Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
After a series of raises, Tavish Margers and Ediberto Pilotin got it all in preflop, with Margers at risk.
Tavish Margers:
Ediberto Pilotin:
The board on the turn was , so Pilotin was in the lead but any face card besides a jack would give Margers the win. But the river was a brick and Pilotin emerged victorious to win the pot.
Pilotin was pushed the large pot to swell his chip stack to 1,300,000 while Margers was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ediberto Pilotin |
1,300,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
Tavish Margers | Busted |
Before the flop Vidhi Seem found herself all in and at risk against big stack Nova Baghdasarian.
Vidhi Seem:
Nova Baghdasarian:
The board ran out to give Baghdasarian a full house to win the hand. Nova Baghdasarian was pushed the pot to further his chip lead as Seem exited the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nova Baghdasarian |
1,500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Vidhi Seem | Busted |
Howard Azar and Sandor Molnar got it all in preflop, with Molnar at risk. But both players were in for a surprise when they tabled their cards...
Sandor Molnar:
Howard Azar:
When it was realized they had the same hand, the table erupted in laughter, with the only hope that one of them would get a four-card flush.
The flop came which gave Azar flush opportunities, but the turn meant a chop was inevitable and the completed the board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Howard Azar |
700,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Sandor Molnar |
300,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
The remaining 15 players are now on their second break of the afternoon and will return to the felt shortly.
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
After a raise by Rich Alsup and a call by Stefan DeLorenzo, the two players went to a flop of , which both players checked.
The turn came the and DeLorenzo check-called a bet of 50,000 from Alsup.
The river was the and both players decided to check. DeLorenzo flipped over for king-high but then Alsup tabled for a superior ace-high to take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rich Alsup
|
1,100,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Stefan DeLorenzo |
475,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Sahar Bakshi opened to 80,000 from the button but then Luis Adame moved all in for 645,000 and action folded back to Bakshi.
"Give me one second, guys, not sure what to do here," Bakshi admitted.
After exactly one minute of thought, she set out her calling chips to put Adame at risk.
Luis Adame:
Sahar Bakshi:
The board runout of was clean for Bakshi and she was pushed the large pot to boost her stack to 2,800,000 to take the chip lead.
Luis Adame was eliminated in 14th place and was awarded a payout of $3,100.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Luis Adame | Busted |
Short-stacked Eduardo Parra and David Becker got it all in preflop, with Parra's tournament life on the line.
Eduardo Parra:
David Becker:
It was a pretty matchup going in, but the flop of put Becker in the lead with his pair of queens. The board completed with the to improve Becker to a straight to win the pot and the Day 1a chip leader was eliminated in 13th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Becker |
600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Eduardo Parra | Busted |