Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Scott Seiver may have fallen on hard times since we last saw him, as he was all in for 17,500 when we arrived at his table. He held the ![]()
and was at risk against Joe McKeehen's ![]()
. The board ran out in Seiver's favor as he flopped a ten, enabling him to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,500
2,500
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2,500 |
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41,400
3,400
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3,400 |
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We saw Paul Volpe collecting his things and exiting the tournament area. A quick check with his former table confirmed that he'd just been eliminated at the hands of Robert Gorodetsky, who is sitting with a mountain of chips.
According to Gorodetsky, Volpe had shoved for his last 25,000 of so holding ![]()
and he called with ![]()
. The board ran out clean and Volpe hit the rail.
Gorodetsky then explained "the big one," which he had won a short time earlier. As he told it, he held pocket tens when he and another player, who held ![]()
, saw a flop of ![]()
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. His opponent bet, Gorodetsky called, and a
peeled off on the turn.
His opponent bet 45,000 holding Broadway, Gorodetsky called, and a second
paired the board on the river. The player with the straight moved all in for a good chunk of change, and Gorodetsky, who barely had him covered, snap-called with tens full of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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325,000 | |
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Busted | |
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The pot was already bloated from preflop action with an ![]()
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flop on the felt when two players checked to Michael Telker. He bet 9,000, and Jeff Gross called in the big blind. A player under the gun came along as well, and the turn was a
. Gross asked to see Telker's stack, which looked to be around 40,000. He then led out with what looked to be 38,000, eliciting two quick folds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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147,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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45,200
4,800
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4,800 |
Ole Schemion jammed from the button for 28,100, and big blind Brian Altman made the call shortly after getting a count. The German stood up in anticipation after seeing his ![]()
was flipping against ![]()
, and the ![]()
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runout agreed with him.
At the same table, Olivier Busquet's clean living has clearly agreed with him as he's in contention for the chip lead with a bit shy of 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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285,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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116,300
18,700
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18,700 |
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62,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000 | |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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The remaining field will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for any last-minute action, a list of chip counts, and a full recap of the Day 1 action.
Marvin Rettenmaier and Darren Elias got in a preflop raising war that ended with the latter five-bet shipping from the button and the former calling in the cutoff. Elias slowly revealed an ![]()
, but he wasn't in bad shape as Rettenmaier held ![]()
. The race went to Rettenmaier though, as the
door card was followed by ![]()
. Elias needed running cards, and the
turn ended things.
"That was a bold snap," Anthony Zinno said with a smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Busted | |
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