$2,500 Main Event Day 1b | PPC Aruba World Championship

10-06-2013 21:13 UTC-4:30

Fortini Four-Bets

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Level 8 : 300/600, 100 ante

From middle position, Hayden Fortini opened with a raise to 1,600. The cutoff seat made the call, and then Jose Rivas reraised from the button to 5,775. Play folded through the blinds and back over to Fortini. He reraised to 14,600, and that knocked the cutoff seat out of the way. Rivas took a little bit of time to think things over, but eventually folded, and Fortini won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hayden Fortini	60,000 5,000	5,000
Jose Rivas	27,500 14,500	14,500

Tags: Jose Rivas Hayden Fortini

10-06-2013 21:36 UTC-4:30

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 8 : 300/600, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie Zayas	75,000 21,000	21,000
Damien Simon	70,000 5,000	5,000
Hayden Fortini	61,000 1,000	1,000
Neil Rodriguez	50,000 -21,000	-21,000
Wayne Griffin	39,500 15,000	15,000
Andy Seth	31,000 6,000	6,000
Chris Lewis	26,000 -11,500	-11,500
David Tuthill	25,000 1,000	1,000
Jesse Chinni	24,000 -29,000	-29,000
Jose Rivas	19,000 -8,500	-8,500

10-06-2013 21:50 UTC-4:30

Chinni Below 10K

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Level 8 : 300/600, 100 ante

Jesse Chinni opened with a raise from the cutoff seat to 1,600, and Wayne Griffin made the call from the big blind. The flop came down , and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Griffin led with a bet of 2,000, and Chinni called.

The river was the , and Griffin checked. Chinni bet 5,500, and Griffin tank-called. Chinni tabled the for a missed flush draw, and Griffin showed the winner with the for a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wayne Griffin	51,000 11,500	11,500
Jesse Chinni	8,900 -15,100	-15,100

Tags: Jesse Chinni Wayne Griffin

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

10-06-2013 21:58 UTC-4:30

Serock Out... Again

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Defending champion Joe Serock has just been eliminated... for the third time.

Serock was on his third bullet in this event, but Brandon Navarrete just caught a very lucky river card to send him out the door. On the board, Serock and Navarrete got all the money in. Serock had top pair with the , and Navarrete held the for a pair of jacks. The dealer slapped the on the river, delivering a set of jacks to Navarrete and giving him the win.

Serock collected his belongings and headed out the door. Whether or not he'll be back (reentry will remain open until the start of Day 2) is still up in the air, but we'll give you posted if he does return.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Navarrete	75,000 42,000	42,000
Joe Serock	Busted

Tags: Brandon Navarrete Joe Serock

10-06-2013 22:05 UTC-4:30

Fortini Sends Chinni to the Rail

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jesse Chinni was all in for around 8,000 with the and in dominating shape to double up against Hayden Fortini's . On the flop, though, Fortini took the lead when the fell. The turn was the to give Chinni a Broadway straight draw for a little extra hope.

The river completed the board with the , and that was the end of the line for Chinni. Fortini collected the pot and moved up to 70,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hayden Fortini	70,000 9,000	9,000
Jesse Chinni	Busted

Tags: Hayden Fortini Jesse Chinni

10-06-2013 22:09 UTC-4:30

Seth Finds a Double

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

With about 4,600 chips in the middle on the flop, Frankie Zayas bet, Andy Seth raised, then Zayas shoved. Seth quickly made the call holding the for top two pair. Zayas had the for middle pair and an ace kicker.

Seth was all in on the flop for a total of 18,475, and he was able to double up after the turn card and river card. Zayas was left with 54,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie Zayas	54,000 -21,000	-21,000
Andy Seth	41,600 10,600	10,600

Tags: Andy Seth Frankie Zayas

10-06-2013 22:11 UTC-4:30

Serock and Chinni Return

donpeters

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jesse Chinni and Joe Serock have both reentered, bringing the total number of entries up to 40 for Day 1b. Serock is now on his fourth bullet in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Chinni	25,000 25,000	25,000
Joe Serock	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Jesse Chinni Joe Serock

10-06-2013 22:13 UTC-4:30

Tomlinson Scores a Touchdown to Double

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Terry Plagenz called Jeff Tomlinson's all-in shove on the board. Plagenz held the for second pair and claimed he didn't think Tomlinson was there yet. Tomlinson was indeed there with the , leaving Plagenz drawing dead.

The river completed the board with the , and Tomlinson doubled up to 32,500. Plagenz was knocked back to 43,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Plagenz	43,000 -23,000	-23,000
Jeff Tomlinson	32,500 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Jeff Tomlinson Terry Plagenz

10-06-2013 22:28 UTC-4:30

Tuthill Out-Flips Seth to Double

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Chris Lewis opened the action with a raise to 1,600 from middle position. Right behind him was David Tuthill in the hijack seat, and Tuthill reraised all in for 15,625. Then, Andy Seth moved all in from the button to around 40,000. Action folded back to Lewis, but not after the small blind tanked for quite some time. Lewis also folded, leaving Tuthill and Seth to do battle.

Tuthill tabled the for two big suited Broadway cards against Seth's . The flop was about as kind as Tuthill could have hoped for when the gave him the nut flush. The turn was the , rendering Seth dead in the hand before the landed on the river.