John Cipriano opened to 100,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 600,000. He then went all in and his opponent called.
John Cipriano: QxQx
Opponent: AxKx
His opponent spiked an ace on the turn and Cipriano would hit the rail in 19th place after a great run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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William Slovinsky was eliminated in 20th place after his A♦2♥ could not hold against his opponents J♣J♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Action folded all the way to Michael Dorff in the small blind who went all in with pocket nines and was called by the big blind's ace-seven off suit. The big blind would spike an ace on the turn.
Dorff hit the rail in 21st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Andrew Merola was eliminated when he went all in with Kx10x and his opponent called with QxJx and spiked a jack on the river.
He exited in 22nd place after an incredible run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Jonathan Luchin went all in from middle position for his last three big blinds. It folded to a player in the small blind who called and the cards hit their backs.
Jonathan Luchin: A♦3♥
Small Blind: 8♣8♠
The full board ran out 9♦K♦K♥6♠Q♥ and Luchin was eliminated in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
James Hearty Zaragoza was eliminated after his A♠9♠ could not improve against his opponents 4♣4♠. He hits the rail in 24th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
The PokerStars Summer Series continues at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia. Don’t miss out on the next two events with even larger guaranteed prize pools!
Event #2 runs from August 31-September 3, with a buy-in of $1,100 and a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000!
| Date | Day | Starting Time |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31 | Day 1a | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 1 | Day 1b | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 2 | Day 1c | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 3 | Day 2 | 11:15 a.m. |
Event #3 runs from September 7-10, with a buy-in of $2,200 and a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000!
| Date | Day | Starting Time |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 7 | Day 1a | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 8 | Day 1b | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 9 | Day 1c | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 10 | Day 2 | 11:15 a.m. |
Action was opened in early position to 80,000. It folded to Alesandro Jimenes in late position who three-bet to 200,000. Hengzhen Zhang was in the small blind and went all in. The original raiser folded and Jimenes called.
Hengzhen Zhang: K♠K♥
Alesandro Jimenes: A♥A♦
The board ran out jack-high and Zhang hits the rail in 25th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
The PokerStars Summer Series continues at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia. Don’t miss out on the next two events with even larger guaranteed prize pools!
Event #2 runs from August 31-September 3, with a buy-in of $1,100 and a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000!
| Date | Day | Starting Time |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31 | Day 1a | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 1 | Day 1b | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 2 | Day 1c | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 3 | Day 2 | 11:15 a.m. |
Event #3 runs from September 7-10, with a buy-in of $2,200 and a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000!
| Date | Day | Starting Time |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 7 | Day 1a | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 8 | Day 1b | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 9 | Day 1c | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 10 | Day 2 | 11:15 a.m. |
If you're looking to play a big live tournament in Pennsylvania without putting up the four-figure buy-in, there are plenty of opportunities to qualify into tournaments on PokerStars Pennsylvania. PokerStars PA is currently running Summer Series Qualfiers and awarding seats to the first-ever PokerStars Summer Series at Live! Philadelphia later this month.
The PokerStars Summer Series features $1 million in guarantees and will take place Aug. 24-Sept. 10. In the final week of August, there will be plenty of opportunities for players to satellite into the $300,000 guaranteed $1,100 NLH event and the $500,000 guaranteed $2,200 NLH event.
