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11-03-2024 18:04 UTC-8

Ghorbani Picks Up Aces to Double Off Satta-Hutton

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Faramarz Ghorbani bet 6,500 from the hijack on a flop of 9♣5♠3♦ and Kale Satta-Hutton called under the gun.

The turn was the 7♣ and Ghorbani moved all in for 26,000. Satta-Hutton took a minute before he called with 8♥8♠, but Ghorbani had A♥A♣ and improved to a set on the A♠ river to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Faramarz Ghorbani	80,000 8,500	8,500
Kale Satta-Hutton	11,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Faramarz Ghorbani Kale Satta-Hutton

11-03-2024 18:02 UTC-8

Limo's Shove Gets Through

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Nick Becker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Thomas Symonds raised to 3,500 in the hijack, Yunliang Sha flatted on the button, and Nikki Limo three-bet shoved for close to 35,000 from the small blind, putting herself at risk.

Symonds and Sha both folded and the pot was pushed Limo's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Symonds	90,500 90,500	90,500
Yunliang Sha	45,000 45,000	45,000
Nikki Limo	44,500 9,500	9,500

Tags: Nikki Limo Thomas Symonds Yunliang Sha

11-03-2024 17:57 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sara Ralston	260,000 30,000	30,000
Maria Konnikova	250,000 205,000	205,000

Mario Lopez (AR)	200,000 10,000	10,000
Konstantinos Nanos	180,000 180,000	180,000

Yang Lu	180,000 60,000	60,000
David Dongwoo Ko	140,000 110,000	110,000

Lily Kiletto	125,000 20,000	20,000
Satheesh Francis	80,000 10,000	10,000
Young Sik Eum	70,000 70,000	70,000

Yiannis Liperis	60,000 15,000	15,000
Ryan Tosoc	45,000 45,000	45,000

Nikki Limo	35,000 35,000	35,000
Rory Jennings	20,000 11,000	11,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

11-03-2024 17:35 UTC-8

Break Time; Late Registration Ending

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are going on a 15-minute break.

Late registration ends once action resumes.

11-03-2024 17:34 UTC-8

Yang Applies the Pressure

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Nick Becker

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was caught on the flop of K♣6♠7♦ in a hand between Huy Nghiem in early position and Fong Yang in late position.

With roughly 9,000 in the pot, Nghiem bet 3,300 and Yang raised to 13,500. After some thought, Nghiem tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huy Nghiem	82,000 7,000	7,000
Fong Yang	72,500 57,500	57,500

Tags: Fong Yang Huy Nghiem

11-03-2024 17:33 UTC-8

Melnick Gets Paid by Goya

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Heads-up on a board of 7♥5♣A♦8♦, Gary Melnick bet 15,000 from the cutoff and Alex Goya called in the big blind.

The river was the J♦ and Melnick bet 20,000. Goya quickly called and Melnick showed A♣8♥ for two pair to win the big pot, boosting his stack up past 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Melnick	210,000 110,000	110,000
Alex Goya	20,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Alex Goya Gary Melnick

11-03-2024 17:32 UTC-8

Yalkut Misses Straight

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Megan Yalkut opened from the hijack and called as Lily Kiletto three-bet on the button.

Yalkut led out for 14,000 on the flop of 9♠8♣10♠ and Kiletto raised all in. Yalkut called to be at risk.

Megan Yalkut: A♠J♦ All in
Lily Kiletto: Q♥Q♠

Yalkut was against queens and missed her straight as the board bricked out 9♣4♦ to mark her elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lily Kiletto	105,000 45,000	45,000
Megan Yalkut	Busted

Tags: Lily Kiletto Megan Yalkut

11-03-2024 17:28 UTC-8

Jivkov Shoves Out Ruiz

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Nick Jivkov and Juan Ruiz built a pot of around 20,000 as they went heads-up to the turn with the board showing 7♣4♥8♥J♦. Ruiz then bet 10,000 from middle position and Jivkov called on the button.

The river was the K♥ and Ruiz checked. Jivkov then moved all in for 31,500 and Ruiz quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Ruiz	105,000 25,000	25,000
Nick Jivkov	72,000 72,000	72,000

Tags: Juan Ruiz Nick Jivkov

11-03-2024 17:18 UTC-8

Hengsakul Sends Out Dang

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

"Twelve million, guys. That's a lot of money," Johnny Dang said as he moved all in for around 10,000 in the cutoff. Peter Hengsakul called in the big blind.

Johnny Dang: A♥5♣ All in
Peter Hengsakul: K♦Q♦

Hengsakul hit top pair on the Q♥6♥2♦ flop to take the lead, while the rest of the board came 2♥3♦ to send Dang to the rail.