Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
After a couple of limps from early position, Anthony Astarita raised to 5,600 in the cutoff. The small blind ripped all in for a little over 20,000 and the action quickly folded back to Astarita who called just as fast.
Anthony Astarita:
Opponent:
Astarita was in a dominating position heading to the flop of which only narrowed his opponent's outs. The
on the turn and the
on the river ensured Astarita of the pot and eliminated his opponent.
Anthony Dianaty was also running up a stack early on but was seen missing from his seat on the left of Astarita on the last pass through of the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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179,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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Busted |
A short-stacked Sharris Richards got her stack of 13,200 all in preflop and was primed for a double.
Richards:
Opponent:
Richards was out in front but her opponent got a little help on the flop.
Fortunately for Richards, she had the only heart and locked it up when the turn gave her a flush. The meaningless
was run out on the river and Richards was pushed the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 |
The action folded to Richie Palase on the button who made it 4,000 to go. The big blind called and the flop came . The big blind looked back at his cards and shrugged his shoulders as he slid his last 21,000 chips into the middle. Palase made a quick call and the cards were on their backs.
Richie Palase:
Opponent:
The landed on the turn and the
paired the board on the river. "Straight?" the big blind questioned, but there was no straight to be had as Palase sent him to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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205,000
117,500
|
117,500 |
John Clifford limped the lojack and Nick Kolaxis moved all in for around 9,000 from the hijack. Praveen Challagundla then moved all in over the top for roughly 20,000 from the small blind and Clifford got out of the way.
Kolaxis:
Challagundla:
Kolaxis got it in good and the flop gave him both an open-ended straight and flush draws. However, the
turn paired Challagundla and the
river failed to help Kolaxis to send him out the door.
In the very next hand, Michael Mattingly raised to 6,500 from the hijack and Challagundla three-bet all in for 33,400. Both blinds folded and Mattingly snap-called.
Challagundla:
Mattingly:
Challagundla was in trouble but got lucky when the flop delivered him top set. Neither the
turn nor
river helped Mattingly and he sent over all but 7,000 of his chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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70,000 | |
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7,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
On a board reading , the action was on Dalton Spinks who bet 7,000 into a pot of around 15,000. He was heads-up with Dan Dedomenico in the big blind who made the call.
A third eight, the , landed on the river and Dedomenico quickly checked again. Spinks splashed in a bet of 11,000 which left Dedomenico scratching his head. "You can't possibly have a flush," he said to himself as he tossed in the call.
Spinks turned over for a full house and Dedomenico quickly realized that he also had a full house with
, one that would earn him the pot.
"I didn't see that there were trip eights on the board at first," he pointed out as the pot was shipped his way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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98,500 | |
|
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
In a four-way limped pot, the dealer fanned the flop of . All four players checked and the
landed on the turn. The action checked around to Anthony Astarita again who bet 5,900 on the button.
The big blind called and the hijack folded. Joao Figueiredo was in the cutoff and pushed in a stack of around 45,000, nearly all of the chips in front of him. Astarita gave it some thought but decided to let his hand go and the big blind followed suit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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184,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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71,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
After the under-the-gun player limped, the player in the cutoff moved all in for right around 50,000. Dustin Bradley then jammed over the top for 63,000 from the small blind and the UTG limper folded.
Bradley:
Cutoff:
Bradley was way out in front and held as the board ran out .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000 |
The remaining 26 players are heading on their last 10-minute break of the night. When they return, there will be just two more levels to play before the bagging and tagging process begins.