Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The under-the-gun player limped, Istvan Szabo raised to 800 in early position, a middle-position player, the button, and both blinds called called, and the under-the-gun limper called.
The small blind led out for 2,000 on the ![]()
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flop, and only Szabo called.
The small blind bet 2,000 again on the
turn, and Szabo called.
The small blind bet 5,000 on the
river, Szabo raised to 14,000, and the small blind called. Szabo's ![]()
was the winner, with his broadway straight besting the small blind's ![]()
for a rivered set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
76,000 |
Neil Wertheim opened to 1,000 in early position, and got calls from the hijack and small blind.
Action checked to Wertheim on the ![]()
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flop, Wertheim bet 1,800, and only the small blind called.
The small blind checked again on the
turn, Wertheim bet 2,800, and the small blind folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000 |
With another big pot on the line between Robert Anderson and John Wilson, Anderson, from under the gun, put out a river bet for 11,000 with the board reading ![]()
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.
Wilson, in the hijack, thought it over briefly, the made the call. Anderson immediately mucked, and Wilson tabled ![]()
.
After the successful bluff catch, Wilson is at 54,000 as Level 4 continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
45,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
Preflop action is unknown, but more than 20,000 went into the middle between Neal Harris, in middle position, and his opponent on the button.
The flop came ![]()
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, and Harris went all in, putting in an overbet for 27,700.
The button went deep into the tank, taking a couple of minutes before making the call, with Harris covered by just 1,500.
Neal Harris: ![]()
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Button: ![]()
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The turn
and river
sealed the double up for Harris, with his pocket kings holding up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 |
Details leading up to the showdown are unclear, but the dealer at Table 39 just pushed a massive pot the way of Robert Anderson as the coolers continue in the early levels of Day 1a.
The board was dealt ![]()
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, with Anderson showing ![]()
against John Wilson's ![]()
. The superior set won the pot for Anderson, who's up to nearly double the starting stack in the aftermath.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
50,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
The pot had swelled to a considerable size on a ![]()
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board, and a player in middle position put out a river bet for 7,500.
John Wilson, in the hijack, thought it over for a few moments before raising to 40,000, leaving just a few hundred chips behind.
The middle-position player thought it over briefly, then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200