Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Phillip Bullmaster is off to a hot start with more than double his starting stack.
Dan Boltz just took down a small pot to come back over 20,000. Boltz was one of four limpers preflop and when the flop came ![]()
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the action checked to him. He bet 700 and got one caller.
The turn was the
and his opponent checked. Boltz bet 1,100 and that was enough to take down the pot when his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,800 | |
|
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20,200 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000
34,500
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34,500 |
|
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45,600
19,600
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19,600 |
|
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26,200
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
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25,500
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
9,500
10,500
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10,500 |
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6,100
13,900
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13,900 |
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Linda Lieder has shot to the top of the leaderboard with a double up through Randy Clinger.
The action started when Clinger limped under the gun and the next player to act made it 700. Lieder reraised to 2,300 and the action fell to Nick Guagenti. He took a few moments before eventually folding.
As soon as the action was on him, Clinger shoved all in. He was sitting at around 63,000 and had Lieder covered. The original raiser folded and it was Lieder's turn to act.
"Alright, I call," she said, turning over pocket queens.
Clinger showed ![]()
and it was a race. When the dust settled, Lieder would be in the chip lead as the board ran out ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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61,000
41,000
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41,000 |
|
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32,500
21,000
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21,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,200
4,050
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4,050 |
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27,200
5,200
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5,200 |
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19,300
5,100
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5,100 |
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18,200
200
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200 |
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17,900 | |
Linda Lieder, who won the HPO St. Louis Main Event in 2015 for a prize of $48,440 is in the field today. She won her seat in a satellite that started earlier today.
Nicole Miller is also in the field. She just missed out on the satellite seat and will be looking to improve on her HPO Toledo finish. She finished 19th for $2,746 and busted Chris Moneymaker along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000 | |
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20,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The players are on the first 15-minute break of the day. There are 72 players registered so far today, with registration open until the start of level nine.
Alan Wentz took down two pots in a row.
Wentz won the first hand against Ryan Kalb. Kalb opened for 350 and Wentz raised to 1,050. The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked. Kalb checked to Wentz again when the
hit the turn. Wentz put out a bet and Kalb quickly folded.
On the next hand, Kalb raised to 350 again. This time Wentz called along with two other players, one of whom was HPO Ambassador Chris Moneymaker. The flop came ![]()
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and all four players checked. The turn was the
and Moneymaker led for 550. Kalb called and Wentz raised to 2,200.
Moneymaker folded and Kalb called. The river was the
and both players checked. Wentz turned over ![]()
for top pair and that was good enough to win the pot after Kalb mucked.
"I'm the worst player at the table," Wentz said, "I'm trying to prove it."
Wentz stacked his second pot in a row with a smile on his face.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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14,400 |