Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Players are on the first break of the day.
Three players went to a nondescript flop of ![]()
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and Kevin Ward bet big with 5,000 into about 6,500 from the button. One player folded, but Randall Webb called in the cutoff. When the
put a four-liner on board, Webb came out betting with 12,000.
Ward folded in short order, and he's now well below the starting stack.
Meanwhile, the tournament has reached 18 entries, meaning it's split among three tables rather than two for the first time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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29,600
24,400
|
24,400 |
Four players saw an ![]()
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flop and the big blind checked to Corel Theuma, who bet 4,000. The next two players folded but Xiong Vue, who had checked, came along for the
. That card prompted him to come out firing huge for 20,000 and Theuma called. On the
river, Vue jammed the rest in right away.
Theuma got a count after a minute in the tank, and it was 23,800. After another minute or so, he tossed in his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
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38,500 | |
|
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David Herzog has been the first player eliminated from the event. He's been replaced at the same table by a new player, putting the total number of entries at 16 thus far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted |
The side events continued into December and pushing toward Christmas with several more events, including some mixed-game tournaments.
In the $1,000 nine-game mix, WSOP bracelet winner Sean Yu managed to get through a field of 26 to grab a first-place prize worth $9,813.
In another, WPT champ Ryan Tosoc won a $400 no-limit hold'em event for $3,715.
| Date | Event | Entries | Prize pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 18 | Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold'em $600 | 52 | $27,040 | Dan Gannon | $9,406 |
| Dec. 18 | Event #10: $400 Omaha Hi-Lo $400 | 62 | $20,770 | Steven Jones | $6,776 |
| Dec. 19 | Event #11: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em $1,000 | 30 | $26,550 | Shohei Miyazaki | $10,600 |
| Dec. 20 | Event #13: $400 No-Limit Hold'em $400 | 37 | $12,395 | James Poper | $4,678 |
| Dec. 20 | Event #14: $1,000 9-Game Mix $1,000 | 26 | $23,010 | Sean Yu | $9,813 |
| Dec. 21 | Event #15: $250 Triple Stud $250 | 45 | $9,450 | James Scott | $3,415 |
| Dec. 22 | Event #16: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha $1,000 | 24 | $21,240 | Stephen Foutty | $9,058 |
| Dec. 23 | Event #17: $400 No-Limit Hold'em $400 | 26 | $8,710 | Ryan Tosoc | $3,715 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
One player was freshly sat at Table 10 and instantly three-bet to 1,800 over a 600 from Kevin Ward in the hijack.
"Right away, huh?" Ward asked.
"I'll show just so you know I'm not an asshole," his opponent responded with a laugh.
Ward made it 5,600 to go, though, and that was the price for the ![]()
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flop. The big blind checked and folded to 10,000. Ward showed ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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54,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
One of the entries showing up a bit after the first cards were pitched is Jeremy Brown.
He recently became involved in a multi-way pot as Roger Vi bet 1,200 from the hijack after one check on ![]()
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. David Herzog called in the cutoff on the scary board, and Brown made it 3,600 to go on the button. Both Vi and Herzog continued to the
turn. They checked to Brown, who bet 6,400. Only Herzog called this time, bringing the
river.
Both players quickly checked and Herzog rolled over ![]()
but was beaten by ![]()
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,000 | |
|
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27,200
22,800
|
22,800 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200