While carousing the room, we noticed that a Alex Venovski is commanding a rather large chip stack. We've got him at 147,000, and we'll certainly be keeping an eye on him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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147,000
117,000
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117,000 |
We didn't walk up until the flop was out, but we can pretty much guess the preflop action. The heads-up pot was between the under-the-gun player and big blind Phil Collins, and we're almost certain that Collins was either a squeeze-raiser or a three-bettor before the flop because there was about 8,000 in the pot as the two men went forward.
The dealer spread out 
, and Collins continued out with 3,500. His opponent called that bet, then another 6,500 after the 
turn. The river was a potential scare card, the 
, but Collins kept the heat on with another 9,500. The call came a little bit quicker this time, and Collins tabled his 
with a fair amount of confidence.
No good. The other gent tabled 
, and Collins has been reduced back down to about 46,000 chips now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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126,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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110,000
82,000
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82,000 |
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95,000
59,200
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59,200 |
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75,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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50,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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49,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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43,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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38,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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36,000 | |
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33,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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23,000
54,000
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54,000 |
|
11,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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6,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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6,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
A player opened to 1,500 and Michael Mizrachi called. The flop came down 
and the preflop raiser fired 2,700. Mizrachi made the call and the turn brought the . The first player checked and Mizrachi bet 2,000. His opponent check-raised to 6,500 and Mizrachi called. The river was the 
and both players checked.
The first player showed the , but Mizrachi had the best of it with the 
. Mizrachi's up to 75,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
61,000
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61,000 |
|
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After his opponent checked the 
flop, Nick Schulman bet 1,800. His opponent check-raised to 5,000 and Schulman couldn't stand the heat. He folded and dropped back to 18,300 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,300
15,700
|
15,700 |
|
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Team PokerStars Pro Marcel Luske bet 2,000 on the {Ac]
flop and his opponent called. The river was the 
to pair the board and Luske bet again for another 2,000. His opponent folded the 
face up and Luske showed him the 
for top two pair. He's up to 75,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000 | |
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After two players checked the 
flop, Xuan Liu bet 2,400. Both of them made the call and the landed on the turn. The first two players checked again. Liu took some time and then fired 8,075. Both of her opponents folded and Liu won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Facing a raise to 1,200, Vanessa Selbst did what she does best; three-bet. The PokerStars Team Pro tossed out 2,700, a player in the big blind called, and so too did the original raiser. The flop fell 
, and the player in the big blind led for 2,200. The original raiser folded, and Selbst did we she does best; raise.
She flipped 7,400 forward, and after a few seconds, her opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
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Harry "UgotaBanana" Kaczka was faced with a 5,375-chip bet with the board reading 
. Kaczka tank-called.
The river was the 
, and Kaczka's opponent led again - this time for 7,575. Kaczka was in the tank, and his opponent randomly stood up and began walking around. Kaczka observed this strange action for a little longer, then folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
