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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200