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The player are on another 15-minute break. Just 10 remain and we're still working our way to the final table of eight. Stick with us, as we'll be back in action soon.
The player are on another 15-minute break. Just 10 remain and we're still working our way to the final table of eight. Stick with us, as we'll be back in action soon.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philipp Gruissem |
1,269,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Justin Bonomo |
1,222,000
587,000
|
587,000 |
|
||
Daniel Negreanu |
1,026,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Phil Ivey |
617,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
Noah Schwartz |
615,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Nathan Schoo |
515,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Igor Kurganov |
470,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Artem Litvinov |
370,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Max Lykov |
276,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Alex Bilokur |
268,000
-532,000
|
-532,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
From the button, Justin Bonomo raised to 32,000. In the small blind, Noah Schwartz three-bet to 81,000 and won the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu had the action fold to him in the small blind. He raised to 42,000 and Philipp Gruissem called from the big blind. The flop came down and Negreanu checked. Gruiseem bet 56,000 and Negreanu folded.
After Phil Ivey opened with a raise to 38,000 from under the gun, the other Team PokerStars Pro representative still remaining, Max Lykov, three-bet to 79,000 from the next seat. Action folded back to Ivey and he also gave it up.
Action folded to Nathan Schoo in the small blind and he raised to 40,000. In the big blind, Phil Ivey upped the ante with a reraise to 110,000. Schoo gave it up and Ivey won this battle between the two.
From the cutoff seat, Justin Bonomo raised to 32,000. Action folded to the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller champion Alex Bilokur in the small blind and he reraised all in for 274,000. On the hand before this one, Bonomo had opened the button to 32,000, but folded to Bilokur's big-blind jam. This time, he made the call.
Bilokur:
Bonomo:
Bonomo flopped gold when the fell to give him a strangle hold on this hand with trips. The turn was the and river the . Bonomo won the hand with trip tens and Bilokur was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Bonomo |
1,375,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
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Alex Bilokur | Busted |
Here's the seat draw for the "unofficial" final table of nine and the chip counts.
Seat | Player |
---|---|
1 | Philipp Gruissem |
2 | Igor Kurganov |
3 | Daniel Negreanu |
4 | Justin Bonomo |
5 | Max Lykov |
6 | Phil Ivey |
7 | Artem Litvinov |
8 | Noah Schwartz |
9 | Nathan Schoo |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Bonomo | 1,375,000 | |
|
||
Philipp Gruissem |
1,200,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
Daniel Negreanu |
875,000
-151,000
|
-151,000 |
Max Lykov |
630,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
Igor Kurganov |
570,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Phil Ivey |
545,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
|
||
Noah Schwartz |
515,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Nathan Schoo |
390,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Artem Litvinov |
320,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
From early position, Noah Schwartz raised to 38,000. He was called by Philipp Gruissem in middle position, Justin Bonomo on the button and Phil Ivey in the big blind. From there, the dealer ran out the flop and action was checked all the way around to Bonomo. He bet 75,000 and only Gruissem made the call to see the turn.
The landed on the turn and Gruissem checked. Bonomo fired a bet of 180,000 and Gruissem gave it up. With that pot, Bonomo moved to over 1.5 million and well into the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Bonomo |
1,570,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
Philipp Gruissem |
1,000,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Phil Ivey |
630,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
||
Noah Schwartz |
525,000
10,000
|
10,000 |