Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Players have now left the tournament area for their second 15-minute break of the day.
We came upon the table to see Paul Volpe and an unknown opponent in a hand with a board fit for kings- three of them to be exact. The board read ![]()
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and Volpe's opponent was pondering an all in bet from Volpe.
Volpe had moved his last 22,875 into the middle where roughly 28,000 already sat. His opponent tanked for nearly five minutes before finally releasing his cards and awarding Volpe the pot. Volpe is now sporting roughly 51,000 in tournament chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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51,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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On a flop that read ![]()
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, a player bet out 850 and Dani Stern opted to call.
Fourth street was the
and Stern's opponent slowed down with a check. Stern took this opportunity to fire out 1,900, a bet which promptly brought a fold. By dragging in this pot Stern is now sitting on about 25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000
8,500
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8,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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66,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
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49,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
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43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
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32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
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27,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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24,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
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|
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24,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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|
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23,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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22,000
8,000
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8,000 |
|
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20,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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|
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17,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
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|
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17,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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9,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
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Busted | |
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Picking up the action on an ![]()
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board with about 4,500 in the pot, Maria Ho check-raised her opponent's bet of 2,725 to 7,250.
A call from Ho's opponent landed the
river where Ho bet 8,900. Her opponent called immediately and tabled ![]()
, but Ho had it beat with ![]()
for trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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43,000
20,400
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20,400 |
An early positioned player opened with a raise to 425. Action folded around to Chad Brown in the cutoff.
"How much is it?" asked Brown before moving out a three-bet to 1,000.
Joe Cada then looked at his cards from the button and quietly dropped down a four-bet to 2,700. The original raiser folded and Brown decided to see a flop.
The dealer tapped the table and spread out ![]()
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. Brown checked and Cada continued out with 3,300. Brown stuck around and both players checked when the
hit the turn. The river was the
and Brown bet out 3,500. Cada quickly called and Brown flipped up ![]()
for merely ace-high.
Cada showed ![]()
and his pocket rockets were good to take down the pot. Every time we've come up on Cada today we find him trending upward and this hand was no different. He's currently sitting on about 58,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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|
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21,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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|
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51,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
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|
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44,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
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|
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40,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
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|
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37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
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|
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33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
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|
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23,200
6,800
|
6,800 |
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|
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16,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
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9,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada opened with a raise to 525, and Maria Ho reraised to 1,200. Action folded back to Cada, and the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion made the call.
The flop came down ![]()
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, and Cada check-called a bet of 1,300 from Ho to see the
come out on the turn. Cada and Ho both checked, which brought out the
and completed the board. Cada led for 3,000, and Ho folded her hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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56,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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22,600
5,400
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5,400 |