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.
William Slovinsky was eliminated in 20th place after his A♦2♥ could not hold against his opponents J♣J♠.
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.
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.
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.
James Hearty Zaragoza was eliminated after his A♠9♠ could not improve against his opponents 4♣4♠. He hits the rail in 24th place.
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
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. |
Players are now on a 40-minute Dinner Break and will return at about 6:23 p.m. local time.
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.
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