Jake Cody had the work to do, Negreanu wanted to talk work, Ramdin talks shop, while working man Freddy Deeb hangs on. Click the link and read all about it on the PokerStars Blog.
Jake Cody had the work to do, Negreanu wanted to talk work, Ramdin talks shop, while working man Freddy Deeb hangs on. Click the link and read all about it on the PokerStars Blog.
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody raised from the button to 50,000 and Freddy Deeb called from the small blind. Andrew Pantling three-bet from the big blind to 175,000 and Cody folded immediately. Deeb made the call.
The flop showed ![]()
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and both players checked. On the turn, the
, both players checked again.
The river brought the
and Deeb fired out 120,000. Pantling called and Deeb announced he had a five. Deeb turned over ![]()
and that's when Pantling showed ![]()
. Deeb was frustrated that Pantling didn't show his cards right away but it was Pantling's right to wait for Deeb to turn over his cards. Pantling added to his stack and his chip lead grew some more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,630,000
499,000
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499,000 |
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850,000
200,000
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200,000 |
Steve O'Dwyer opened to 52,000 from the cutoff, Grant Levy defended from the big blind, and the dealer fanned ![]()
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. Levy checked, O'Dwyer continued for 85,000, and Levy called.
The turn was the
, both players checked, and the river was the
. Levy led out for 114,000, and O'Dwyer tanked for a minute or so before raising to 330,000. Levy immediately folded, and O'Dwyer picked up the pot.
A Few hands later, O'Dwyer opened to 52,000 on the button, and Jason Mercier three-bet to 138,000 from the small blind. O'Dwyer four-bet to 330,000, and Mercier quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,100,000
359,000
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359,000 |
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1,175,000
242,000
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242,000 |
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470,000
299,000
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299,000 |
Andrew Pantling opened to 53,000 from under the gun, Noah Schwartz called on his direct left, and Clyde Tjauw Foe moved all in for 330,000 on Schwartz's left. The action folded back to Pantling, who folded as well, and Schwartz tanked for nearly two minutes before folding as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,613,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
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1,719,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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|
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1,037,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
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735,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
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619,000
268,000
|
268,000 |
|
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|
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493,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
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393,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
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Victor Ramdin open-shoved for 384,000 from early position, Noah Schwartz re-shoved for 702,000 from the small blind, and the hands were opened.
Ramdin: ![]()
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Schwartz: ![]()
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Ramdin was crushed, and Schwartz ended up making quads when the board rolled out ![]()
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, eliminating Ramdin in 13th place. He'll earn €60,000 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,487,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
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1,710,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
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|
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1,131,000
396,000
|
396,000 |
|
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961,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
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572,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
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572,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
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For the past few weeks at the EPT tables, Mateusz Moolhuizen has found himself on the television table pretty much every day. That's more than Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier OR Johnny Lodden. But as the Dutchman explains to PokerStars Blog, he is happy enough as the new, inadvertent, star of the game.
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 55,000 under the gun and John Juanda called from the small blind. The flop brought out ![]()
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and Juanda check-called 70,000. On the turn the
hit and Juanda check-folded to a 175,000-chip bet.
On the very next hand Juanda raised to 55,000 from the button and O'Dwyer called from the big blind. The flop rolled out ![]()
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and O'Dwyer check-called 94,000.
The turn brought the
and this time O'Dwyer check-called 182,000. The river brought the
and O'Dwyer checked again. Juanda put together a hefty bet and put it 332,000. That was too rich for O'Dwyer who decided to fold his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,850,000
250,000
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250,000 |
|
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|
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1,465,000
323,000
|
323,000 |
|
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Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden just raised to 50,000 and Steve O'Dwyer called from the button. Jason Mercier tanked for a while from the small blind and folded, as did short stack Vasili Firsau from the big blind.
The flop brought out ![]()
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and Lodden checked to O'Dwyer who bet 65,000. The Norwegian pro called and on the turn the
popped up. Lodden checked again and O'Dwyer bet 150,000. Lodden called once again and on the river the
hit.
For the third time Lodden checked and O'Dwyer kept betting, this time he threw out 235,000. Lodden snap-called and mucked when O'Dwyer turned over his ![]()
. Lodden is now one of the short stacks while O'Dwyer is our new chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,500,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
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|
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450,000
391,000
|
391,000 |
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Steve O'Dwyer raised to 52,000 from the cutoff after which Vasili Firsau three-bet to 194,000 from the small blind. O'Dwyer looked over at Firsau's remaining stack and moved all in shortly after that. Firsau immediately called for all of his 335,000 chips.
Firsau: ![]()
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O'Dwyer: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Firsau doubled up with quad nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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|
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685,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,312,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
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1,642,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
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|
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1,389,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
|
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817,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
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811,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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638,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
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