Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Steve Maniaci opened from early position and was met with a three-bet to 5,600 from his neighbor. Action folded back to Maniaci and he four-bet to 27,600. His opponent called and the flop came ![]()
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Maniaci slid out enough chips to put his opponent all in. After much consternation, his opponent folded and Maniaci was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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134,000
134,000
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134,000 |
Jason Zarlenga has steadily been riding a decent stack most of the day and just three bet preflop to isolate from middle position. Zarlenga took down his heads-up opponent with a strong ![]()
holding as the inferior ![]()
failed to catch up.
Zarlenga just may be poised to make another deep run here at FireKeepers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Adam Friedman raised to 2,700 from middle position and Rod Derrow reraised to 15,200 from the button. After some discussion Friedman, made the fold and Derrow bellowed "I'm tired of listening to you down there," and then flipped over ![]()
. "Let's loosen up," Derrow shouted as he proudly brushed in his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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|
|
86,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
Adam Friedman got all of his chips in the middle after a flop of ![]()
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and his opponent couldn't get away from his pocket aces. Friedman tabled ![]()
for the flopped set and his opponent couldn't find an out on the
turn or
river and Friedman is healthy and at or near the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
136,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
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Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Players are on a 10-minute break.
We caught the action with a board of ![]()
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and a bet from Johnny Bahri, heads up against Steve Anderson. Anderson moved all in and Bahri snap-called, tabling ![]()
for top two pair. Anderson showed ![]()
and couldn't find help on the river, falling short for the second time here on day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
129,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Adam Friedman was facing an opponent's all-in bet and needed an additional 13,000 approximate to make the call. After some talk and some thought, Friedman threw his chips in for the call and his ![]()
needed help to catch up to the ![]()
of his opponent.
The ![]()
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flop and
turn brought nothing for Friedman, but the
on the river put the beat on the pocket tens and sent his opponent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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73,000
38,500
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38,500 |
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