Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The remaining 13 players are on another 15-minute break.
Ben Scrogins opened to 5,500 in late position and Steve Zhang three-bet shoved a stack of 21,000 from the button. The action folded back to Scrogins, who called.
Steve Zhang:
Ben Scrogins:
Zhang was still ahead after the flop came , and the on the turn gave him a set to have Scrogins drawing dead headed to the river. Zhang doubled up and Scrogins took a small dent in his big stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Scrogins | 240,000 | 75,000 |
Steve Zhang | 45,000 | 5,000 |
An early position player opened to 5,500 and Ryan Sullivan flat-called in middle position. The big blind thought very hard about calling but ultimately folded.
Both players checked on the flop of and the early position player moved all-in for around 10,000 on the turn. Sullivan quickly called.
Opponent:
Ryan Sullivan:
Sullivan had out-flopped the opponent's queens and the opponent did not improve as the hit on the river to give Sullivan a full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Sullivan | 300,000 | 300,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
In Event #5: $600 NLH, Missouri's Lucas Tae took home the trophy and $7,911 after a heads-up deal with Charles Phillips, which left the runner-up with $7,910.
Tae and Phillips were joined at the final table by Warren Teal (3rd - $4,219), Kent Fisher (4th - $2,926) and Kenneth Packer (5th - $2,114).
Tae had $251,028 in live tournament earnings heading into the tournament, according to The Hendon Mob, including a career-best $37,055 from a runner-up finish in an event at the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
PLACE | PLAYER | HOMETOWN | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
1 | Lucas Tae | St. Charles, MO | $7,911* | |
2 | Charles Phillips | Charlotte, NC | $7,910* | |
3 | Warren Teal | Augusta, GA | $4,219 | |
4 | Kent Fisher | Elizabethtown, NC | $2,926 | |
5 | Kenneth Packer | Fayetteville, NC | $2,114 | |
6 | Nick Costa | Orange Park, FL | $1,594 | |
7 | Ryan Luppino | Charlotte, NC | $1,257 |
*Denotes final table deal
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Scrogins | 165,000 | 25,000 |
Timothy Pollard
|
160,000 | |
Edward Mroczkowski | 140,000 | 130,000 |
George Shenoda | 70,000 | |
Charles Wardlaw
|
40,000 | 5,000 |
Steve Zhang | 40,000 | -20,000 |
Margel Costa
|
31,000 | -14,000 |
Steve Zhang opened to 5,500 in early position and the action folded to George Shenoda in the big blind, who three bet to 20,000.
Zhang took less than a minute before folding and Shenoda showed him it was a good fold.
"I've got it, I've got it," he said before showing .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
George Shenoda | 70,000 | -25,000 |
Steve Zhang | 60,000 | -10,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Charles Wardlaw opened in early position and middle position player three-bet jammed a short stack. Timothy Pollard then re-shoved a bigger stack and the action folded to Wardlaw.
Another player at the table said something to the effect of Wardlaw "had to call," and Pollard scolded him for potentially influencing action in the hand. Wardlaw ended up folding.
Opponent:
Timothy Pollard:
Pollard's kings held up as the board ran out to eliminate the opponent and send the pot to the still-steaming player.
"You're talking too much," Pollard told his tablemate.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Pollard
|
160,000 | 160,000 |
Charles Wardlaw
|
35,000 | -12,000 |