Level: 24
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
Azamat Lamkov won't be going back-to-back in the MPP Main Event!
Lamkov shoved for 2,600,000 from the hijack and Timothy Chung called from the big blind.
Azamat Lamkov: 8♠8♣
Timothy Chung: 10♥10♣
Lamkov needed to find an eight but the 9♥Q♠9♣7♣J♣ runout didn't contain any Snowmen, and he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,775,000
3,525,000
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3,525,000 |
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Busted | |
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With around 10,000,000 in the pot on a board that read 2♠9♥3♣J♥5♦, Italo Modena was first to act from the small blind and checked. Gregoire Auzoux was in the big blind and shoved for his last 9,000,000.
Modena went deep into the tank, burning through a few of his time banks. Modena was staring down Auzoux, and after around three minutes of tanking, Modena slammed in the call.
Auzoux immediately stood up and showed K♦10♠ for a total bluff with king-high. Modena revealed Q♣J♦ for just a pair of jacks to win the pot and eliminate Auzoux.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000,000
10,000,000
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10,000,000 |
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Busted |
Sergiu Covrig shoved for 2,100,000 from the hijack and Azamat Lamkov put him at risk from the small blind.
Sergiu Covrig: A♣Q♣
Azamat Lamkov: K♣J♣
Covrig had just bluffed off most of his stack but managed to claw some back as the runout of 2♥6♥7♠4♣Q♥ kept his hand in the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,800,000
2,700,000
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2,700,000 |
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2,625,000
3,050,000
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3,050,000 |
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Bernard Larabi opened with Q♥9♦ from early position and Sergiu Covrig three-bet to 1,600,000 from the hijack. Timothy Chung then cold four-bet to 2,600,000 from the cutoff, which got Larabi to fold. Covrig considered for a short time and with over 7,000,000 back, he called.
The flop came 10♣J♦J♠ and after Covrig checked, Chung bet 550,000. Covrig called. A 9♠ dropped on the turn and again Covrig checked, and Chung decided to knuckled back.
A 10♥ landed on the river and Covrig reached for chips and fired a bet of 3,600,000, leaving 2,100,000 behind. Chung had 12,000,000 in his stack and didn't need to think for too long before he called.
Covrig then showed 9♣8♣ for a bluff, and Chung revealed he had rivered a full house with A♦10♦ to scoop the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,250,000
7,050,000
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7,050,000 |
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13,000,000
775,000
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775,000 |
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2,100,000
7,150,000
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7,150,000 |
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Bernard Larabi opened the hijack to 600,000 and Moshe Ory Refaelowitz shoved from the small blind for 2,400,000. When it got back to Larabi, he snap-called.
Moshe Ory Refaelowitz: K♣K♦
Bernard Larabi: A♥K♥
Refaelowitz had a chance to double up again and got off to a great start on the 2♠6♦2♥ flop. However, the A♦ turn gave Larabi top pair and left Refaelowitz with just one out.
No one-outer appeared on the 3♥ river, and Refaelowitz was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,775,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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Busted |
Three players to flop of A♠8♣K♠ with around 2,000,000 in the pot. The action checked to Italo Modena in early position, and he put out a bet of 500,000. Sergey Tikhonov called from the big blind, but Samuel Dray folded from under the gun.
Tikhonov checked the 10♣ turn before Modena shoved for Tikhonov's remaining 3,250,000. Tikhonov snap-called.
Sergey Tikhonov: 8♥8♦
Italo Modena: A♥4♥
Tikhonov's set of eights had Modena's top pair drawing dead. An inconsequential Q♠ rolled off on the river and Tikhonov earned the much-needed double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,000,000
6,800,000
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6,800,000 |
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13,000,000
6,000,000
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6,000,000 |
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9,800,000
7,700,000
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7,700,000 |
Raoul Kanme opened from under the gun and Moshe Ory Refaelowitz called from the big blind with a very short stack.
On the K♠5♦7♥ flop, Refaelowitz shoved his last 350,000 and got a quick call from Kanme.
Moshe Ory Refaelowitz: 9♦7♣
Raoul Kanme: J♣J♥
Refaelowitz may have felt good about flopping a piece of the flop but certainly didn't when he saw the hand of Kanme. However, the rollercoaster of emotions continued as he made two pair on the 6♦9♥ runout, which kept him in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,075,000
3,350,000
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3,350,000 |
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2,350,000
1,900,000
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1,900,000 |
Nenad Dukic shoved from 3,700,000 from the small blind and Sam Trickett made the call from the big blind.
Nenad Dukic: Q♦7♦
Sam Trickett: A♦6♣
Dukic was behind but took the lead on the Q♥2♥6♠ flop after he paired his queen. A 7♣ on the river gave Dukic two pair, but he still needed to fade the aces and sixes of Trickett to double up.
A 5♠ on the river didn't change the outcome of the hand, and Dukic stayed alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,000,000
2,800,000
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2,800,000 |
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7,750,000
1,750,000
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1,750,000 |
Hossein Ensan opened from the cutoff to 600,000 and Anthony Spinella defended his big blind.
On the flop of 2♥5♣7♠, Spinella checked and Ensan shoved. Spinella had almost 4,000,000 behind and quickly called.
Anthony Spinella: 7♦5♠
Hossein Ensan: A♠6♠
Ensan seemingly wanted to bully Spinella, who had flopped top two and was going absolutely nowhere. Just as it seemed Spinella was going to cruise to a double-up, the A♦ on the turn made things a bit sweaty as Ensan found some outs.
Luckily for Spinella, he boated up on the 5♥ river, allowing him to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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9,500,000
3,300,000
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3,300,000 |
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5,300,000
4,175,000
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4,175,000 |
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