Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Win Tran bet out 1,150 from the small blind on an ![]()
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flop against David Eldridge in middle position, who called. Tran fired again for 2,450 on the
turn and got another call. He bet 3,500 on the
river and Eldridge immediately tossed a chip in.
Tran showed ![]()
for a busted straight draw, and Eldridge leaned forward to make sure he was seeing the hand correctly before revealing ![]()
for top pair on the flop.
A player under the gun bet 3,000 on a board of ![]()
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, and Casey Enders made it 7,000 on the scary board. The bettor called, and a
completed the board. Enders bet 11,000 after his opponent checked.
"I should probably get out," the player said, contemplating. Instead, he decided to call.
Enders showed ![]()
for the nut straight.
"Raise that preflop so I know where you're at," Enders' opponent lamented, showing his bad luck as he flashed
for the small straight.
Mike Williams opened early and then put a short-stacked player at risk with ![]()
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, and a board of ![]()
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meant Williams scored the eliminations.
Williams burned through two bullets on Day 1a but looks to be in better shape on Day 1b thus far.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Players are on break for 15 minutes.
Win Tran bet 4,100 after a lone opponent checked to him in a three-bet pot on a ![]()
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flop. The player called after some thought and then checked the
. Tran tossed 8,000 in, and his opponent asked to see Tran's chips, noting just 1,400 behind. He put Tran all in, who quickly called.
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Opponent: ![]()
Tran was fading just two outs, and he improved to a boat on the
river.
Rex Clinkscales endured a frustrating Day 1a in which he was unable to get anything going, and his Day 1b hasn't started much better.
According to a bystander, he sat in at Table 7 and tangled with another player while holding ![]()
, but Clinkscales' opponent flopped quad sevens and busted him.
In a pot that looked to have a raise and numerous calls, a player three-bet to about 1,500 from the blinds, and action folded to Shawn Cunix, the last player to act. He shoved all in from late position, and the player in the blinds snap-called for 16,775.
Cunix: ![]()
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"Oh, I didn't want you to have ace-queen," Cunix said as ![]()
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flopped. "But I have clubs."
The
bricked the turn, but the
filled his draw on the river. The player took the beat in stride, reaching out to shake Cunix's hand.
"I thought you would fold, I really did," Cunix said.