Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Mai Ha lost some chips and John Chu, the other big stack at table 49, also had to forfeit a portion of his growing tower after doubling table neighbor Manig Loeser in a battle cutoff versus button.
The chips went in preflop and Loeser had the superior kicker with ![]()
versus ![]()
. On a board of ![]()
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, ace-king high remained supreme and Loeser doubled for 89,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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400,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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335,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
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185,000
88,000
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88,000 |
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Corey Zarb open-jammed the hijack for 68,000 and Hamza Firdawcy called all-in for 30,500 in the cutoff. Jack Wu on the button asked for a count on both all-ins and just called while Ali Ghezelbash in the big blind gave it some thought and opted to fold.
Corey Zarb: ![]()
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Hamza Firdawcy: ![]()
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Jack Wu: ![]()
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The ![]()
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board ensured the triple up for Firdawcy, Wu claimed the side pot to eliminate Zarb.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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520,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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280,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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101,500
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
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Busted |
Phachara Wongwichit was all-in for what appeared to be 34,000 in the big blind on a flop of ![]()
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and he was called by Kan Lin in the cutoff.
Phachara Wongwichit: ![]()
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Kan Lin: ![]()
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The
turn and
river provided no help for Wongwichit and he was ousted before the money. "I lost pretty much every hand I played," he said on his way out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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145,000
18,100
|
18,100 |
|
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Busted | |
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Jean-Serge Baril held ![]()
and was all in on ![]()
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against Joel Cohen with ![]()
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The
turn and
river meant that Baril doubled for 58,000, leaving Cohen with just 1,500.
On the next hand he was all in with ![]()
for his last 1,500 against Sergio Aido with ![]()
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The flop ![]()
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gave him a straight draw, and there were huge cheers from the table as the
completed his straight on the turn. The river was the
and Cohen stayed alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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150,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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|
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120,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
3,000
169,100
|
169,100 |
Shoshiro Karita was all in for 39,000 with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Shan Huang.
The flop ![]()
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gave him two pair and it held on the ![]()
runout. The pair shook hands as Karita was sent to the rail.
"Back where I started," said Huang who sits with 160,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
Busted |
In a pre-flop all in, Didier Guerin was all in and at risk for his last 52,000 against Oliver Weis.
Oliver Weis: ![]()
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Didier Guerin: ![]()
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The flop ![]()
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gave Guerin a gutshot before the turn came the
.
"Good lucky guys," he said before the river, hoping for some luck, but it was the
and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Kahle Burns raised to 9,000 from early position and Joni Jouhkimainen three-bet to 100,000 in the big blind, then called the shove of Burns for a few chips more.
Kahle Burns: ![]()
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Joni Jouhkimainen: ![]()
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"How do you feel about flips," Jouhkimainen inquired before the showdown proceeded and the board came ![]()
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to let Burns double for 115,000.
Another Finn on the losing end of a flip was Jussi Nevanlinna, as he left the tournament area shortly after with the words "not good with flips today."
There are just 108 players remaining and the top 88 spots will be in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
235,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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|
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164,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
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Busted | |
There was a three-way all in between Dzmitry Urbanovich, Sparrow Cheung and Zachary Tay, with Tay the big stack.
Dzmitry Urbanovich: ![]()
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Zachary Tay: ![]()
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Sparrow Cheung: ![]()
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Cheung was the short stack but neither he nor Tay received the help they needed on the ![]()
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runout and Cheung was eliminated, with Urbanovich moving above 300,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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310,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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|
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53,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
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Busted | |
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Zachary Tay got his remaining 53,500 in from middle position and was called by old foe Ngoc Tai Hoang in the big blind.
Tay: ![]()
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Hoang: ![]()
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The ![]()
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runout gave Hoang a winning flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
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Busted |