Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The six players in this event are taking their first 15-minute break of the day.
Gary Thompson raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Ivan Zhang made it 7,000 on the button. Thompson called and they went heads-up to a flop of K♥Q♠9♥.
Thompson checked to Zhang who continued with a bet of 12,000 and Thompson called. The turn was the 3♠ and Thompson checked again. Zhang moved all in for 30,000 and Thompson instantly called.
Zhang turned over K♣9♣ for two pair but Thompson was still drawing live with K♠7♠ for a flush draw. The river was the 9♦ which improved Zhang to a full house and earned him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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153,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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101,000
56,000
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56,000 |
Ivan Zhang raised to 4,000 from the small blind and Ami Barer called in the big blind. The flop came 9♠8♦2♣ and Zhang led out with a bet of 2,500. Barer called and the 4♥ landed on the turn.
Zhang checked this time and Barer announced a bet of 9,000. Zhang called and the 8♠ paired the board on the river. Zhang checked again and Barer splashed in a bet of 17,000. Zhang snapped him off and Barer tabled 10♠9♦ for the best hand.
"One move only now," Zhang said looking at his depleted stack of around 30,000 chips. Throughout the next few hands, Zhang indeed used only one move by shoving all in but picked up no callers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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231,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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45,000
27,000
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27,000 |
Quan Zhou raised to 2,000 from under the gun and Dong Chen defended from the big blind. The flop came A♣8♦6♠ and Zhou continued with a bet of 2,500. Chen check-raised to 10,000 and Zhou just called.
The turn was the 3♠ and Chen led out with a large bet of 40,000. Zhou used a time bank and then announced all in as the bigger stack. Chen was left with 170,000 chips in front of him as he dipped into the tank. Over three minutes had passed and Chen finally threw his A♦8♠ face up into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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352,000
152,000
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152,000 |
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206,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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197,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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170,500
19,500
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19,500 |
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170,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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72,000
123,000
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123,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Gary Thompson just arrived at the table and posted his big blind. Dong Chen raised to 3,000 from under the gun and was called by Ami Barer on the button along with Thompson.
The flop came A♦9♣3♦ and the action checked to Barer who tossed in a bet of 4,000. Thompson called and Chen got out of the way. The turn was the 6♠ and both players checked to the J♥ on the river. Thompson led out with a bet of 12,500 and Barer quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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211,000 | |
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188,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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Dong Chen opened to 3,000 from under the gun and Ivan Zhang called from the small blind. The flop fell 8♠5♥4♠ and Zhang checked to Chen who continued with a bet of 4,000. Zhang check-raised to 15,000 but was met with a three-bet from Chen to 60,000. Zhang was forced to lay his hand down and Chen flashed the A♦ while collecting the pot.
Just after that, Ami Barer joined the table and players started reminiscing about the high-stakes cash game that was played last night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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200,000 | |
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195,000
18,000
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18,000 |
Dominik Nitsche raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Ivan Zhang defended from the big blind. The flop came A♥A♦4♣ and Zhang check-called a bet of 4,000 from Nitsche.
On the 9♣ turn card, Zhang led out with a bet of 10,000 and Nitsche quickly dumped his cards in the muck.
On the next hand, Zhang limped in from the small blind and Nitsche checked his option. The flop fell K♥10♦4♣ and both players checked to the 8♥ on the turn. Zhang led out with a big bet of 7,000 and Nitsche folded once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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213,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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190,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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200,000 | |
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