The bubble is fast approaching. There are now just 51 players remaining in the Lex Live Main Event and 47 are set to get paid.
The bubble is fast approaching. There are now just 51 players remaining in the Lex Live Main Event and 47 are set to get paid.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Georgina James, known online as GJ Reggie, open shoved all in from early position for around ten big blinds. Action folded around to the small blind and the short stacked player made the call. Jesus Castro Gonzalez also called in the big blind and GJ had both players covered as the cards were turned.
Small Blind: K♥4♥
Jesus Castro Gonzalez: 8♦8♥
Georgina James: A♥J♥
"There are a lot of hearts out," commented James.
The board ran out 3♠4♠3♦K♦A♣. James paired her ace on the river to win the pot, eliminating two players and more than doubling her stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
87,000
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87,000 |
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Busted | |
Action folded around to Damiano Aloi, who raised from the button. Matthew Luchak moved all in from the small blind for 81,000, which send Aloi into the tank. Ultimately, he made the pots odds call and players flipped their cards, with Luchak at risk.
Matthew Luchak: 6♥6♠
Damiano Aloi: A♥8♥
The board ran out 7♦8♦J♠7♣7♠. Aloi paired his eight on the flop and made a full house by the river, sevens full of eights, to bust Luchak from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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290,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Busted |
Following a late position open limp, Sergio Rodriguez Cobos raised to 26,000 from the button and Eduardo De Mello Schneider called in the big blind. The limper folded and two players went to the flop.
The flop came 7♥A♥5♦. Schneider checked and Cobos bet 22,000, which Schneider called. The turn was the 8♦ and Schneider checked again. Cobos overbet shoved all in and Schneider mucked his hand to concede the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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390,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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130,000
3,500
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3,500 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Players in Day 2 of the Lex Live Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break. Players have been busting fast, the field now reduced to half the size it was at the start of the day. There are 60 players remaining and 47 are set to walk away with at least a min-cash.
Action folded around to Davies, who moved all in from the button. The small blind folded and Sergio Rodriguez Cobos was left looking anguished before making the call.
Glenn Owen Davies: J♦10♦
Sergio Rodriguez Cobos: A♠Q♦
The board ran out A♦7♦J♣8♣7♣. Both players paired and Davies picked up a flush draw on the flop. Cobos held with his pair of aces and his opponent was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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230,000
14,500
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14,500 |
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Busted |
Jose Luis Ruiz Blavia was all in preflop for 115,000 and Gardar Svavarsson called in late position with the bigger stack. Players flipped their cards.
Jose Luis Ruiz Blavia: A♠K♥
Gardar Svavarsson: 10♦10♣
It was a classic race and the board ran out K♠J♦7♣Q♣J♣. Blavia paired his king on the flop and made two pair with the jacks on board. He won the pot and doubled up his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
47,000
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47,000 |
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180,000
5,500
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5,500 |
Jesse van Stegeren raised to 12,000 from middle position and Viorel Codrean, sitting in the next seat across, moved all in with a relatively short stack. Stergeren made the call and had Codrean well covered as players revealed their cards.
Viorel Codrean: Q♠J♠
Jesse van Stegeren: 7♥7♣
The board ran out A♦9♦A♥4♣4♦. Stegeren held with two pair, sevens and the aces on board, to win the pot and bust his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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560,000
43,000
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43,000 |
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Busted |