Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Kai Koppe got his short stack of 47,000 all in before the flop against Matt Cafarella.
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Both players paired up when the flop came down ![]()
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but Koppe retained his lead with a pair of jacks. Cafarella failed to improve on the turn (
) or the river (
) which meant that Koppe was able to double up. This hand crippled Cafarella who was left with just 30,000.
Blake Napierala lost a huge pot to Tom Clayton earlier in the day, and Clayton got the rest of his chips just moments ago. Napierala was all in for around 40,000 preflop with ![]()
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rang true for Clayton.
Budway Salhab raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and found a three-bet ship from Leon Halat for 31,000. Salhab mulled over the choice for a moment before dropping in a call and rolling over ![]()
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"You might be ahead," said Halat. "I only looked at a jack."
Halat rolled over ![]()
to show that Salhab was indeed ahead. The board ran out ![]()
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and Halat was unable to improve to the best hand. He was eliminated from play and Salhab now has around 200,000 in chips.
Travell Thomas opened with a raise to 8,500 and Randy Pfeifer three-bet shoved for around 58,000. Thomas called and tabled ![]()
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board brought Pfeifer's tournament to an end in 24th place.
Martin Feijo was all in for just under 50,000 with ![]()
against Mark Byczkiw's ![]()
. Byczkiw had just 12,000 behind, so this was essentially for his tournament life as well. The board ran out ![]()
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, giving Feijo top pair and the double. Byczkiw was sent to the rail three hands later.
After a series of preflop raises, Travell Thomas got his stack of 115,000 all in against Scott Aitchison.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Thomas was able to double up. He's now sitting on about 245,000 in chips while Aitchison has fallen to around 155,000.
Travell Thomas opened to 8,000 and it folded around to Ryan Hall who three-bet to 22,000 from the button. Mark Byczkiw moved all in for 22,500 from the small blind and Thomas called. Hall called the additional 500 and the flop came ![]()
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. Thomas checked and Byczkiw fired out a bet of an unknown amount. Thomas quickly released his cards, allowing the other two players to turn their hands over.
Byczkiw: ![]()
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Byczkiw was out in front with his flopped set of jacks and scored the triple up after the
turned and the
rivered.