PPC Aruba World Championship
From the cutoff seat, David Tuthill raised to 2,600. Current Day 1b chip leader Igor Merda called out of the big blind, and the ![]()
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flop came down. Merda checked, Tuthill bet 3,300, and Merda called.
The turn was the
, and Merda checked again. Tuthill fired 5,300 this time, but Merda stuck around to see the river. Lastly, the
completed the board, and both players checked.
There was a bit of confusion as to who was to show first. Eventually, Merda showed his hand — the ![]()
— for a pair of sevens. Tuthill mucked, and Merda won the pot.
After the hand, there was a bit of discussion between the players and the tournament staff as to what the rule is here for who has to show first on the river following action being checked down. The tournament staff said they are following standard TDA rules, minus the "first card off the deck" rule, and that the player to the left of the button must show first.
Jesse Chinny opened to 2,500, Joe Ebanks flat-called, and then Steve Karp reraised to 10,000. Chinni shoved for approximately 30,000, Ebanks folded, and Karp called.
Chinni had pocket queens to Karp's ![]()
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to give Karp the lead and he held from there.
Hayden Fortini opened with a raise to 2,700 before the player in the big blind reraised all in for around 6,000. Fortini called with the ![]()
and his at-risk opponent had the ![]()
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, and Fortini won the pot to move to 112,000 in chips.
After the hand, Andy Seth returned to the tournament, and he's back in the event for a fourth time.
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Andy Seth was working on his third bullet, but his has been eliminated once again. There are now 19 players remaining on Day 1b.
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flop, Brandon Navarrete checked, and Jeff Tomlinson bet 3,200. Navarrete made the call to see the
land on the turn. Both players checked fourth street, and the dealer landed the
on the river. Navarrete bet 3,600, Tomlinson raised to 8,800, then Navarrete tank-shoved. With 14,500 behind, Tomlinson folded, and Navarrete won the pot.
Chris Lewis was all in preflop with the ![]()
against David Tuthill's ![]()
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, and Lewis was eliminated.
Andy Seth has quickly returned to the tournament, and he drew the same seat he had before he busted. That brings the total entries on Day 1b up to 41, making for 84 overall in the event.