Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The remaining 25 players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante.
With 26 players remaining in Day 1b and only 22 making it through to Day 2 on Sunday, players are navigating more cautiously as the bubble approaches.
The player in the hijack limped and Travis Gillihan bumped it up to 22,000 on the button. The hijack called and the duo saw a flop of 7♥Q♦3♠.
The hijack checked and Gillihan tossed out a continuation-bet of 13,000. The hijack thought for a moment before folding pocket fives face up.
Gillihan flashed J♠5♥ for jack-high as he pulled in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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240,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Nate Davis was on the button and seen dragging in a sizable pot on a board of 9♥4♠5♦6♠J♠ against the player in the big blind.
With cards still on their backs, Davis held A♠2♠ for the nut flush while the big blind had 9♠9♦ for a flopped set of nines.
The big blind was eliminated when the rest of his stack went in on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000
195,000
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195,000 |
Tim Dorzweiler open-shoved in middle position for 31,000 and was called by Quang Pham in the big blind who covered.
Tim Dorzweiler: A♠J♣
Quang Pham: K♠5♥
The flop came 10♥5♠Q♣, with Pham picking up a pair of fives. He improved to two pair on the K♥ turn but Dorzweiler made Broadway. The A♠ fell on the river and the pot was pushed Dorzweiler's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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430,000
40,000
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40,000 |
|
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
Matt Shalhoob open-shoved from under the gun for 18,000 to put himself at risk and was called by the player in the big blind.
Matt Shalhoob: A♦4♥
Big blind: A♣10♠
Shalhoob needed some help and he found some when he paired his four on the 6♦3♥4♦ flop. The 3♠ landed on the turn and the 6♥ fell on the river, earning him the much-needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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62,000 | |
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44,000
1,000
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1,000 |