Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,737,000
307,000
|
307,000 |
|
|
750,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
722,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
670,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
|
600,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
565,000
413,000
|
413,000 |
|
|
450,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
430,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
|
375,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
330,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
325,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
300,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
280,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
270,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
260,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Players are on break.
Stephen Zipprich stuck the last 55,000 in from the hijack and Michael Rankins reshoved on the button with ![]()
. Zipprich needed help with ![]()
but the board brought nothing for him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Stephen Zipprich checked a ![]()
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flop from the small blind and then called Steve Wilkie's 100,000 bet from early position. Both players checked the
, and the river was a
. Zipprich checked and Wilkie instantly moved all in. It was about 250,000.
"You know you can't win unless you bet," Zipprich mused after a couple of minutes in the tank.
Someone called a clock, and Zipprich called just before the end of the countdown. Wilkie showed ![]()
for a wheel, and Zipprich slapped down ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
850,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
75,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
Brian Hou was all in for about 180,000 in middle position and Leonardo Valenzuela was in the tank in the big blind. After about a minute, he flicked in a chip.
Hou: ![]()
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Valenzuela: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop gave Hou a shot to chop but the
and
didn't quite do it for the defending champ.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,430,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
In what looked to be a three-bet pot, Leonardo Valenzuela checked in middle position on ![]()
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. Brian Hou bet 55,000 or so from the cutoff into about 200,000, and Valenzuela announced all in. Hou's cards were instantly in the muck.
Valenzuela turned over ![]()
.
"All right, no more showing," he said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
|
165,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
Caleb Meyer got his last 225,000 or so in with ![]()
but ran into the ![]()
held by Tony Piazza. When Meyer couldn't catch up, he collected an 18th-place payout ticket.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
478,000
|
478,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Stephen Tanner shoved for 92,000 in middle position and Sam Benavram had him at risk with ![]()
on the button. Tanner was dominated with ![]()
but he liked the ![]()
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flop as he picked up a pair and a gutter. Running queens sent him to the rail though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
307,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
Busted |