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Event #8: $30K GTD Progressive Knockout Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

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Final Results
Winner
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman
Winning Hand
64
Prize
$5,212
Event Info
Buy-in
$320
Entries
139

Haberman Doubles To Take the Chip Lead

Michael Haberman
Michael Haberman

In Level 30 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "lenny54" opened to 88,000 on the button and was three-bet to 288,000 by Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman in the small blind. "lenny54" four-bet shoved for 1.21 million effective and Haberman quickly called.

Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
"lenny54": {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

Haberman faded the three aces left in the deck as the runout came {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts}{k-Spades} and he doubled, overtaking the chip lead in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman us
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman
2,496,842 1,314,031
lenny54 us
lenny54
1,917,986 -1,130,531

"mooseman1710" eliminated in 5th Place ($1,469 + $731 in Bounties)

"mooseman1710"
"mooseman1710"

In Level 30 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, James ‘Bagels’ Lillis opened from the cutoff and "mooseman1710" three-bet shoved for 547,000 in the big blind. Lillis called.

"mooseman1710": {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

"mooseman1710" needed to hold to stay alive and the flop {j-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{6-Hearts} added nine more outs they needed to fade. The turn {2-Diamonds} was safe but the river {10-Hearts} proved to be too much, giving Lillis a flush to eliminate "mooseman1710" from the tournament in fifth place.

Player Chips Progress
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis us
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis
1,341,868 339,868
mooseman1710 us
mooseman1710
Busted

Daniel “leinad” Buzgon Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,084 + $768 in Bounties)

Dan Buzgon
Dan Buzgon

In Level 29 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, James "Lillis" Bagels opened to 72,000 on the button and Daniel “leinad” Buzgon three-bet jammed for 1.28 million in the small blind. "lenny54" was in the big blind and came over the top for 1.66 million, forcing Lillis out of the pot.

Daniel “leinad” Buzgon: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
"lenny54": {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}

Buzgon flopped top two pair as {q-Clubs}{4-Spades}{a-Hearts} appeared, leaving him in need of running queens to stay alive. Instead, running threes {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} came to finish the runout and his night along with it, taking sixth place for a combined $1,852.

"leinad"
"leinad"
Player Chips Progress
lenny54 us
lenny54
3,048,517 1,252,872
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman us
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman
1,182,811 295,891
TraderSteve us
TraderSteve
1,082,804 -216,155
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis us
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis
1,002,000 328,600
mooseman1710 us
mooseman1710
633,868 -320,800
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
Busted

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Buzgon Flips Well Against Lillis

Daniel Buzgon
Daniel Buzgon

In Level 28 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "TraderSteve" opened to 64,000 on the button and James "Bagels" Lillis called in the small blind. Daniel "leinad" Buzgon was next to act in the big blind and three-bet jammed for 474,000. "TraderSteve" folded to put action onto Lillis, who called after about two seconds.

Daniel “leinad” Buzgon: {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis: {6-Clubs}{6-Spades}

Buzgon pulled ahead on the flop {5-Spades}{q-Spades}{3-Hearts} and stayed there through the turn {9-Clubs} and river {2-Clubs} to stay alive and see a seven-figure pot shipped his way.

Player Chips Progress
TraderSteve us
TraderSteve
1,298,959 -122,500
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
1,036,408 539,704
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis us
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis
673,400 -706,704

"Core4" Eliminated in 7th Place ($840 + $628 in Bounties)

"Core4"
"Core4"

In Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "Core4" defended their big blind to an open of 55,000 from "lenny54" in the cutoff. The flop came {2-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and "Core4" checked. "lenny54" made a continuation-bet of 55,000 and "Core4" called.

The turn fell {j-Hearts} and "Core4" checked again. "lenny54" fired a second barrel of 95,000 and "Core4" thought for a few moments before check-jamming for 474,000. "lenny54" immediately called.

"Core4": {j-Spades}{2-Hearts}
"lenny54": {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

"Core4" had seen their shove called by a full house and were drawing to the case jack for a chop. It didn't come on the river {k-Diamonds} and they were eliminated from the tournament in seventh place.

Player Chips Progress
lenny54 us
lenny54
1,795,645 703,832
Core4 us
Core4
Busted

"bighatnocattle" Eliminated in 8th Place ($631 + $225 in Bounties)

"bighatnocattle"
"bighatnocattle"

In Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000, "TraderSteve" opened to 56,000 in the hijack and "bighatnocattle" three-bet jammed for 167,000. James "Lillis" Bagels shoved over the top in the small blind for 571,000 and "TraderSteve" wasted no time calling both shoves.

"bighatnocattle": {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
James "Bagels" Lills": {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}
"TraderSteve": {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

"TraderSteve" had their sights set on a double knockout and the flop {4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{9-Clubs} left them in good shape. However, Lillis struck gold on the turn {7-Spades} and faded the two outer on the river {4-Spades} to knock "bighatnocattle" out of the tournament in 8th place en route to winning a pot good for 1.38 million.

Lillis then lost a pot to Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman before the current break to bring stacks to their current values.

Player Chips Progress
TraderSteve us
TraderSteve
1,421,459 -263,070
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis us
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis
1,380,104 835,634
lenny54 us
lenny54
1,091,813 35,000
mooseman1710 us
mooseman1710
954,668 -77,000
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman us
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman
886,920 57,400
Core4 us
Core4
718,332 -238,000
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
496,704 -307,000
bighatnocattle us
bighatnocattle
Busted

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Lillis Doubles; "Stevehung" Busts To Reach Final Table

"Bagels"
"Bagels"

In Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "mooseman1710" saw action fold around to the small blind and jammed to put James "Bagels" Lillis all in for 295,000. Lillis made the call.

James "Bagels" Lillis: {a-Hearts}{6-Spades}
"mooseman1710": {k-Spades}{10-Spades}

Lillis had his opponent drawing dead by the turn as the board ran out {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} to score him the double.

Moments later, "Stevehung" got all in prelfop with {k-Spades}{2-Diamonds} against the {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} of Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman and was unable to connect to finish the tournament in ninth place. With their elimination, eight players now remain and the final table has officially been reached.

Player Chips Progress
TraderSteve us
TraderSteve
1,684,529 424,218
lenny54 us
lenny54
1,056,813 81,800
mooseman1710 us
mooseman1710
1,031,668 -243,885
Core4 us
Core4
956,332 -94,800
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman us
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman
829,520 -53,776
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon
803,704 359,500
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis us
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis
544,470 122,985
bighatnocattle us
bighatnocattle
342,964 100,482
Stevehung us
Stevehung
Busted

"bighatnocattle" Sees a Brutal Runout

In Level 26 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, "lenny54" shoved for 527,000 on the button and got action from "bighatnocattle" in the small blind.

"lenny54" {k-Hearts}{5-Spades}
"bighatnocattle": {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

"bighatnocattle" was in great shape for a knockout and saw the flop {2-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{5-Clubs} leave them needing to fade only the two remaining fives in the deck. The turn {5-Diamonds} ended up being one of them, flipping their fortunes as the river {10-Hearts} completed the runout and "lenny54" shipped the double.

"bighatnocattle" was left with only a handful of big blinds but doubled with pocket sevens to the jack-six of "lenny54" a couple of hands later to bring them back to 10 big blinds.

"lenny54"
"lenny54"
Player Chips Progress
lenny54 us
lenny54
975,013 348,886
bighatnocattle us
bighatnocattle
242,482 -333,286