The tournament is on its fifth short break of the day.
The tournament is on its fifth short break of the day.
Ian "potamophobia" Matakis opened the hijack for 14,000. Timothy Adams made it 50,100 from the big blind. Matakis four-bet jammed for 203,814 and the players turned over their cards after Adams snap-called.
Ian "potamophobia" Matakis: ![]()
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Timothy Adams: ![]()
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Adams seemed primed to enter the top echelons of the leaderboard as he dominated Matakis.
However, this wasn't what the poker gods had in mind as the ![]()
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ran out on the board to give Matakis a flush to best the rockets held by Adams.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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418,218
208,068
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208,068 |
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368,941
311,329
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311,329 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,404,116
440,864
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440,864 |
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860,629
87,104
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87,104 |
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832,676
100
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100 |
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828,911
75,405
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75,405 |
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783,042 | |
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Level: 18
Blinds: 3,500/7,000
Ante: 875
Fedor Holz opened the button for 12,600 and was called by David Miscikowski in the big blind.
Miscikowski check-called a bet of 10,035 after the ![]()
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came on the flop before he check-called again after the
came on the turn.
The
completed the board on the river and Miscikowski checked once again. Holz jammed for 136,171 and Miscikowski snap-called.
Miscikowski turned over ![]()
for two pair but this was no match to the straight held by Holz with ![]()
.
Miscikowski had about eight big blinds after the hand but lost these chips as well when his ![]()
didn't hold against the ![]()
held by Chris Rudolph.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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421,550
224,450
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224,450 |
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129,915 | |
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Busted | |
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"Dipatos7" opened for 13,200 from under the gun before Stephen O'Dwyer three-bet jammed to 109,984 from the hijack.
Matthew "JNCOJEW" Wantman four-bet jammed for 187,744 from the button and "Dipatos7" folded.
Stephen O'Dwyer: ![]()
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Matthew "JNCOJEW" Wantman: ![]()
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Wantman was ahead and improved to a set on the ![]()
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board to send O'Dwyer to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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324,428 | |
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Busted | |
There were 503 entrants at the start of Level 17 to already surpass the $5 million guarantee with 71 minutes left of late registration.
Rui Ferreira entered the level with the chip lead of the 189 players in action. Here is a look at the top five chip stacks and an update on Fedor Holz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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963,252 | |
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947,733
199,613
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199,613 |
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863,646
166,895
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166,895 |
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832,576
125,429
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125,429 |
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753,506
10,860
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10,860 |
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197,100
97,100
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97,100 |
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Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 750
Manuel "robocup" Ruivo opened from the hijack for 11,000. Stephen Chidwick jammed for 70,520 from the button and Ruivo called.
Stephen Chidwick: ![]()
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Manuel "robocup" Ruivo: ![]()
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Chidwick was well ahead and the lead got even bigger after he hit a set on the ![]()
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flop. The
turn and the
river completed the board and Chidwick doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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154,490 | |
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41,815 | |
Ludovic "Gr4vyB04t" Geilich opened to 11,000 from under the gun. Simon "RDIC" Lam called from the small blind and the ![]()
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came on the flop.
Both players checked and the
followed on the turn. Lam led out for 16,375 and Geilich called.
The
completed the board on the river and Lam jammed for 52,273. Geilich made the quick call and turned over ![]()
for a full house. Lam held ![]()
and opted not to re-enter thus far after losing all of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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469,327 | |
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Busted |