Shaun Deeb Storms To The Lead As High Rollers Reach Final
Shaun Deeb wins dramatic hand against Micah Raskin to reach final as Chris Klodnicki bubbles final table. Read more in the PokerStars Blog.
Shaun Deeb wins dramatic hand against Micah Raskin to reach final as Chris Klodnicki bubbles final table. Read more in the PokerStars Blog.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
With eight minutes left in Level 21, the cards are in the air!
Mike Watson opened to 45,000 with from the cutoff, and Tobias Reinkemeier defended from the big blind with . The flop fell , Reinkemeier checked, and Watson continued for 60,000.
Reinkemeier quickly folded.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 47,000 form early position with and cleared the field to Vanessa Sebst, who called with in the big blind. The flop saw Selbst check and Troyanovskiy, who paired his ace, bet 40,000. Selbst folded and Troyanovskiy took down the small pot.
Mike Watson opened to 45,000 with from early position, Tobias Reinkemeier called on the button with , and the flop fell . Watson led out for 60,000, and Reinkemeier called.
The turn was the , Watson led again - this time for 165,000 - and Reinkemeier tank-called.
A third diamond - the - completed the board, and Watson slid out one million in yellow T25,000 chips. Reinkemeier, who was faced with an all-in bet, removed his sunglasses and studied Watson. He eventually folded, and Watson raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mike Watson |
2,065,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
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Tobias Reinkemeier |
479,000
-397,000
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-397,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
It didn't take long for the first elimination of the day, and no surprise it was the short stack.
It happened when Ole Schemion opened for 48,000 under the gun with and a short-stacked Micah Raskin moved all in for 344,000 from the hijack holding . Action folded back around to Schemion and he snap-called.
“Ace please, dealer,” Raskin said. “Right in the window.” The dealer did not oblige, but the flop did pair his jack. However, he needed even more help and would find none as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river. Raskin shook hands with the remaining players and then exited the stage in eighth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Micah Raskin | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shaun Deeb |
2,479,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
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Mike Watson |
2,062,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
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Ole Schemion |
1,664,000
437,000
|
437,000 |
|
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Vladimir Troyanovskiy |
1,662,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Vanessa Selbst |
1,465,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
Bryn Kenney |
459,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
Tobias Reinkemeier opened for 50,000 under the gun with and received a call from Shaun Deeb, who held in middle position. Ole Schemion then called from the button with , Bryn Kenney called with from the big blind, and four players took a flop of .
Kenney checked and Reinkemeier continuation bet 105,000. It proved enough to get the job done as one by one his opponents folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tobias Reinkemeier |
707,000
228,000
|
228,000 |