Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Players are going on their first 15-minute break of the day with 358 players showing on the tournament clock.
In a three-way pot on a board of ![]()
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, Vincent Pontrello bet 4,400 and Shehryar Samson check-raised to 8,000, while a third player in the hand folded. Samson called.
The river brought the
and Samson checked. Pontrello checked back. Samson showed a missed draw with ![]()
and Pontrello tabled ![]()
to win pot with a pair of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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85,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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45,000 |
John Ross opened to 1,100 from under the gun and got four callers.
Ross bet 2,500 on the flop of ![]()
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and only Anthony Ambrosio called. Ross then bet 5,000 on the
turn and Ambrosio again called.
The river was a blank and Ross checked before his opponent checked back. Ross showed ![]()
for an overpair and Ambrosio showed ![]()
for a missed straight draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 | |
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15,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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The under the gun player opened to 600 and Ren Lin, Shehryar Samson and Thomas Schehr all called before the button three-bet to 2,000. The big blind called, the under the gun player folded and everyone else called.
Action checked to Schehr in the hijack on the flop of ![]()
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and he led out for 3,000. Only Samson called. Samson checked on the
turn and Schehr bet 9,000. Samson check-raised all in and Schehr called with a slightly smaller stack.
Thomas Schehr: ![]()
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Shehryar Samson: ![]()
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Schehr had flopped a straight but Samson had turned a bigger straight before the
on the river marked Schehr's elimination.
"Flopped it," he said as he left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
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Busted | |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000 | |
Soukha Kachittavong is in the field and looking to grow another big stack after finishing Day 1b $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event with the chip lead earlier in the week.
Kachittavong was seen in a three-way pot on a board of ![]()
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and folded when one of his opponents bet 1,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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29,800 |