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10-18-2024 22:23 UTC

Slater Pips Cieza

Josh Noy

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Moments after scoring a double knockout, Timothy Slater opened the very next hand to 10,000 from early position. Alejandra Cieza then moved all in with action folding back around to Slater, who made the call.

Alejandra Cieza: A♣Q♥ All in
Timothy Slater: A♠K♥

Right after winning a big pot with aces, Slater picked up another monster hand and faced no danger on the 9♥8♥10♣6♥5♦ board to send Cieza out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Slater	284,000 42,000	42,000
Alejandra Cieza	Busted

Tags: Alejandra Cieza Timothy Slater

10-18-2024 22:16 UTC

Slater Scores Two Knockouts

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Josh Noy

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Timothy Slater opened from early position and snap-called after both Sohrab Tavakkolee and Hok Lai moved all in across the table.

Sohrab Tavakkolee: 10♠10♦ All in
Hok Lai: 8♠8♦ All in
Timothy Slater: A♥A♦

Slater found a dream spot, holding with pocket aces through the J♥2♣3♦6♦5♠ runout to send Tavakkolee and Lai to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Slater	242,000 21,000	21,000
Sohrab Tavakkolee	Busted
Hok Lai	Busted

Tags: Hok Lai Sohrab Tavakkolee Timothy Slater

10-18-2024 22:06 UTC

Lee Loses Classic Flip

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Josh Noy

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Philip Broughton opened to 13,000 in middle position before Garry Wilson Jr. moved all in on the button. Redmond Lee then moved his shorter stack into the middle, with Broughton getting out of the way.

Redmond Lee: A♦K♣ All in
Garry Wilson Jr.: Q♣Q♦

Lee could not connect with the 10♣9♦5♣2♥8♦ board, hitting the rail as his chips moved to the right.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Broughton	318,000 50,000	50,000
Garry Wilson Jr.	226,000
Redmond Lee	Busted

Tags: Garry Wilson Jr Philip Broughton Redmond Lee

10-18-2024 21:28 UTC

Latest Eliminations

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Josh Noy

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Abernethy	Busted
Ivan Balzano	Busted
Michael Howard	Busted
Alexander Goulder	Busted
Lok Tsui	Busted
Jack Mcdermott	Busted

10-18-2024 20:39 UTC

Recent Eliminations

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Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lok Tsui	Busted
Jack Mcdermott	Busted
Paul Trotter	Busted
Ben Miller	Busted
Wayne Watson	Busted
Catalin Sbora	Busted
Chen Cheng	Busted
Stephen Cherry	Busted
Kevin Allen	Busted
Stuart Mcnally	Busted
Nicolae Longa	Busted
Ramlal Basdeo	Busted
Asif Warris	Busted
Vincent Mali	Busted
Anthony Conway	Busted
Kamran Taaghobi	Busted
James Parker	Busted

10-18-2024 19:47 UTC

Eminoglu Goes Runner-Runner for Double KO

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Josh Noy

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Adam Reynolds opened to 5,000 and Mihail Popa called on his immediate left. Yucel Eminoglu then three-bet to 21,000 in the next seat over and Gheorghe Ciubotaru committed his stack of 11,000 across the table.

Reynolds then moved all in for 37,000, with Popa getting out of the way before Eminoglu called.

Gheorghe Ciubotaru: 9♠7♥ All in
Adam Reynolds: A♦K♦ All in
Yucel Eminoglu: A♥K♣

Ciubotaru connected for a pair on the 2♥5♥7♦ flop, while Reynolds and Eminoglu appeared to be heading to a chop. The 8♥ turn brought Eminoglu a flush draw, which was completed on the 10♥ river.

The table reacted in shock as Eminoglu scooped the whole pot and scored two knockouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yucel Eminoglu	218,000 110,500	110,500
Mihail Popa	75,500 75,500	75,500
Adam Reynolds	Busted
Gheorghe Ciubotaru	Busted

Tags: Adam Reynolds Gheorghe Ciubotaru Mihail Popa Yucel Eminoglu

10-18-2024 19:20 UTC

Recent Eliminations

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Archer	Busted
Leslie Fenton	Busted
Muhamed Mia	Busted
Nicholas Fellone	Busted
Athir Ali	Busted
Dimitrios Kontos	Busted
Gary Miller	Busted
Richard Owen	Busted
Christopher Guertin	Busted
Ben Miller	Busted
Konstantino Patsourakis	Busted
Daniel Scridon	Busted
Jamie Dale	Busted

10-18-2024 19:12 UTC

Navarro Builds With Aces

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Four-way action to the 4♦3♠7♦ flop saw the big blind at risk after Lucia Navarro moved all in from middle position. Dimitrios Kontos tool some time in the cutoff before making the call, while Vivian Saliba folded quickly in the small blind.

A U: K♦7♣ All in
Lucia Navarro: A♣A♥ All in
Dimitrios Kontos: 8♣8♦

"This is my favorite hand," Kontos told Navarro.

"This is mine," Navarro answered, pointing to her pocket aces.

The Q♣ turn and 9♣ river changed nothing, as Navarro more than doubled with her aces while sending one opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucia Navarro	134,000 85,500	85,500

Dimitrios Kontos	28,000 2,000	2,000
Vivian Saliba	16,500

A U	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Kontos Lucia Navarro Vivian Saliba

10-18-2024 18:55 UTC

Lai Sends Sharpe-Maguire Out

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Hok Lai opened to 4,000 from under the gun and made the call after James Sharpe-Maguire moved all in from the small blind.

James Sharpe-Maguire: 10♣10♦ All in
Hok Lai: 9♠9♥

Lai was trailing but connected with the 9♣7♥A♣3♣Q♦ runout, sending Sharpe-Maguire to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hok Lai	108,000 108,000	108,000
James Sharpe-Maguire	Busted

Tags: Hok Lai James Sharpe-Maguire

10-18-2024 17:54 UTC

Kennedy Runs into Aces

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Right after serving a one-round penalty, action folded to Anthony Kennedy in the small blind. Kennedy moved all in and was quickly at risk when Yucel Eminoglu called in the big blind.

"What can I do?" asked Eminoglu as he turned over his cards.

Anthony Kennedy: 10♣5♦ All in
Yucel Eminoglu: A♥A♦

Kennedy found some help on the 8♥10♥8♠ flop, while the 9♦ turn left Eminoglu in front. The dealer then revealed the 8♣ river, giving Eminoglu and full house and sending Kennedy to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yucel Eminoglu	107,500 107,500	107,500
Anthony Kennedy	Busted

Tags: Anthony Kennedy Yucel Eminoglu