for quite some time. Perhaps it will change in the future, but for now the players must deal with the established limits.
From the hijack seat, Hooman Nikzad got his last ~52,000 into the middle with . That was nothing to brag about as John Juanda called from the next seat over with the dominating .
Nikzad could not find a five, but the board means the pot is split with aces full apiece. Nikzad gets his money back, and he's still alive and fighting here with 17 players left.
John Monnette raised to 14,500 from the button, and Adam Geyer reraised to 42,500. Monnette shoved for 175,500 total, and Geyer didn't waste much time making the call with . It was a flip as Monnette showed up .
The board ran out , and Monnette spikes his pair to double up. He's back to 360,000 now, while Geyer falls all the way back to 227,000.
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Robert Rosengarten - Eliminated in 19th Place
Razz
Robert Rosengarten completed with the , Mayu Roca Uribe raised with the , and Rosengarten moved all in once it folded back to him. Uribe called.
Rosengarten: /
Uribe: /
Rosengarten wasn't sure if he could even win on seventh (he could), and it was all over when he peeled the for a jack-eight low. Uribe turned over the to improve his hand for kicks, and Rosengarten was eliminated from the tournament.
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, and it went check-check to the 
turn. Pispala bet out now, and Kornuth promptly raised. Pispala raised it right back, and Kornuth flatted to see the 
fill out the board. Pispala wasn't slowing down, sliding out one final bet. Kornuth quickly cut out raising chips and shuffled them, but he eventually returned his cards to the muck face-down.
, and Buchman led out. Racener called.
, Buchman bet again, and Racener called.
, and Buchman fired one last bet. Racener put in a raise, and Buchman called.
for a rivered straight, Buchman mucked, and Racener raked the pot.
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on seventh, and despite pairing with another 
. That was nothing to brag about as John Juanda called from the next seat over with the dominating 
board means the pot is split with aces full apiece. Nikzad gets his money back, and he's still alive and fighting here with 17 players left.
. It was a flip as Monnette showed up 
, Mayu Roca Uribe raised with the 
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to improve his hand for kicks, and Rosengarten was eliminated from the tournament.