HPT Season XV Championship
In a relatively rare occurrence at a full table, the table folded to James Anderson in the small blind, who raised to 7,000. Apter stole a glance at Anderson before calling.
Action went check-check on the ![]()
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flop and
turn.
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river dropped, and Anderson snap-bet 9,000. Apter called just as quickly, and Anderson showed ![]()
for ace-high, the winner until Apter's ![]()
paired up on the river.
Just after the blinds rose to 1,000/2,000/2,000, Cory Warner opened to 6,000 from under the gun. Devin Tucker found a hand in middle position and three-bet jammed for barely more than twice that—12,500. Action folded to Jeffrey Roberson in the small blind, who four-bet to 30,000. Back on Warner, he quickly five-bet shoved, covering Roberson. Roberson folded.
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Warner couldn't catch a miracle on ![]()
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, and the tournament lost another player.
Brad Smith was all in and at risk for his last 35,000 against Chris Moon in middle position.
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Smith improved to top set on a ![]()
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board to secure the double.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
With around 80,000 already in the pot, BJ McBrayer checked a ![]()
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board to Josh Reichard, who jammed to put McBrayer at risk for his last 152,700.
McBrayer went into the tank for three minutes before placing a column of chips in the pot to call, and after Reichard tabled ![]()
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for a pair of queens, good for a big double. Reichard was left with 32,000 in chips and busted one hand later.
Mike Shin had his last 59,800 in from middle position on a ![]()
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flop, and Justin Coliny had him at risk in the hijack.
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Shin's aces held on the
turn and
river to score the double.
Mark Burgess opened to 3,500 from middle position, and action folded around to Johanssy Joseph in the small blind, who three-bet large to 19,500.
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, Joseph continued for more than the pot—45,000. Raised all in for 79,500 total.
"I didn't see you had a 25k," said Joseph with a smile, referring to Burgess' single tan 25,000 chip, new to play today. Joseph took his time counting his stack, apologizing to the table for the wait.
"It's obvious what I have," he said, continuing to think it over for several minutes. "I'm hoping you have like, 2-3," he joked as he pushed in the call.
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Joseph couldn't pair up on the
turn or
river, affording Burgess the double.