Dinner Break
Players have stepped away from the tournament area for a 75-minute dinner break.
Players have stepped away from the tournament area for a 75-minute dinner break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
David Peters was super short before the break and his seat is now empty and it appears his Main Event is over.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ari Engel |
100,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Jay Tan | 95,000 | |
Tony Dunst |
65,000
17,700
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17,700 |
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Jason Mo |
56,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
Nick Petrangelo |
55,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
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Mikita Badziakouski |
44,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
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Mike Watson |
43,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
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Winfred Yu |
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Jordan Westmorland |
35,000
11,900
|
11,900 |
Mel Judah |
30,000
-300
|
-300 |
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Ben Tollerene |
24,500
-3,500
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-3,500 |
Sparrow Cheung |
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Connor Drinan |
23,500
-4,500
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-4,500 |
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Daniel Laidlaw |
23,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
Fatima Moreira de Melo |
21,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Ken Wong |
20,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Alan Lau |
17,200
-12,800
|
-12,800 |
Alexandros Kolonias |
16,000
3,650
|
3,650 |
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Charlie Carrel |
16,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
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Dennis Huntly |
12,000
-13,325
|
-13,325 |
Sebastian Clot |
9,000
-21,000
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-21,000 |
David Peters | Busted | |
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With over 10,000 already in the pot and the board showing the player in the small blind thought about his decision for a minute before sliding out a bet totalling 4,100. Charlie Carrel was his opponent in the hand and he called shortly after.
The completed the board and the small blind then reached for his chips and moved all in for 11,725. Carrel had him covered by 350 and had a decision to make.
"I ask for three minutes. That's ok?" Carrel asked his fellow tables mates.
"We like you and want you to stay so take as long as you like," added one of the players, before Carrel went into interrogation mode, studying his opponent and trying to find a read he could use.
Eventually, Carrel stacked up his chips and slid them forward. His opponent then revealed for two pair and took down the pot after Carrel showed for a lesser two pair.
Carrel was left with only 350 chips. We will have to wait and see if Carrel can make a recovery with less then one big blind in play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Charlie Carrel |
350
-15,650
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-15,650 |
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The players at WSOP bracelet winner Craig McCorkell’s table seem a little more wary after he just exhibited either an impressive feat of mind reading or managed an incredible guess.
McCorkell went to the flop of with two other opponents before the one who was first to act bombed it for an even 15,000. After a fold from the third party, McCorkell pointed to the bettor.
“King of hearts, king of clubs” McCorkell announced confidently with a fold.
“What? You saw them!” said McCorkell’s opponent, staring at his cards in disbelief.
After a few moments he laid down the and on the table, still stunned by what McCorkell had said as he raked in the pot.
“He’s just in the zone” said a fellow tablemate.
Alex Keating, who you might remember from his deep run in the WSOP Main Event last year (and his incredible beard and table talk), has just been eliminated. He got up from the table wishing his former table mates good luck, and was kind enough to fill us in on some details of his bust out hand.
Keating was down to just 7,000 and reshoved with in a button versus cutoff situation. His opponent called with and the board brought no help to Keating.
"See you next time!" Keating said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alex Keating | Busted | |
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The community cards were spread and Jackie Glazier checked in the small blind. The only other active player was Dominik Nitsche and he made it 8,500 to go from the cutoff.
Glazier made the call and the river arrived to complete the board.
After another check from Glazier, Nitsche took a look at her stack before announcing that he was all in for roughly 27,500. Glazier gave the decision a minute of deliberation before sliding her hand face down to the dealer.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dominik Nitsche |
67,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
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Jackie Glazier |
32,000
-16,000
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-16,000 |
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Connor Drinan was seen getting up from the table, Tony Dunst was seen stacking a lot of chips. We missed the action but Dunst was kind enough afterwards to tell us the details of what had transpired.
A player in middle position had opened for 950 and in Dunst three-bet to 2,900 from the hijack. Over in the big blind it was Connor Drinan cold four-betting to 7,500 out of a 25,000 stack. The initial raiser folded but Dunst had bigger plans and moved in. Drinan called.
Drinan was in excellent position to double up as he had to Dunst's . Dunst, however, would hit an ace on and Drinan was forced to leave the tournament area.
Tony Dunst finished runner-up here last year for AUD$1,000,000 ($700,069), the biggest score of his career. That all started with him losing a $5,000-chip, remember that?
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tony Dunst |
80,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Connor Drinan | Busted | |
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Defending Champion Ari Engel is currently one of the larger stacks but has dropped a few chips over the last couple of hands.
In the first Engel opened to 950 on the button, getting one caller from the big blind. Both players checked the flop so it was off to the turn, which came down .
The big blind checked for the second time and Engel led out for 1,000 only for his opponent to check-raise to 2,600 in total, leaving himself 13,300 behind. This does not deter Engel who made the call to bring the action to the river.
The does not appear to change much and Engel’s opponent quickly led out for 2,625 with Engel folding instantly, telling his opponent he folded king-queen when asked.
Engel bled a little more the following hand. Ken Wong made it 1,000 to go from the hijack with Engel calling the button and both blinds coming along for the ride.
The blinds check the flop over to Wong, who continuation bets 1,500. Engel calls and both blinds bow out taking play heads-up to the turn.
Wong thinks it over before double barreling for 3,100 and Engel calls once more.
The river brought a third barrel from Wong, this one a slightly larger 7,100 and Engel gave it up to drop down to 90,800 while Wong climbed to 28,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ari Engel |
90,800
-9,200
|
-9,200 |
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Ken Wong |
28,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Ash Gupta is the latest casualty here after he was eliminated at the hands of Russell Thomas.
Thomas opened the action to 800 before Craig McCorkell called from the small blind. Ash Gupta was sitting in the big blind and he moved all in for 6,600 in total. Thomas called it off, McCorkell folded, and the two active players flipped over their hands.
Thomas:
Gupta:
Thomas had Gupta dominated and he improved further on the flop. Needing a king to spike Broadway or running clubs to make the nut flush Gupta couldn’t do it as the turn and river sealed his fate.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Russell Thomas |
42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Ash Gupta | Busted | |
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