Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Ilkin Amirov moved all in for 142,000 from early position and found a call from Darren Elias in the hijack. The cards were turned over to find the two racing for Amirov's tournament life.
Amirov: ![]()
Elias: ![]()
The board fell ![]()
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, keeping Amirov's fives in the lead and allowing him to double to about 300,000. Elias, on the other hand, has dropped to 325,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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325,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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300,000
130,000
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130,000 |
Simeon Naydenov was eliminated at the hands of Dan Heimiller in unknown action in 35th place. Heimiller now has the chip lead with about 1.01 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,010,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
108,000
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108,000 |
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200,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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140,000
44,000
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44,000 |
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120,000
38,000
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38,000 |
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105,000
44,000
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44,000 |
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We found Zvi Stern all in and at risk before the flop against Joe Kuether. The hands were tabled to find Kuether in a dominating position.
Kuether: ![]()
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The board fell ![]()
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and Kuether scored the elimination. Stern fell in 34th place and collected $44,540 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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760,000
425,000
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425,000 |
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Busted |
Ivan Luca and Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody have recently been eliminated in 33rd and 32nd places, respectively.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Jonathan Little was in early position and open-shoved for 63,000. Ilkin Amirov moved all in over the top from middle position for 149,000 total and action folded to Darren Elias in the hijack. Elias four-bet shoved all in and the rest of the table folded.
Little: ![]()
Amirov: ![]()
Elias: ![]()
Elias had both players covered in chips, but was unable to get the job done after a ![]()
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run out. Little and Amirov each played their ten to make a straight, chopping the main pot. Amirov, however, doubled through Elias for the rest, moving Elias down to just 165,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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310,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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165,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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100,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Robert Tepper opened for 22,000 and was called by Faraz Jaka and Dan Heimiller. Jonathan Little moved all in for 104,000 and Tepper folded. Jaka made the call and Heimiller got out of the way. Jaka flipped over ![]()
and was racing against Little's ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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to send the pot to Jaka and eliminate Little from the tournament in 31st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,275,000
265,000
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265,000 |
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725,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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125,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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Busted | |
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We found a short-stacked Igor Kurganov all in and at risk before the flop holding ![]()
against Taylor Paur's ![]()
. The board fell ![]()
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, pairing both of Paur's cards and eliminating Kurganov in 30th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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420,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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Busted | |
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Dan Hemiller raised to 35,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Robert Tepper in the big blind. Tepper moved all in for 116,000, putting action back on Heimiller.
"Make sure you write in the report that Tepper was ahead even if he doesn't call," said Tepper to our Live Reporter.
Heimiller did indeed call and the hands were turned over to reveal that Tepper was in the lead.
Heimiller: ![]()
Tepper: ![]()
The board came down ![]()
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, pairing Tepper's ten and securing him a double to roughly 250,000.
"And make sure you put in the report that Heimiller felt the pain," finished Tepper.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,125,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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250,000
125,000
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125,000 |