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10-24-2015 15:54 UTC

PokerNews Podcast Episode #339: JCarver Wins at RIU Reno

donpeters

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Jason Somerville wins a five-card pot-limit Omaha tournament at Run It Up Reno, the crew goes on a Survivor tangent, and a Run It Up warrior from Sweden proposes! That and more on Episode #339 of the PokerNews Podcast.

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Tags: Jason Somerville PokerNews Podcast

10-24-2015 15:51 UTC

Roberts Decimated

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Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

With the clock already displaying the tournament was down to 23 players, play had halted at the other tables to prepare for the redraw. Just Brian Roberts tables was still in action, as Helppi had raised the cutoff and Roberts had three bet from the small blind. Helppi had called, and had called the continuation bet Roberts made on .

The turn was the and Roberts bet 96,000. Helppi called in position. The river made Roberts bet 207,000, leaving himself with just 16,000 - a single big blind. Helppi moved all in and Roberts folded with a wry smile on his face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	1,500,000 400,000	400,000
Brian Roberts	16,000 -464,000	-464,000

Tags: Juha Helppi Brian Roberts

10-24-2015 15:43 UTC

Defending Champ Dzmitry Urbanovich Eliminated

Chad Holloway

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

While Adrian Mateos was busting at one table, the defending champ, Dzmitry Urbanovich, fell at another.

It happened when Urbanovich, who had been nursing a short stack, moved all in for his last 151,000 from early position and recent WSOPE bracelet winner Dietrich Fast called from the small blind.

Urbanovich:
Fast:

Urbanovich was in big trouble, and while he received a little help on the flop, he needed more to stay alive. The turn wasn't it, and neither was the river. Urbanovich missed and saw his title defense come to an end in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	1,550,000 180,000	180,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	Busted

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich

10-24-2015 15:40 UTC

Wheeler Rebounds from 4 BBs; Mateos Hits the Rail

Chad Holloway

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"I had four bigs six minutes ago," Jason Wheeler said with a big smile. He had good reason to celebrate as he had just received back-to-back doubles.

The first, which saw him get his last 65,000 all in, came when his held against the of Byron Kaverman after the board ran out .

In the next hand, Adrian Mateos raised to 32,000 from the hijack, Wheeler moved all in for 164,000 from the cutoff, and Mateos called with the , which was dominated by the of Wheeler. The board ran out and Wheeler doubled again while Mateos was left with just 100,000.

In the next hand, Mateos committed his stack under the gun and Wheeler moved all in over the top for 362,000 from the hijack. Christopher Frank, who had the biggest stack, moved all in from the small blind, which drove out the big.

Frank:
Wheeler:
Mateos:

The flop was great for Mateos as he took the lead with top pair. The gave him a flush draw for protection, but then disaster struck when the spiked on the river. Mateos was sent to the rail in 25th place, while the other two players chopped up his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	400,000 301,000	301,000
Adrian Mateos	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Christopher Frank Jason Wheeler

10-24-2015 15:32 UTC

Quintuple Stud Brings Out The Champion

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Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The “quintuple stud” is under way at #EPTMalta and Main Event champion Jean Montury is among those attempting to unravel it — and probably doing a better job than PokerStars Blog.

10-24-2015 15:30 UTC

Vladimir Troyanovskiy Eliminated

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Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy got his chips in the middle before the flop holding up against Quan Zhou's . Troyanovskiy didn't have to much faith and already got up from the table and gathered his things. Just before the river he had already said his goodbyes and he never really saw the completed board: . Zhou is the runaway chip leader with 2.1 million, and he has position on both Chen and Greenwood who also posses big stacks.

At the same time as Troyanovskiy, Anton Astapau hit the rail. Down to 25 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	2,100,000 250,000	250,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted

Tags: Vladimir Troyanovskiy Quan Zhou

10-24-2015 15:25 UTC

Zinno Falls

Webjoker

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Anthony Zinno was eliminated in one of the first hands after the break. He moved his last 100,000 or so in with and was looked up by Juha Helppi in the big blind with . The board ran out and Zinno made his exit.

Zinno's elimination happened at the exact same time as Ramin Hajiyev's elimination, and right after Andre Akkari hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	1,100,000 170,000	170,000
Andre Akkari	Busted

Ramin Hajiyev	Busted
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Tags: Anthony Zinno Andre Akkari Juha Helppi Ramin Hajiyev

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

10-24-2015 15:06 UTC

Chip Counts in the Second Break (full)

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Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	1,850,000 350,000	350,000
Byron Kaverman	1,405,000 425,000	425,000
Dietrich Fast	1,370,000 570,000	570,000
Chris Hunichen	1,350,000 970,000	970,000

Sam Greenwood	1,350,000 362,000	362,000
Dan Smith	1,300,000 650,000	650,000

Sylvain Loosli	1,220,000 380,000	380,000
Mike McDonald	1,000,000 -250,000	-250,000

Nick Petrangelo	970,000 420,000	420,000
Juha Helppi	930,000 430,000	430,000
Huidong Gu	805,000 123,000	123,000
Frederik Jensen	800,000 88,000	88,000

Andrew Chen	750,000 -350,000	-350,000
Jeff Rossiter	570,000 313,000	313,000
Charlie Carrel	542,000 107,000	107,000

Christopher Frank	535,000 -55,000	-55,000
Brian Roberts	480,000 -108,000	-108,000
Benjamin Pollak	425,000 95,000	95,000
Mikita Badziakouski	330,000 -219,000	-219,000
Adrian Mateos	296,000 -684,000	-684,000

Justin Bonomo	260,000 -132,000	-132,000
Ramin Hajiyev	250,000 -132,000	-132,000
Anton Astapau	240,000 -217,000	-217,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	240,000 -210,000	-210,000
Ike Haxton	200,000 -120,000	-120,000