AMERICAS 6-max
Day 1 Started
2016 Global Poker League Week 9
AMERICAS 6-max
Day: 1
Americas Conference Up Next
Not only the Eurasia conference is back in action. The Americas conference is ready to play after the 10-week summer break. In a few moments the first of two 6-max heats of the Americas conference will start.
This match will feature; Jason Mercier, Maria Ho, Kitty Kuo, Scott Ball, Xuan Liu and Byron Kaverman. They are all looking to score big points for their teams.
The first heat is scheduled to start at 3:30pm EDT (21:30 CEST). The second round will start at 5:10pm. PokerNews will be here to cover the actions as it happens.
Americas Conference 6-max (Week 9, Match 119) Players
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
Ball Scores Big in GPL
In these Americas conference 6-max heats, Scott Ball is the best scoring player in the Global Poker League. He already scored 39 points for the Las Vegas Moneymakers. Although he got most of his points in the four heads up matches he played.
In this format, he scored 15 points, which include one win in four appearances. Xuan Liu (Montreal Nationals) and Kitty Kuo (San Francisco Rush) also won a 6-max heat before. Both played two 6-max matches so far.
Jason Mercier and Byron Kaverman where in the line up twice before, but haven't scored a win so far. Mercier finished third and fourth, while Kaverman ended up fourth and fifth.
Maria Ho only played one match so far in which she finished fifth.
Cards Are in the Air
Match 119 of the Global Poker League has started.
Lucky Sevens Give Ball Early Lead
Scott Ball just won the first big pot of the day. He opened from the cutoff with 
and Jason Mercier called from the button holding 
. Xuan Liu put in a three-bet from the small blind with 
and both Ball and Mercier called.
The 
flop gave Ball a set of sevens, while Liu made top pair. Liu continued for 2,746 and Ball was the only caller. Both players checked the 
turn.
The river was the 
and Liu fired out a bet of 6,244. Ball wasn't impressed by that bet and went all-in for 20,227. Liu folded and Ball was the early chipleader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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38,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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14,200
-10,800
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-10,800 |
Kaverman Was a Little Late
Sao Paulo Metropolitans' Byron Kaverman arrived a little late to the game. He sat out the first couple of hands, but didn't miss much. He only lost a couple hundred points, but just won a small pot to get back to the starting stack of 25,000.
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Slow Start
We are 25 hands into this match and after the big hand between Scott Ball and Xuan Liu nothing much has happened.
Jason Mercier and Xuan Liu chopped a pot where they both made a straight.
Byron Kaverman just won a small hand with versus the 
of Kitty Kuo. Kaverman fired on the 
flop and the 
turn and Kuo gave up.
Although this start is rather slow, the action will develop quickly, because of the 8-minute levels. Several players are getting short stacked now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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43,069
5,069
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5,069 |
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31,832
6,832
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6,832 |
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26,223
1,223
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1,223 |
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17,192
-7,808
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-7,808 |
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16,774
-8,226
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-8,226 |
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11,010
-3,190
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-3,190 |
Ace on the River Helps Ho
Maria Ho opened from the cut off to 2,650 in the 600/1200-level with 
. Both Byron Kaverman 
and Scott Ball 
called from the blinds.
The 
flop was checked through. The 
on the turn gave Ball two pair. He bet 5,125 and Ho was the only caller. The river brought the 
which gave Ho a higher two pair.
Both players checked and Ho raked in the pot. The LA Sunset player won another pot from Ball shortly after and took the chiplead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,806
26,583
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26,583 |
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18,215
-24,854
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-24,854 |
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