Late Registration Closes
Late registration has closed upon the start of Level 9 with a total of 152 entrants for Day 1a.
Late registration has closed upon the start of Level 9 with a total of 152 entrants for Day 1a.
The under the gun player opened to 3,000 and Kyna England three-bet to 8,000 as the player next to act.
The action folded back to the under the gun player, who thought for a minute and folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kyna England |
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Picking up the action on the turn on a board of in a heads-up pot, Kyna England fired a bet of 6,500 and Vaughn Lower called.
England fired a bet of 16,000 on the river and Lower took a few seconds before calling.
"Eh, you win," England said before tabling for a pair of nines, which was no good against the flopped straight of Lower with .
"Slow roll! You f***ing nit!" England laughed. "I thought you just had a jack."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kyna England |
130,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Vaughn Lower |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Mike Brady was in middle position and tossed in three grey chips for a raise to 15,000, a nearly 10x open at the current blind level of 800/1,600.
"Fifteen?" asked the player in the big blind when the action folded to him. The player then folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Brady | 25,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chad Holloway | Busted | |
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Kris Burchfield | Busted |
Picking up the action on a flop of in a heads-up pot, Vaughn Lower bet 3,000 from the button and the big blind check-called.
The opponent checked on the turn and Lower fired a bet of 6,000. The opponent again called.
The opponent checked a third time on the river and Lower took a minute before betting 16,000. His opponent let it go.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vaughn Lower | 50,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Kyna England in the big blind was in a heads-up pot against Timothy Vu from under the gun on a board reading .
Vu fired a turn bet of 10,000 and England check-raised to around 50,000. Vu called.
The river brought the and England put out a stack of chips to put Vu all-in for around 15,000. Vu tanked for multiple minutes and eventually called.
England showed for king-high and Vu turned over to win the pot with a better king-high. Vu took a victory lap around the tournament area after making the big call, while England was visibly flustered after taking a big hit to her stack.
"Just getting it in on the turn," said England. "That was terrible, actually."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Vu |
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Kyna England |
60,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500