Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Play is now hand-for-hand on Day 1b. A total of 22 players remain with 21 making the money.
Davin Anderson opened to 12,000 from under the gun before Nang Xiong threw in her final 9,000 from the next seat over. Thomas Morris joined from the big blind to create a three-handed pot.
The 4♦3♠5♥ flop was checked by both remaining players.
It checked to Anderson on the 2♥ turn before he fired 20,000. Morris check-raised all-in for 139,000, which sent Anderson into the tank.
Anderson eventually made the call as a three-way showdown broke out.
Nang Xiong: K♣J♥
Thomas Morris: A♥6♠
Davin Anderson: A♦10♠
Anderson found out the bad news as Morris had the higher straight. Xiong and Anderson were only drawing to a chop.
The 5♠ river was not a chop as Morris took down the pot to eliminate Xiong and take a sizeable sum from Anderson late on Day 1b.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
This hand was picked up when the pot had over 80,000 already in the middle on a board that read Q♥Q♦5♦3♠.
Phatseluck Yang checked his option out of the big blind before Eric Stovall opted to bet 30,000. Yang gave it some thought before he made the call.
The 10♣ river resulted in a pair of checks. Yang showed A♥Q♣ for trip queens as Stovall yielded the healthy pot to Yang.
Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Players are on a 15-minute break. Action will resume at the 3,000/5,000 level. A total of 34 players remain on Day 1b.
Joseph Bergh got it going with an open to 16,000 from early position. Christian Cooper put more chips in the pot when he three-bet to 40,000 from the hijack. Michael Persky took a look at all the action and decided to four-bet all-in for 80,500 from the big blind. Bergh was in the tank for a minute before he got out with a fold, but Cooper quickly put in the call when it got back to him to put Persky at risk.
Michael Persky: A♣A♦
Christian Cooper: K♥K♦
Persky picked up pocket aces at the perfect time as Cooper was victim to a cooler preflop and needed one of the two kings to score the knockout.
The 9♠3♦6♣ flop was dry and in favor of Persky as Cooper had little working for him.
Persky held on the 8♣ turn and the 4♣ river to secure the double-up at an opportune time.
Level 11: 1,500/3,000/3,000
This hand took place as the clock expired for the last blind level. Deidson Camargos made it 6,000 from early position before Jedidiah Hoffman made the call out of the hijack. Lance Oliver bumped it up to 29,000 from the small blind. Camargos got out of there with a fold, but Hoffman was still interested as he made the call.
Oliver continued for 24,000 on the 3♦2♣5♠ flop, but Hoffman was undeterred and made the call again.
Both players slowed down with a check on the A♣ turn to bring the Q♥ river.
Oliver got back to betting; this time, he wagered 33,000. Hoffman was no longer interested as he made the fold to award the healthy pot to Oliver.