Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
We found the dealer counting out stacks between Matt Alexander and Justin Cole with ![]()
in front of Cole on a board in which the flop had come ![]()
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. According to the players at the table, Alexander had gotten it in with a set of eights and run into the nuts. He's now back just below the starting stack after finally getting something going today, while Cole may be the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
202,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
|
19,400
120,600
|
120,600 |
Matt Alexander got it all in preflop and was called in two spots. The active players checked down the ace-high board, and Alexander won with ![]()
against ![]()
and ![]()
.
At the same time, Todd Breyfogle got all in with ![]()
against the ![]()
of an opponent. Breyfogle won the race to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
57,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
With the board having come ![]()
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, Eric Kiser checked out of the small blind to an opponent in late position who fired 17,000. Kiser made the call, and his opponent winged ![]()
into the middle for ace-high. Kiser tabled ![]()
for a flush to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Players are on a 10-minute break and the blue T25 chips will be colored up.
We found Aaron Frei all in with ![]()
against a player with about 34,000 who had ![]()
. Frei had his opponent dead by the turn on the ![]()
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runout, and he's into the six figures now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
109,075 |
Blake Bohn opened for 1,700 under the gun and found callers in Roger Martin (early position) and the small blind. Everyone checked the ![]()
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flop, and an
hit the turn. Action checked to Martin, who bet 2,000, and Bohn tossed his call across the table to Martin, saying the pot was heading that way anyways. A
completed the board, and Bohn checked before slapping 3,000 into the middle to call Martin's final bet.
Martin showed ![]()
for a rivered wheel.
"I just had aces up," Bohn said, showing ![]()
. "Love poker. Why wouldn't a four come?"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000 | |
|
|
27,700
27,700
|
27,700 |
Justin Cole limped from early position, and a middle-position player raised to 2,500. Action folded back to Cole, who reraised to 9,000. He and his opponent got all in shortly thereafter.
Cole: ![]()
Middle position: ![]()
The board ran out ![]()
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, leaving Cole's aces best.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 |