Anton Astapau opened to 40,000 and called the shove of button Brian Yoon, who had only 174,000.
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Astapau's cards were live, but neither player improved as the board rolled out ![]()
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, leaving unimproved ace-high the winner for Yoon.
Anton Astapau opened to 40,000 and called the shove of button Brian Yoon, who had only 174,000.
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Astapau's cards were live, but neither player improved as the board rolled out ![]()
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, leaving unimproved ace-high the winner for Yoon.
Jeff Gross pushed from the button for about 180,000, and Ben Heath shoved and isolated him in the small blind.
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, leaving Gross drawing dead on the turn.
Nick Maimone finished what he started just before the break and eliminated Greg Merson shortly after it.
Merson lost to Maimone right before the break when Maimone flopped trips, and the two got all in again after the break.
Merson was eliminated shortly after Michael Kamran who finished in 14th place.
Michael Karman was eliminated in 14th place shortly after the break by Dario Sammartino.
The two were all in preflop, Sammartino had ![]()
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and that was all she wrote for Kamran who finished in 14th place, just before former WSOP Main Event champ, Greg Merson was eliminated.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
The players are on their final 15-minute break of the night.
On a hand that took both players into the break, Nick Maimone just doubled up through former WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Merson.
Jean-Pascal Savard opened the action with a preflop raise before Maimone shoved from the small blind. Merson called after being in a tank for a few minutes and was ahead with ![]()
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From under the gun, Greg Merson raised to 36,000. Jean-Pascal Savard called from the button, and Nick Maimone called from the big blind. On the ![]()
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flop, Maimone checked, Merson bet 48,000, Savard folded, and Maimone folded.
From early position, Nick Maimone raised to 38,000. Josh Beckley reraised on the button to 85,000, and Chance Kornuth reraised to 171,000 from the big blind. Maimone folded, and Beckley called.
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, and Kornuth bet 103,000 of the 530,000 he had left. Beckley thought for a bit before Maimone called the clock on him, then folded, and Kornuth won the pot.