Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Isaac Baron raised to 90,000 from early position with , Mike McDonald called in the cutoff with , and Pascal Lefrancois defended his big blind with . The flop fell , giving everyone a pair, and the action checked to McDonald. He checked as well.
The turn was the , giving a McDonald a spade draw to go along with his pair of tens, and Lefrancois led out for 185,000. Both Baron and McDonald called.
The completed the board, giving both Lefrancois and McDonald a straight, and the former checked. Baron checked as well, and McDonald fired out 450,000.
Lefrancois tanked for well over two minutes before folding, and Baron snap-folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike McDonald |
6,200,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
||
Pascal Lefrancois |
5,300,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
|
||
Isaac Baron |
2,700,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
|
Daniel Gamez opened to 100,000 in the cutoff with , Pascal Lefrancois called on the button with , and the flop fell . Gamez led out for 155,000, and Lefrancois snap-folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pascal Lefrancois |
5,200,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
Daniel Gamez |
2,000,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Pascal Lefrancois was in the cutoff and opened with a raise to 90,000 holding . Isaac Baron called from the big blind with and the flop came down .
Baron checked over to Lefrancois who continued out for 110,000. Baron let it go and Lefrancois dragged the pot in.
Dominik Panka raised to 100,000 with from under the gun. Fabian Ortiz called with out of the hijack and the rest of the table folded.
The dealer produced and Panka continued for 165,000. Ortiz flatted and the paired the board on fourth street. Ortiz fired again with top pair for 335,000 total. Ortiz stuck around and the finished off the board.
Both players checked and Panka tabled his king-queen for the win. He's now up to about 4.2 million in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dominik Panka |
4,200,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
||
Fabian Ortiz |
2,400,000
-640,000
|
-640,000 |
Fabian Ortiz opened to 90,000 in early position with , Madis Muur three-bet to 225,000 in the cutoff holding , and the action folded back to Ortiz, who called.
The dealer fanned , Ortiz check-called a bet of 185,000, and the turn brought the . Ortiz checked, Muur fired out another 480,000, and Ortiz folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Madis Muur |
6,600,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
Fabian Ortiz |
1,975,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
Shyam Srinivasan raised to 85,000 out of the big blind with , Isaac Baron called in the big blind with , and the flop was . Srinivasan led out for 125,000, Baron raised to 285,000, and Srinivasan moved all in.
Baron instantly folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Isaac Baron |
2,500,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
||
Shyam Srinivasan |
1,800,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Some use statistics while others rely on the power of positive thinking. Mike McDonald’s statistics leave him on the verge of becoming the first double winner, or at the very least an “-est”, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Pascal Lefrancois was in the hijack and looked down at . He put out a raise to 95,000 and Shyam Srinivasan three-bet to 250,000 from the button with . Action folded back around to Lefrancois who flatted the three-bet.
The flop came down and Lefrancois checked. Srinivasan continued out for 245,000. Lefrancois let it go and Srinivasan picked up the pot. He's now up to 2.15 million in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pascal Lefrancois |
4,970,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
||
Shyam Srinivasan |
2,150,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Madis Muur |
6,730,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Mike McDonald |
6,225,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Pascal Lefrancois | 4,970,000 | |
|
||
Dominik Panka |
4,155,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
||
Isaac Baron |
2,380,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
||
Shyam Srinivasan | 2,150,000 | |
Daniel Gamez |
1,995,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Fabian Ortiz |
1,920,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |