| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
82,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
52,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
45,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
40,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
38,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
2020 Midway Poker Tour Chicago
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Johnny Flores and Michael Berk were heads up on a board of ![]()
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as they sat next to each other, Berk on Flores' left.
With about 18,000 in the pot, Flores checked and Berk bet 11,000. Flores moved all-in for 48,900 sending Berk deep into thought. After several minutes, Berk made the call with his ![]()
but was in rough shape against the ![]()
of Flores.
The river
didn't change anything and Flores doubled up to over 100,000 while Berk took a hit, leaving him with 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
116,000
66,500
|
66,500 |
|
|
70,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
The under-the-gun player open-jammed for 12,000 and Jose Cervantos opted to make the call.
Jose Cervantos: ![]()
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UTG Player: ![]()
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It was a flip but not after the flop came down ![]()
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to pair Cervantos. Neither the
turn nor
river helped the at-risk player and Cervantos scored the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,800 |
Johnny "BigOBoss" Flores raised to 1,200 preflop from middle position after the under-the-gun players limped. Yang Yeng then called from the small blind, the limper did the same, and the trio took a flop of ![]()
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.
Two checks saw Flores bet 5,000 and only Yeng called to see the
turn.
Yeng opted to lead out for 5,000 only to have Flores instantly jam for 28,000.
That did the trick as Yeng laid down his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
49,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
16,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Antonio De La Cruz opened to 1,200 from under-the-gun and faced a big three-bet from the button to 10,000. The small blind was all in for his remaining 600. De La Cruz opted to make the call.
On a flop of ![]()
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, De La Cruz bet 3,000 and was raised to 8,000 from the player on the button. De La Cruz moved all-in for a total of 17,700. After asking for a count, his opponent made the call and tabled ![]()
. De La Cruz flipped over ![]()
and the small blind all-in player showed ![]()
.
The board ran out clean for De La Cruz ![]()
who doubled to nearly twice a starting stack as we closed out Level 7.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
As we heard buzzing from an outside table, we arrived to find Michael Berk building the biggest stack in the room. Berk offered to share what happened, which was confirmed by the tournament director.
Berk opened to 900 from middle position with pocket aces. He was called in two spots, the player on his direct left and Steve Wilkie in the big blind.
The flop of ![]()
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rainbow was checked around.
On an
turn, which completed the rainbow board, Wilkie bet 2,100 which was called by Berk, and the other player folded their hand.
The
appeared on the river, giving quads to Berk. Wilkie bet 4,000 and Berk then declared "All-in."
Wlkie called off for a total of about 25,000 and showed the ![]()
for a full house, an unfortunate second-best hand for the second time today.

| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
Busted |
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Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500