Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Brandon Cantu doubled through Frank Bonacci with ![]()
against ![]()
on a board of ![]()
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. Cantu had only 25,700 but we didn't see when the money went in.
The very next hand, Bonacci jammed 14,300 in and Cantu reshoved in the small blind with ![]()
. Bonacci showed a bare
saying he had to be in the lead, and indeed his other card was a
. The board ran out clean for him and he doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
32,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
Mike Comisso just busted Patrick Clarke with ![]()
unimproved, and Clarke's hand was already in the muck when we got to the table. At the other table, Timothy Ulmer went bust as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
213,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Todd Tooley just busted Samuel Phillips when the two got all in preflop for Phillips' 55,000 and Phillips held ![]()
against ![]()
. The flop was queen-high with three hearts, and a heart that didn't pair the board hit the turn to send the pot to Tooley.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
235,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
144,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
93,000 | |
|
|
67,000
32,500
|
32,500 |
|
|
46,000
5,100
|
5,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
25,500
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
|
14,400
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
181,500
96,500
|
96,500 |
|
|
103,600
22,600
|
22,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
95,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
88,000 | |
|
|
63,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
47,800
17,800
|
17,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
44,600
27,900
|
27,900 |
|
|
25,000
5,400
|
5,400 |
|
|
20,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Nacho Barbero bet 5,100 on a ![]()
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flop, and Samuel Phillips called in the cutoff. Big blind Mark Kroon woke up with a raise to 14,000, chasing Barbero away. Phillips moved all in though, and Kroon called for 36,600 total.
Kroon: ![]()
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Phillips: ![]()
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The turn brought a
to put Phillips way ahead. The river
sealed it for him, and Barbero thanked Kroon for getting him to fold what he said was two kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
86,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
82,500
52,500
|
52,500 |
|
|
40,900
10,900
|
10,900 |
|
|
||
Justin Kindred was in the cutoff and check-called what looked like 7,300 from Patrick Clarke on a ![]()
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flop. Both checked the
and a
hit the river. Kindred came out betting with 9,500, and Clarke called. Kindred showed ![]()
which got a snort of disgust and a muck from Clarke.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
|
68,000 |
Brandon Cantu entered the tournament and Nacho Barbero reentered. Cantu is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and one-time World Poker Tour champ.
With that, registration has closed with 47 players on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
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Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200