The eight tournament players have been sent for their last 10-minute break.
The eight tournament players have been sent for their last 10-minute break.
Danny Tang just busted to get the tournament down to the hand-for-hand stage as this is the bubble now. The tournament clock has been paused with just over 7 minutes left in this level. Two minutes will be taken off the clock for each hand of hand-for-hand play.
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Busted | |
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Chris Brewer raised to 130,000 when both Phil Ivey and Mikita Badziakouski had made the call. Ivey considered it for a bit ut opted to fold while Badziakouski made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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, Brewer check-called the 100,000 bet of Badziakouski.
They then proceeded by checking through the
on the turn and the
on the river for Brewer to pick up the pot with the ![]()
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,400,000
340,000
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340,000 |
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1,600,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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1,450,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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With the elimination of Paul Phua and Wai Kiat Lee, the tournament is down to the final nine players. One more player needs to bust before hand-for-hand play starts. But no matter how many players are left, the players only have around 55 minutes left in the day if the official final table of 6 players hasn't been reached yet.
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level: 12
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 15,000
The current and overwhelming chip leader in Event #1 is Chris Brewer, out of California. Brewer, a former collegiate runner with the Oregon Ducks, has been making a splash in the high-stakes poker world as of late with some big results.
PokerNews' Matt Hansen spoke with Brewer at the US Poker Open back in June to discover more about his journey to the highest stakes. Learn all about the high-stakes poker pro in the interview below.
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Everyone at the table made the call to see the ![]()
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on the flop. They then all checked for the
to appear on the turn. He check-called the 25,000 bet of Chow while the rest folded.
The river completed the board with the
and He fired a bet of 240,000 out. Chow tanked for a while, used a time bank card, and then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000
215,000
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215,000 |
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1,340,000
824,000
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824,000 |
Chris Brewer and Ali Imsirovic both had their hole cards open in front of them with Imsirovic at risk with the shorter stack.
Ali Imsirovic: ![]()
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Chris Brewer: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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for Brewer to flop two pair which he improved to a full house on the river to bust Imsirovic in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,060,000
910,000
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910,000 |
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Busted | |