Level: 16
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 16
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
A player was at risk with less than the big blind and Mike Schnitzer was the one looking to close the deal.
Short-Stacked Player: ![]()
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Mike Schnitzer: ![]()
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Schnitzer was ahead with the ace-high and the flop of ![]()
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all but sealed it. The
hit the turn giving the all-in player a gutshot straight draw but the board paired with the
on the river as he waited for a payout ticket.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,010,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,050,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
786,000
446,000
|
446,000 |
|
|
443,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
|
341,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
|
335,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
288,000 | |
|
|
192,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
|
83,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
The action folded around to Mike Reesman in the small blind and he put a stack of 5,000 chips across the line. Doug Morris was in the big blind and instantly called off his stack of 78,000.
Doug Morris: ![]()
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Mike Reesman: ![]()
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Morris was in great shape as the flop came ![]()
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. The
on the turn meant Morris had secured the double and the
completed the board on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
326,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
|
172,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Andrea Willbur, Martin Bender, and Pamela Cooksey all put 74,000 in before the flop and Cooksey was at risk on the bubble.
The dealer spread a flop of ![]()
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and Bender checked to Willbur who moved the rest of her stack across the line and Bender got out of the way.
Pamela Cooksey: ![]()
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Andrea Willbur: ![]()
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Cooksey had run into the top set of Willbur but the
turn gave her some hope as she picked up an open-ended straight draw. The
on the river however, was not what Cooksey needed as she was eliminated from the tournament. A player on another table was eliminated during the same hand which means they split the minimum cash, taking home $250 each.
All 54 remaining players have locked up a payout of $500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
287,000
|
287,000 |
|
|
370,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
55 players remain as the tournament director has instructed for hand-for-hand play until the bubble burst.
There was a limp from early position before the button raised to 42,000. Robert Oswald was in the big blind and put his entire stack across the line. The limper quickly folded and the preflop raiser asked the dealer how much more it was. The dealer responded that it is 67,000 total.
"67,000? So 25,000 more? How could I fold?" As he proceeded to drop five more black chips into the middle.
Robert Oswald: ![]()
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Button: ![]()
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It was a coinflip as the flop came ![]()
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, paring Oswald's queen and giving him an open-ended straight draw. The
hit the turn, giving the button more outs but the
on the river helped no one as Oswald dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
154,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000