Mustapha Kanit has just signed up. Having barely played a hand, he can now enjoy a 20-minute break like the rest of the field.
Mustapha Kanit has just signed up. Having barely played a hand, he can now enjoy a 20-minute break like the rest of the field.
Action folded to a short-stacked Kevin Hobbs in the small blind and he just limped. Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel checked his option from the big and the two took a flop of ![]()
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Hobbs led out for 3,000, Seidel called, and the dealer burned and turned the
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Hobbs checked and Seidel bet 4,500. Hobbs then check-raised to 15,000, Seidel called, and the
completed the board on the river.
Hobbs moved all in for his remaining 29,700 and Seidel quickly folded.
As we arrived, the flop was already out with ![]()
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on the table in a hand between Steve O'Dwyer (button) and Christopher Frank (big blind). Frank had checked at that time and O'Dwyer had two 5,000-chips in front of him, though the bet could've been smaller than 10,000 total. Frank check-raised to 27,000 and O'Dwyer called.
The
hit the turn and Frank bet 38,000. O'Dywer called again.
Both checked on the
river and Frank showed a winner with ![]()
as O'Dywer mucked shortly upon being shown the rivered straight.
Hollywood star Kevin Hart raised to 6,000 under the gun and Nick Petrangelo, who last night won the PokerStars Championship Player of the Year title and $100,000, called from the button. Koray Aldemir then three-bet to 28,000 from the small blind, and both Hart and Petrangelo called.
"When I'm in the pot, instant fireworks," said Hart after Aldemir checked. "I'm sick of this shit."
Hart then put together a bet of 65,000 and tossed it into the pot. Petrangelo snap-folded and Aldemir gave it up.
"Show the bluff," a player at the table told the comedian.
"I never show my cards," Hart responded. "It's the first thing Phil Hellmuth taught me in his book."
Hart then sent his cards to the muck face down.
Jason Koon opened the button for 5,400 and big blind Seth Davies called.
Davies and Koon both checked on the flop of ![]()
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and the
hit the turn. Davies bet out 4,000 and Koon raised to 13,300. Davies called.
The
completed the board making for a straight on the table and Davies checked. Koon tanked, used a time bank card, and bet 55,000. Davies thought about it for a bit and eventually let it go.
Koon showed the
as he raked in the pot. He won the next hand as well where he fired two streets against Byron Kaverman and is now up to over starting stack again.
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
In the last hand of Level 3, Daniel Dvoress raised to 4,000 from the hijack and Stephen Chidwick responded with a three-bet to 13,500 from the cutoff. The rest of the players folded, Dvoress called, and the flop came down ![]()
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Dvoress check-called a bet of 7,500 and then both players checked the
turn (though Chidwick burned a time extension before doing so).
On the
river, which put four diamonds on board, Dvoress checked and then used nearly all 30 seconds on the shot clock before folding to Chidwick's 45,000 bet.
Christopher Kruk raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Jean-Noel Thorel called from the small blind. Orpen Kisacikoglu then three-bet to 18,600 from the big blind, Kruk called, and Thorel got out of the way.
The ![]()
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flop saw Kisacikoglu bet 11,000 and Kruk called. Kisacikoglu then bet 27,000 on the
turn, Kruk called, and the
completed the board on the river.
Kisacikoglu slowed down with a check but snap-called when Kruk bet 55,000. Kruk showed the ![]()
for a missed open-ended straight draw, and Kisacikoglu tabled the ![]()
winner.
Timothy Adams opened the hijack for 3,600 and Ben Tollerene on the button three-bet to 12,500. The blinds got out of the way and Adams four-bet to 30,000. Tollerene called.
Adams bet 21,000 on ![]()
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and Tollerene called.
The
hit the turn and Adams shoved for 117,800. Tollerene called.
Timothy Adams: ![]()
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Ben Tollerene: ![]()
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Adams needed to hit an eight, ace, or any club and did just that with the
on the river. Double up for Adams, knocking Tollerene down to 314,000.
Scott Seiver opened the cutoff for 4,000 and big blind Koray Aldemir called. They both checked on ![]()
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and the
hit the turn. Aldemir checked again and called as Seiver bet 6,000.
The
on the river had Aldemir check one last time. Seiver bet 10,000 and Aldemir called.
Seiver showed ![]()
while Aldemir tabled ![]()
.