Run It Up Reno IX
2019 $10,000 WSOP Short Deck Bracelet winner Alex Epstein's stack just zoomed up over the six-figure mark, and a player at the table shared the events leading up to his chip stack increasing to its current point.
Epstein held ![]()
against an opponent with ![]()
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flop and a
turn led to all the chips getting in the pot with the straight flush draw up against trip tens. A
on the river sent Epstein's stock soaring and his opponent to the rail.
Four players went to the ![]()
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flop. Action checked to David Mann under the gun, who bet 3,000. Jamie Kerstetter called in the small blind, as did Albert Sanchez in the big blind.
The turn came
, action checked to Mann again, and he stayed the aggressor with an 8,000 bet. Kerstetter called, and Sanchez folded.
The river came
, and Kerstetter check-called an 11,600 bet from Mann. Mann turned over ![]()
, good for aces full of nines.
With the board showing ![]()
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, Doug Brown put in a river bet for 12,000.
Hong Zhang went deep into the tank contemplating the decision, eventually making a frustrated fold. The pot puts Brown up to two times the starting stack on the day.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Gerald Morrell got his last 32,300 in chips in from the big blind on a ![]()
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flop, and was at risk against Marty Gorenc in the hijack.
Gerald Morrell: ![]()
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Marty Gorenc: ![]()
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Gorenc's top pair needed to fade a bunch of outs from Morrell's straight and flush draws to hold on, but the
turn filled Morrell's straight. Gorenc could chop the pot with a nine on the river, but the
actually improved Morrell further to a flush and earned him the double.
An under-the-gun player limped, Jaman Burton completed on the small blind, and the big blind checked.
Burton checked the ![]()
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flop, the big blind led out for 3,000, the under-the-gun player folded, and Burton called.
The big blind bet 6,000 on the
turn, and Burton folded. Despite losing a few chips in that pot, the poker vlogger Burton has more than two times the starting stack as Level 8 plays on.
Four players went to a ![]()
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flop. The under-the-gun player bet, Albert Sanchez called on his direct left, and the other two players folded.
The under-the-gun player continued with another bet on the
turn, and Sanchez called again. Sanchez' opponent got his last 30,000 chips in on the
river, and Sanchez went into the tank.
After a few moments, Sanchez made the call, and it was indeed the correct play, as Sanchez' ![]()
was the winner against the opponent's ![]()
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The pot brought Sanchez to the 150,000 mark.