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Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
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2026 Great Lakes Poker Classic
$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
2026 Great Lakes Poker Classic
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$321,700
Total Entries
314
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
88
Players Left
10
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Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between Andrew Olive in the hijack, Jamey Kramer in the small blidn, and Areef Syed in the big blind.
The board read A♥Q♣3♠6♠ and Kramer bet 11,000 only to see Syed raise to 30,000. Olive called while Kramer pondered his decision before folding his hand.
On the river 9♠, Syed moved all in for 74,000 effective and Olive snap-called.
Andrew Olive: 4♠2♠
Areef Syed: A♣3♣
Syed's two pair was no good against Olive's rivered flush and he climbed back over 200k.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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235,000
157,000
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157,000 |
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69,000
186,000
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186,000 |
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Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jeremy Hill raised to 9,000 from under the gun and Michael O'Neill moved all in for 59,000 in late position. Action folded back around to Hill who called.
Michael O'Neill: K♠10♠
Jeremy Hill: A♣Q♣
The board ran out 9♦8♠7♣Q♦2♦ and the top pair was good enough for Hill to eliminate O'Neill.
Elsewhere in the tournament, Steven Stout and Jean "Prince" Gaspard got back in the mix.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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186,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Zachary Matice moved all in from early position for 29,500 and Michael Ferrarotti jammed from late position to see all action fold.
Zachary Matice: A♠J♦
Michael Ferrarotti: 9♣9♣
The board ran out Q♦J♣4♣4♠2♦ and the jacks and fours were good for the pot to see Matice survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,500
50,000
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50,000 |
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48,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Jean "Prince" Gaspard registered in the tournament just minutes ago and found himself doubling up with aces against Robert Strunk.
The very next hand Syed called on the button and in the big blind, Gaspard raised to 9,500 to see Syed call.
"Smoke bet," said Gaspard as he tossed out 10,000 prior to the flop of 7♣6♣3♦ coming out. Syed moved all in for 83,000 effective and Gaspard beat him into the pot.
Areef Syed: 8♥7♥
Jean "Prince" Gaspard: A♥A♠
Gaspard was ahead on the flop, but the turn 8♣ put Syed in front with the river 5♥ holding up for him to eliminate the WSOP bracelet winner from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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255,000
161,000
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161,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Chuck Gekle raised to 6,500 from the hijack and was called by Shawn Rings in the cutoff and Brady Wieland in the big blind.
The flop rolled out J♥9♦2♦ and Wieland checked over to Gekle who bet 15,000. Rings raised to 65,000 and action folded back around to Gekle who moved all in for 46,000 total.
Chuck Gekle: Q♣Q♦
Shawn Rings: J♠9♠
Gekle could not improve on the runout of 5♣6♠ and the jacks up were good for Rings to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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156,000
103,000
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103,000 |
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Busted |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Andrew Olive called in the cutoff and Hyun Jun Cho raised to 7,500 on the button to see only Olive call.
The flop rolled out J♥7♥2♣ and Olive check-called a bet of 7,000 from Cho.
Olive checked the turn 8♦ over to Cho who bet 18,000 and Olive called once more.
On the river 6♠, Olive checked over to Cho who bet 55,000 and Olive tossed in a single chip for the call.
Cho tabled A♥A♠ for a paire of aces, which was good against Olive's J♦10♣ for a pair of jacks.
At another table, Adam Lamphere was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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245,000
106,000
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106,000 |
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78,000
96,000
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96,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Bryant Miller raised to 4,000 from middle position and Patrick Korty called in late position. In the cutoff, Dominic Choma raised to 14,000 and only Korty called.
The flop rolled out Q♣10♣2♦ and Korty check-called a bet of 12,000 from Choma.
Korty checked over to Choma on the turn 8♠ and Choma sized up to 25,000 which had Korty ponder his options before tossing his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,500
4,500
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4,500 |
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73,000
41,500
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41,500 |
