Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Simon Higgins raised from middle position and was three-bet all in by Jack Sinclair in the big blind. Sinclair made the call, putting the rest of his chips at risk.
Simon Higgins: ![]()
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Jack Sinclair: ![]()
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Higgins was ahead with his pocket pair, and found a clean ![]()
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flop. The turn
gave Sinclair the lead, and the
river completed the board. Higgins wished the table good luck as he headed to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,308,000
373,000
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373,000 |
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Busted |
Fabian Bernhauser moved all in for 70,000 in the hijack and was at risk against Ian Hamilton on the button.
Fabian Bernhauser: ![]()
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Ian Hamilton: ![]()
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Bernhauser's ducks needed to improve to survive, and the ![]()
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flop changed nothing. The
turn left him needing a river deuce, but the
completed the board to confirm his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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990,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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Busted | |
Action folded to Erik Seidel, on the button, who opened to 25,000. Roman Hrabec, in the big blind is the only caller.
The flop was ![]()
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and Hrabec checked with Seidel checking behind.
The turn was
and Hrabec led out for 45,000. Seidel thought for a while before making the call.
The river came
and Hrabec sized up making a pot sized bet of 150,000 with Seidel making the call.
Hrabec showed ![]()
for the flopped flush whereas Seidel had rivered two pair with ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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890,000
225,000
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225,000 |
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182,000
220,000
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220,000 |
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In a three-way pot on a board of ![]()
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, Julien Sitbon bet 18,000 and Ian Hamilton flat-called. Yiannis Liperis then three-bet to 62,000 and Sitbon folded. Hamilton, meanwhile, three-bet to put Liperis all in. Liperis folded to hang on to his remaining stack of around 130,000.
The two tangled again the next hand when Hamilton opened and Liperis three-bet jammed. Hamilton made the call.
Yiannis Liperis: ![]()
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Ian Hamilton: ![]()
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Liperis had it this time and flop came ![]()
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to give him a set and have Hamilton drawing nearly dead before the board finished out ![]()
to earn Liperis the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,250,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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1,050,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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280,000
65,000
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65,000 |
Benjamin Pollak raised to 25,000 on the button and called when James Williams moved all in from the big blind.
James Williams: ![]()
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Benjamin Pollak: ![]()
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Pollak had Williams dominated, and the ![]()
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runout changed nothing. Pollak's pocket pair held up to eliminate Williams early in Level 19.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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485,000
154,000
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154,000 |
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Busted |
With roughly 130,000 in the pot on a ![]()
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flop, Jack Sinclair checked in early position and Alexandre Vuilleumier bet 48,000 in the hijack. Sinclair then check-raised to 110,000 and Vuilleumier responded by moving all in for 528,000. Sinclair snap-called.
Alexandre Vuilleumier: ![]()
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Jack Sinclair: ![]()
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Sinclair flopped the current nuts but had to fade a lot of outs. The
turn changed nothing, but the
spiked the river to give Vuilleumier Broadway and the massive seven-figure pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
1,190,000
690,000
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690,000 |
|
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650,000
658,000
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658,000 |
On a board reading ![]()
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, Benjamin Pollak bet out 26,000 and Jamie Flynn called. The river came
and both players checked.
Pollak showed ![]()
for king high and it was good versus Flynn's missed straight draw with ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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550,000
65,000
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65,000 |
|
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271,000
107,000
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107,000 |
Ambrose Ng moved all in for 162,000 in the small blind and Martin Quack called in the big blind.
Martin Quack: ![]()
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Ambrose Ng: ![]()
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flop gave Ng a set, but he still had to fade a heart. The
turn locked up the pot for him and the meaningless
completed the board.
The dealer counted out Quack's chips and he was revealed to have had 161,000, a single chip less than Ng, and Quack was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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333,000
146,000
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146,000 |
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Busted |
Action folded around to Martin Jacobson in the small blind who pushed all, putting the pressure on shorter stack, Adrian Mateos, in the big blind.
Unfortunately for Jacobson, Mateos woke up with a hand and made the call for his tournament life.
Adrian Mateos: ![]()
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Martin Jacobson: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and although being in front preflop and on the flop, the
turn swung the hand in Jacobson's favour and he holds to bust Matoes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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638,000
224,000
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224,000 |
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Busted | |
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