Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
In a button-big blind battle we saw Vanessa Selbst and Andrew Badecker battling it out. The flop read and both players checked. The turn was the and Badecker check-raised the 80,000 bet to 225,000. Selbst tanked for a bit and called.
The river was the and again both players checked. Badecker showed and Selbst mucked her cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vanessa Selbst |
1,700,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
Andrew Badecker |
1,700,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
The action folded around to our chip leader Brent Hanks who was seated on the button, and he made the raise. Andrew Badecker folded in the small blind but Abdyl Konjuhi moved all-in from the big blind for around 500,000. Hanks called very quickly and when Konjuhi saw his hand he didn't like it one bit.
Hanks | |
Konjuhi |
So Konjuhi needed some low cards or hearts. The board ran out and the necessary ingredients for a Konjuhi double up were missing, and he leaves us in 6th place. Hanks extends his lead at the top to 3,000,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brent Hanks |
3,000,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
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Abdyl Konjuhi | Busted |
In a blind battle Ryan Schmidt just managed to pick up a nice pot. The flop read and Schmidt bet 50,000 into Jacob Bazeley who made the call. The turn was the and both players checked. On the river the hit and Schmidt fired out a 135,000 chip bet. Bazeley gave it some thought and decided to make the call. Schmidt turned over and took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jacob Bazeley |
1,750,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
Ryan Schmidt |
1,350,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Vanessa Selbst Made it 90,000 from the small blind and Brent Hanks reacted by making the call in the big blind.
Flop:
Selbst Made a Standard 90,000 c-bet and Hanks made the call. That was the end of the action as both the and were checked through and Hanks took down the pot with .
Andrew Badecker just raised to 85,000 from the cut-off and Ryan Schmidt, directly to his left, opted to three-bet to 205,000. The action got folded back to Badecker who moved all-in getting Schmidt to fold. The fight for second place behind Brent Hanks is a tough one while Ryan Schmidt tries to keep up with the rest, but so far he is the tournament short stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Badecker |
2,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Ryan Schmidt |
1,100,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Andrew Badecker raised to 100,000 on the button and Ryan Schmidt defended his big blind. The flop was and Badecker bets another 100,000 once checked to; Schmidt called. The turn card was the and this time Schmidt decided to bet. He made it 155,000 and Badecker mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brent Hanks |
3,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
Andrew Badecker |
1,800,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
||
Jacob Bazeley |
1,630,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Vanessa Selbst |
1,460,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
Ryan Schmidt | 1,100,000 |
Vanessa Selbst made it 80,000 to play from the cutoff and Andrew Badecker called in the small blind. The first three cards out on the felt were the and Selbst bet 110,000. The purple shade wearing Badecker was next to act and he made the call. Fourth street was the , Selbst checked and Badecker bet 230,000 to win the pot.
Vanessa Selbst just became our short stack. The action started with a raise from Jacob Bazeley who made it 95,000 to go from the small blind. Selbst made the call from the big blind.
The flop came down and from our position in the room we spotted a 75,000 chip bet as this wasn't announced. Selbst made the call.
On the turn the hit and Bazeley checked to Selbst who threw out a 260,000 chip bet. Bazeley called and lead out on the river which brought the . The bet was 400,000 and almost half Vanessa Selbst's stack. She opted to fold and is now the short stack with five players remaining.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jacob Bazeley |
2,500,000
870,000
|
870,000 |
Vanessa Selbst |
820,000
-445,000
|
-445,000 |