96 Players Left
With an average stack of almost 100,000.
With an average stack of almost 100,000.
Last year's third place finisher in the WSOP Main Event Jake Balsiger had already put a bet out on a flop of when his opponent pushed all in. Balsiger asked for a count but before the dealer could give him an accurate number Balsiger looked back at his cards and quickly called.
Balsiger's easily trumped his opponents small kicker of . The board ran out blank and Balsiger eliminated his opponent. Balsiger looking to make some noise in this year's series just like he did eight short months
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jake Balsiger |
201,000
173,400
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173,400 |
Table 437 is an interesting one with Joe Cada, Vanessa Selbst and foremost Brandon Steven. Steven, who was one of the players of the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop last year, is a man of action and is involved in the better portion of the hands in an orbit.
Just now he raised it up to 5,200 from the hijack and Joe Cada on the button was the only player looking him up. on the flop and Steven continuation bet 5,700. Cada made the call and also called the 12,700 Steven asked of him on the -turn. The river was the and both players decided to check.
"One pair" Steven announced. Cada showed his and Steven mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Joe Cada |
275,000
78,000
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78,000 |
Brandon Steven |
64,000
-20,000
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-20,000 |
Barry Greenstein raised it up to 5,500 preflop. He gets calls from a player in early position, late position, and the button. The four take a flop of . Greenstein tries to mow down the players with a bet of 9,000. Only the late position player calls. The turn is the . Greenstein checked and so did his opponent. On the river the came. Greenstein bet out 15,000. His opponent called and showed for trip jacks. It was a cooler for Greenstien as he held Pocket Aces the whole time. Greenstein down to 74,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Barry Greenstein |
74,000
-26,000
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-26,000 |
On a | board we saw Alex Bolotin bet out 15,600 from the under-the-gun plus one position. Ian Frazer on the button made the call. The on the river made Bolotin think for a second. With an unlit cigarette dangling in his mouth he cut out 20,000, and then added another 6,800 to make it 26,800 total. Almost even before Bolotin had released his chips, Frazer had already called. Bolotin mucked his cards and Frazer showed his to take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ian Frazer |
260,000
136,000
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136,000 |
Alex Bolotin |
57,000
-79,000
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-79,000 |
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After a barrage of raises preflop Barry Greenstein got his opponent to go allin and Greenstein was ahead.
Greenstein:
Opponent:
The flop did wonders for Greenstein as it brought him a set. The turn and river did not change anything and green stein is back up to 142,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Barry Greenstein |
142,000
68,000
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68,000 |
Levon Khachatryan raised it up to 6,000 in late position. Jeffery Finkelstein Bumped it up to 16,000. Khachatryan re-bumped it to 46,000. Finkelstein then moved all in and Khachatryan called. They turned over their cards. Khachatryan turned up the and Finkelstein turned up the . The flop came . The turn came the . But the real card was on the end when Finkelstein hit his .
Finkelstein happy with the results stacks up 225,000 while Khachatryan is down to 225,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeffery Finkelstein |
225,000
225,000
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225,000 |
Levon Khachatryan |
112,000
-45,000
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-45,000 |
We're getting rid of the 100 chips this break. We'll see you in 20 minutes as we continue this tournament.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Ari Engel opened to 6,000 from middle position and was called by the big blind. Both players checked on and the dealer put out the as the turn. Engel's opponent bet out 7,000 and Engel made the call. The river brought the and the big blind now bet 16,000. Engel had a tough decision but after a minute or two of thinking (and some talking with no response) he eventually folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ari Engel |
38,500
8,800
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8,800 |
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