Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Jeff Petronack saw action folded to him in the cutoff and opened to 2,800. Joseph Beasy was on the button and called. The two went heads up to a flop of ![]()
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and Petronack checked over to Beasy, who bet 3,500. Petronack called.
The turn was
and Petronack checked again. Beasy continued, firing out another 6,000. Petronack thought for a bit and then put out chips to call. The river fell
and Petronack checked for a final time. Beasy thought about his decision and then checked behind.
Petronack showed ![]()
for a flopped set of queens and Beasy quickly mucked, tapping the felt to indicate a nice hand for Petronack. A few other players at the table agreed, letting out varying remarks that all led back to a compliment for a nice hand in one way or another.
Here's an updated seat draw with 12 players remaining. The tournament clock reads 26 entries and late registration will be available for just under two hours, with a 10:13 p.m. local time being the estimated minute that the registration period closes.
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Vic Peppe |
| 1 | 4 | Jared Koppel |
| 1 | 5 | Blake Bohn |
| 1 | 6 | Ian Matakis |
| 1 | 7 | Mark Bloomberg |
| 1 | 8 | Michael Williams |
| 2 | 1 | Dennis Stevermer |
| 2 | 3 | Kou Vang |
| 2 | 4 | Jeff Petronack |
| 2 | 5 | Joseph Beasy |
| 2 | 8 | Jon Hanner |
| 2 | 9 | Daniel Schmidtknecht |
Nathan Peterson was on the button and saw action folded to him. He raised to 3,000 and was three-bet to 8,200 by Daniel Schmidtknecht, who was in the big blind. Peterson called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Schmidtknecht made a continuation-bet of 8,000. Peterson thought for about 30 seconds and then put his chips into one tall stack that he slid forward to go all in. Schmidtknecht immediately called.
"I have a ten," said Peterson, tabling ![]()
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Schmidtknecht showed ![]()
for top pair, top kicker to put him way out in front of Peterson's second pair.
The turn
and river
left Peterson's tens second-best to Schmidtknecht's aces up, resulting in his departure from the tournament as Schmidtknecht finds himself with over 100,000 in chips, becoming the only player currently with a six-figure stack.
There was around 17,000 in the pot on a board reading ![]()
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and Mark Bloomberg bet out 9,000 from the big blind to put action onto Blake Bohn, who was on the button. Bohn went into the tank for a bit, thinking about his decision.
"He has to have a four," said Bohn to Ian Matakis, who was out of the hand and sitting in between Bohn and Bloomberg. He then thought for a bit more.
"How much is the bet?" asked Bohn. The dealer confirmed the amount and Bohn put out two T5,000 chips to make the call.
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for trip fours. Bohn mucked.
"See? He has to have a four!" Bohn said to Matakis with a laugh. "I said he has to have a four and I still called."
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Players are on another 10-minute break. Registration will be available through the next three levels as well as the break that follows.
Kou Vang opened to 2,200 from under the gun and action folded around to Dennis Stevermer, who defended his big blind. The two went heads up and checked through to the river on a runout of ![]()
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, where Stevermer put out a bet of 3,000. Vang thought for about a minute and then called.
Stevermer showed ![]()
for a flopped flush, and Vang quickly flashed ![]()
before the dealer mucked his hand and shipped the pot Stevermer's way.
Meanwhile, Cody Espeseth was eliminated hands before. He caught up after his bust out to share the details of the hand, stating that he was knocked out by Jon Hanner the very next hand after Hanner doubled through him. Hanner opened to 2,200 from middle position and action folded around to Espseth, who three-bet to 8,500. Hanner shoved all in and Espeseth called for just less.
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The board ran out ten-high, leaving Espeseth's unpaired hand unimproved as he found himself dry on chips to result in him hitting the rail for the time being.
Nathan Peterson opened to 2,200 from middle position and was three-bet all in by Jon Hanner, who was in the hijack. Action then folded around to Cody Espeseth, who was in the big blind and reraised all in to fold out Peterson.
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The flop came ![]()
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to give Hanner his much-needed three outer, planting him out in front with a pair of jacks. However, Espeseth picked up four Broadway outs to bring the number of cards that Hanner needed to fade up to seven. The turn
gave Espeseth two more outs at a counterfeited two pair if a queen fell on the river, however it did not as the
came to complete the runout.
Hanner pushed his stack forward and it was totaled to 18,800, which Espeseth paid off before the dealer began the next hand.