2023 PokerNews Cup

$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD)
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2023 PokerNews Cup
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$176,540
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$2,261,070
Entries
2,331
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
504
Players Left
63
Players Left 1 / 2,331
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Choch Makes Big Laydown; Khatri Eliminated

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Bhavin Khatri
Bhavin Khatri

The under-the-gun player limped in before Justin Chock made it 18,000 from middle position. Bhavin Khatri, who was once a big stack, jammed for just 25,000 on his direct left. Action folded to Qingwei Meng in the big blind who clicked it to 50,000.

The under-the-gun player folded and Chock went deep into the tank before folding QQ face up.

He soon had a look of relief on his face as Meng and Khatri tabled their cards.

Bhavin Khatri: 33
Qingwei Meng: AA

Chock had pulled off a great escape folding his pocket queens but regret soon appeared as the flop came with the Q102. The 89 turn and river confirmed Khatri's exit and Meng chipped up.

Player Chips Progress
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Qingwei Meng
200,000
66,000
66,000
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Justin Chock
130,000
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Bhavin Khatri
Busted

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Meng Downs Another

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Qingwei Meng
Qingwei Meng

The middle position player opened to 12,000 before Qingwi Meng three-bet to 40,000 from the small blind. The original raiser then jammed for 132,000 and Meng called.

Middle Position: AK
Qingwei Meng: QQ

Meng immediately fell behind as his opponent paired up on the A77 flop. The 6 turn changed nothing but the Q river gave Meng a full house while rendering his opponent's flush meaningless.

Player Chips Progress
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Qingwei Meng
340,000
140,000
140,000

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Ingles Flops the World

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Pedro Ingles opened to 13,000 from middle position and called when an opponent jammed for 73,000.

Opponent: A10
Pedro Ingles: KQ

Ingles smashed the Q87 flop, making top pair and having a flush draw. the 6 turn kept him ahead and he sealed the checkmark following the J river.

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Pedro Ingles
355,000

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Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Ingles Wins Biggest Pot of the Day

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The small blind opened to 24,000 out of his 284,000 stack before Pedro Ingles moved all in as the bigger stack from the big blind.

Then small blind thought about briefly before calling for his tournament life.

"Wow," said the table as the two table captains tangled late on in the day.

Small Blind: AJ
Pedro Ingles: AK

Ingles had his opponent dominated and became an even bigger favorite after the K53 flop. there would be no miracle runout for the small blind as the board completed with the 79.

Player Chips Progress
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Pedro Ingles
700,000
345,000
345,000

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Underwood Rides With Cowboys

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Benjamin Underwood bet 74,000 of his remaining 75,000 from the cutoff and in the small blind, another player moved all in for more which saw the big blind fold 55 face up and Underwood called.

Benjamin Underwood: KK
Opponent: JJ

The board ran out 610Q66 and the kings held up as the best hand.

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Benjamin Underwood
166,000
131,000
131,000

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Rieder and Coromandel Play a Big One

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was caught with cards on their backs. Andre Rieder was all in for 239,000 and was at risk to Rangimarie Coromandel.

Andre Rieder: KK
Rangimarie Coromandel: AJ

Rieder found a late-night double-up following the QJ776 runout.

This left Coromandel with just 26,000 and he was all in and at risk the following hand. He held the A9 and was up against AQ. He paired his nine on the 98357 flop to get a much need stack boost.

Player Chips Progress
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Andre Rieder
500,000
500,000
500,000
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Rangimarie Coromandel
72,000
33,000
33,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000