Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
A four-way limped pot brought about a flop of ![]()
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and Ben Keeline led out for 800 in the small blind. Only the player on the button called, taking action heads up to the turn
where Keeline bet another 3,200 and was called.
Keeline fired a third time on the river
, betting 16,000 and leaving just 1,100 behind. His opponent thought for about 35 seconds and then found a call.
Keeline showed ![]()
for a full house and took down the pot, earning praise from tablemates for a nice hand as the pot was sent his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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43,100
43,100
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43,100 |
Caleb Pence opened the action with a raise to 1,500 in the hijack and received calls from both players in the blinds. The flop fell ![]()
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and the small blind led out with a bet of 2,100, prompting a fold from the big blind. Pence then called.
The turn came
and the small blind checked to Pence, who bet 2,800. The small blind thought for about 20 seconds and then pushed his cards forward to the dealer, earning Pence the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,500
60,500
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60,500 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
The first 10-minute break of the day has arrived with 111 entries already recorded and late registration remaining open until the beginning of Level 13.
After falling short early in the day, Greg Collins had maintained his stack of around 6,500 until just before the first break of the day when he got the last of it in preflop under the gun against Aaron Thomas, who was in the big blind.
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The board ran out ![]()
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, leaving Thomas' hand best.
"Almost a flush!" joked Collins as he made his way from the table and went to the registration desk to get back in on the action with no delay.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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25,000
17,200
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17,200 |
Action was heads-up in a single-raised pot on a board reading ![]()
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and a player in early position bet 2,000. Yohannes Ambaye called on the button.
The turn came
and Ambaye's opponent bet another 4,000. Ambaye called and the river came
, where his opponent checked.
"All in," said Ambaye. His opponent thought for over a minute before committing his remaining 22,100.
Ambaye showed ![]()
and announced a straight, prompting his opponent to wish him a nice hand and muck his two cards. The dealer scooped them into the muck without showing and Ambaye took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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77,500
77,500
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77,500 |
Jordan Walker was in the process of collecting a double with his winning hand of ![]()
tabled on a board of ![]()
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"Flopped a boat versus aces," said Walker, whose remaining chips were being matched by his opponent two seats over. Action was confirmed that Walker limped in under the gun and another player limped in behind before the small blind pumped it up to 2,000 and received calls from both limpers.
The small blind continued for 1,700 on the flop with only Walker calling. Walker then called another 4,000 on the turn before his opponent bet 15,000 on the river. Walker jammed for slightly more and was called by two aces, which were promptly mucked in favor of Walker's full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,200
58,200
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58,200 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400