Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Andreas Ramadanis opened the action with a raise to 2,000 in middle position and received calls from Steve WIlkie in the hijack and Sergio Ruiz, who was on the button. The small blind three-bet all in for 6,000 and Ramadanis reshoved all in for around 20,000. Both Wilkie and Ruiz then called to put any future action into a second side pot
The dealer fanned a flop of ![]()
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and WIlkie made a bet of 20,000. Ruiz called. The turn was
and Wilkie bet another 50,000. Ruiz shoved for a bit more and Wilkie quickly called, prompting all four hands to be tabled.
Small Blind: ![]()
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Andreas Ramadanis: ![]()
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Sergio Ruiz: ![]()
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Steve Wilkie: ![]()
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Ramadanis was the only one drawing dead once all hands were shown. The small blind was ecstatic about having outs with his top two pair, while Wilkie needed the board to pair to improve. Everyone was behind Ruiz, who had flopped a flush and was hoping for a safe river. It came
and he won all the chips, vaulting his stack over a quarter-million to make him the clear chip leader with Level 7 soon coming to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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267,000 | |
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42,900
110,100
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110,100 |
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Busted |
"You missed it!" said Mike Wheeler talking about a hand that had just transpired at Table 8. The winner of the hand was Ranae Rodriguez, and Wheeler stated that Rodriguez raised and then called a three-bet to take action heads up to a flop of ![]()
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Rodriguez checked and her opponent went all in. She immediately called.
Ranae Rodriguez: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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The player was unable to hit running aces for quads and was eliminated from the tournament, bringing Rodriguez's stack up to 78,000 after getting paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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78,000
78,000
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78,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,200 | |
|
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
|
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
|
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
A player went all in for 11,500 from the hijack and the cutoff called for about one-third of his own stack. Alex Smith then pushed forward a stack of T5,000 chips large enough to put the cutoff all in. He thought for some time and then announced it was time to gamble.
Hijack: ![]()
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Cutoff: ![]()
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Alex Smith: ![]()
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Smith scored the double knockout without a sweat as the board ran out ![]()
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to leave his aces best and vault him over six figures.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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117,000
117,000
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117,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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94,300
700
|
700 |
|
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57,100
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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41,800
16,800
|
16,800 |
|
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41,000
20,200
|
20,200 |
|
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34,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
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25,000
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
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24,600
400
|
400 |
|
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24,200
800
|
800 |
|
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23,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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22,200
26,600
|
26,600 |
|
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20,300
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
On the final hand of the previous level, Jeff Moskowitz raised under the gun to 1,400 and received a call from a player in early position. Action folded around to Hector Guerra-Alvarez in the small blind and he three-bet all in for 9,500. Moskowitz folded and the early-position player thought for about 30 seconds with calling chips in hand before dropping said chips onto the felt.
Hector Guerra-Alvarez: ![]()
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Early Position: ![]()
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Guerra-Alvarez was out in front and saw the flop come ![]()
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to leave him with just two cards left to fade. The turn
made the river
nothing but an afterthought as Guerra-Alvarez's top two pair scored him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,500 | |
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21,400 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600