An early-position player opened to 6,500 and was jammed on by Josh Martin in the cutoff for 26,500. The initial raiser made the call.
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Martin's aces ultimately held earning him the full double when the board ran out ![]()
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An early-position player opened to 6,500 and was jammed on by Josh Martin in the cutoff for 26,500. The initial raiser made the call.
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Josh Martin: ![]()
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Martin's aces ultimately held earning him the full double when the board ran out ![]()
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Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Mark Hodge has just been spotted with a stack of 160,000, five times what he was last seen with just a level ago. According to Hodge, one hand of note involved a large three-way pot that resulted in Kyna England folding before Hodge doubled through his other opponent in the hand.
All in all, the MSPT Hall of Famer now finds himself with roughly double the average stack in the room after spending much of the day hovering around the tournament's 25K starting stack.
An under-the-gun player open-shoved for 20,000 and was called by Nicola Ditrapani in the hijack.
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Ditrapani further improved on the flop and remained ahead through the runout of ![]()
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propelling his stack to over 200,000 headed into Level 12.
The dealer was in the process of collecting 7,000 apiece from a player in middle position and Blake Whittington, who was on his left in the hijack.
The flop came ![]()
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and the middle-position player got his last 18,000 into the middle with Whittington wasting no time to give him action.
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Whittington saw his nines in front but needed to fade gutshot straight, flush, and overcard outs to earn the pot and send his opponent packing. The turn
complied, but the river fell
to give his opponent the flush and keep him in the game.
More than 20,000 was in the middle on a board of ![]()
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with heads-up action between Kyna England in the big blind and Antonio Modacure, who was under the gun. Both players had stacks out in front of them with cards tabled up and a brief discussion between the two players ensued to confirm the all-in situation, with England having her remaining 39,500 at risk.
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Modacure's flush was ahead of England's set, but the river
paired the board to boat her up and score her the dub.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Anthony Valentzas is now rocking a stack of 165,000 after winning a huge pot and just relayed the details. According to Valentzas, he raised to 15,000 over five limpers before another player re-shipped his stack of 58,000 into the middle. Valentzas called.
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(suited)
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left Valentzas behind, but he found help on the turn
. His opponent missed the river
by one pip and Valentzas collected the pot and knockout.