Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Justin Coliny bet 75,000 on a ![]()
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flop into a pot of 100,000, and Austin Tjaden jammed for 236,000 from middle position. Coliny tanked for a few minutes before announcing a call.
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"What I was afraid of," Coliny told Tjaden.
No queen would come on the
turn or
river, and Coliny said, "Twice you got me, bub!" as he paid off his debt.
Bill Byrnes got his last 180,000 in chips preflop from the cutoff and was at risk against BJ McBrayer on the button.
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McBrayer flopped a flush draw on the ![]()
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flop, and picked up a few more outs when the
turn gave him a nine for an additional winner. The
river bricked off, and Byrnes, who won this very event in March during Season XV, breathed a sigh of relief as he stacked up his newfound chips.
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Austin Tjaden raised to 17,000 from the cutoff, and Ryan Tepen three-bet to 45,000 from the button. Joseph DeRousse four-bet jammed for 68,000 in the small blind, Tjaden five-bet shoved, and Tepen preserved his remaining 140,000 and folded.
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DeRousse got no immediate help on the ![]()
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flop, but went runner-runner on the
turn and
river to make an ace-high flush and double up.
Tim Vance had his last 42,000 in chips at risk preflop against Mike Thompson.
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Vance fell well behind on the ![]()
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flop, and found no ace on the
turn or
river.
"It was a pleasure," Vance told the table before departing.
Mike Thompson raised to 14,000 from the cutoff, and was called by Will Berry on the button and Vincent Moscati in the big blind.
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flop to Thompson, who bet 25,000. Only Berry called.
Thompson bet 22,000 on the
turn, and Berry tanked for a minute before announcing an all-in raise for 121,000 total. Thompson thought briefly before letting his hand go.
Justin Coliny raised to 18,000 from middle position, and Austin Tjaden three-bet to 60,000 from the hijack. Coliny called.
Coliny jammed for Tjaden's last 151,000 on a ![]()
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flop, and Tjaden quickly called.
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Coliny failed to hit one of his six outs on the
turn or
river, and Tjaden earned the double.
Chris Davis raised to 14,000 from early position, then called a three-bet shove for 114,000 from Hyndi Khomutetsky in the hijack.
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Khomutetsky and Davis both paired their kickers on a ![]()
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board, but it was Khomutetsky's queens that earned a double.