Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Nenad Dukic was in the cutoff against Daniel Rezaei in the big blind.
There was 23,500 in the pot and the board read ![]()
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. Rezaei bet 3,500 before Dukic raised 11,500 which caused Rezaei to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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106,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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34,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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It was a blind vs blind confrontation between Calvin Lee in the small blind and Dominykas Mikolaitis in the big blind.
There was 15,500 in the pot as the board read ![]()
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. Lee check-called the 7,000 bet from Mikolaitis.
The river came the
and Lee checked. Mikolaitis moved all in for 18,500 effective. Lee was not prepared to call for his tournament life and decided to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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224,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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18,500
31,500
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31,500 |
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Nick Petrangelo opened to 3,000 from early position and Adrian Mateos put in a three-bet to 8,000 from the hijack. The rest of the table folded and Petrangelo came along.
The flop fanned out ![]()
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and Petrangelo checked to Mateos who continued for 11,000. Petrangelo quickly folded and the pot was sent to the Spaniard.
A couple hands later the action folded to Sean Winter who limped in from the small blind and Petrangelo checked his option from the big blind.
"Do you have queens?" joked Winter before the flop of ![]()
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came out. Winter led out for 1,500 and Petrangelo made the call. On the
turn Winter checked to Petrangelo who sized to 5,000. Winter took a few seconds before letting his hand go and the pot was sent to Petrangelo.
"I had queens," laughed Winter as Petrangelo collected his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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102,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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48,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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39,000
11,000
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11,000 |
Dimitar Danchev raised to 3,500 from middle position and was called by three players before Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 18,000 in the big blind. Danchev four-bet all in for 82,500. The cold callers quickly folded and Lichtenberger snap-called covering Danchev.
Dimitar Danchev: ![]()
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Andrew Lichtenberger: ![]()
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Danchev was in rough shape as his pocket pair was dominated. The ![]()
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flop didn't help but Danchev drilled the turn when it came
to give him a full house. The river came the
to give Danchev the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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177,000
82,500
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82,500 |
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10,500
84,000
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84,000 |
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Isaac Haxton opened to 3,000 from the hijack and both Daniel Custodio on the button and Chris Lee in the big blind made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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and all three players checked their options to the
turn. Lee checked to Haxton who fired for 6,500. Custodio quickly got out of the way, and after some thought, Lee made the fold as well.
Meanwhile on Table 7, Mike Watson opened for 3,500 on the button and it folded to Dan Smith in the big blind who moved all in for 27,000. Watson quickly folded and the small pot was sent to Smith without conflict.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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68,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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53,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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44,000
10,500
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10,500 |
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43,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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31,000
2,500
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2,500 |
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Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
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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50,000
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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50,000
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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50,000
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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50,000
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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50,000
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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50,000
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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50,000
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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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
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