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Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
After a preflop shove-fest, four players found themselves all in, with Pablo Valdivieso covering.
Player 1:
Player 2:
Steven Snyder:
Pablo Valdivieso:
Although Valdivieso was in the lead with his king-queen, the flop of quickly changed that as it gave Snyder a flush and left his opponents drawing stone dead. The board completed with the to secure his victory as two players were sent to the rail and Valdivieso was left short.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steven Snyder |
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Pablo Valdivieso | 23,000 |
With 293 entrants and counting in flight Day 1c, the total entrants for this event have reached 591 total entrants to push the prizepool to over $600,000- more than double the guarantee!
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Jaime Tran was in the big blind when made it 7,500 to go preflop and was called by Guillaume "Frenchie" Starek in early position and the small blind.
The flop came out and the small blind checked to Montes, who continued for 7,000 and only Starek made the call.
On the turn , Montes moved all in for around 28,000 and Starek went into the tank.
After a good minute in though, he set his calling chips across the line and the cards were tabled, with Montes at risk.
Jaime Tran:
Guillaume Starek:
Tran was a big favorite going to the river, but he still needed to dodge a jack that would give Starek a straight. Fortunately for him the river was a brick and he was awarded the big pot for a double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jaime Tran | 85,000 | |
Guillaume Starek
|
80,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gourg Khanchat
|
235,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
Jose Montes |
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Bradley Beetz |
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
John Langevin |
136,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
Juan Canpinpin
|
131,000 | |
Adam Wells |
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Greg Goater
|
128,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
On a three-way turn of , Sudharshan Karanam moved all in for a little over 15,000 and was called by Dustin Holladay on the button, but then Shane Scorza moved all in for a total of 43,600.
This put the pressure back on Hollaway, who went deep into the tank for almost 3 minutes.
He finally decided to fold, showing for an over and combo draw while the other players tabled their cards.
Sudharshan Karanam:
Shane Scorza:
Karanam was well ahead with his pocket kings, as he just needed to dodge a queen to win the hand. The river was kind to him as it came a brick to secure his victory for a triple-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dustin Holladay |
80,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Sudharshan Karanam | 70,000 | |
Shane Scorza | 30,000 |
Henry Thieling, Gourg Khanchat, and one other player got all the chips into the middle before the flop, with Khanchat covering.
Player 1:
Henry Thieling:
Gourg Khanchat:
Thieling was in good shape with his pocket kings, and the runout of was favorable to him as he secure the pot for a nice triple-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Henry Thieling
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Gourg Khanchat
|
50,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |