Stephen Chidwick raised to 16,000 on the button and small blind James Chen three-bet shoved for 135,000. Chidwick threw in calling chips.
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held Chidwick's hand ahead and Chen busted for the second time today.
Stephen Chidwick raised to 16,000 on the button and small blind James Chen three-bet shoved for 135,000. Chidwick threw in calling chips.
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held Chidwick's hand ahead and Chen busted for the second time today.
Chan Wai Leong opened under the gun with a raise to 18,000 with ![]()
and John Juanda called on the button with ![]()
. Ivan Leow was in the big blind with ![]()
and he called as well.
The flop was ![]()
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and acton checked to Chan who put out a bet of 36,000. Juanda called while Leow folded.
The turn was the
and Chan bet again, making it 65,000. Juanda thought for a while, then called again.
On the
river, Chan checked. Juanda decided to put out a bet, making it 115,000. Chan thought for a bit before calling and that would earn him the pot with his better kicker.
Mikita Badziakouski opened under the gun with a raise to 17,000 holding ![]()
. Gabe Patgorski was in the hijack seat and he three-bet to 56,000 with ![]()
. Action folded back to Badziakouski who just called.
The flop came down ![]()
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and Badziakouski opted to lead out, making it 40,000. Patgorski thought for a while then moved all in for 347,000. Badziakouski called after giving it some thought.
Badziakouski had the best made hand with a pair of nines, but Patgorski could hit a ten or jack to take the pot, and even a five to chop. The board completed with the
and the
and that meant that Patgorski would be eliminated while Badziakouski moved over 1,600,000 chips.
Sam Greenwood opened on the button with a raise to 20,000 and Cary Katz called in the small blind. Jason Koon then made it 100,000 in the big blind and both Greenwood and Katz called.
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and Katz checked to Koon who put out a bet of 76,000. Greenwood called while Katz moved all in for 32,000, less than the bet creating a side pot with heads up action.
Both Koon and Greenwood checked on the
turn and the
river.
Greenwood showed his ![]()
but Katz showed his ![]()
to win the main pot. Koon almost mucked thinking he'd lost it all but Katz warned him and Koon showed his ![]()
to take down the side pot.
Mikita Badziakouski check-raised to 45,000 holding ![]()
after a bet of 12,000 from Bryn Kenney on a flop of ![]()
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. Kenney called holding ![]()
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The turn was the
and Badziakouski checked. Kenney put out a bet of 20,000. Badziakouski moved all in for 882,000, enough to cover Kenney, and Kenney called off his last 100,000 after using most of his time banks.
The river was the
but it didn’t matter as Badziakouski already had Kenney drawing dead already on the turn.
JC Alvarado shoved all in from the cutoff for 99,000 and action folded to James Chen who reshoved with a covering stack in the small blind. Everyone else folded so it was on to showdown.
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"They keep giving me these," Chen said referring to the cooler situation. "He has both of my suits covered too."
There was no sweat for Alvarado when the board ran out ![]()
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and that earned him the double back over 200,000 chips.
Cary Katz moved all in under the gun for 66,000. Action folded to the blind where Sam Greenwood called. The big blind folded and it was on to a showdown.
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The flop was safe for Katz when it came ![]()
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but the
on the turn provided Greenwood with a myriad of outs. The river was the
though and that meant that Katz would double though.
"Too many outs," Katz said collecting the pot to double up.
Level: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
JC Alvarado peeled ![]()
in the cutoff and he made it 14,000 to go. Steve O'Dwyer called from the big blind with ![]()
and he flopped the nuts on ![]()
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flop. O'Dwyer check-called 13,000 and the
turn gave Alvarado a gutshot. He checked back and the
river put Alvarado in big trouble as he binked a straight.
O'Dwyer blasted 77,000, overbetting the pot and Alvarado was in a tough spot. He burned a timebank and then tossed in calling chips, only to see he ran into a nasty cooler.
Ivan Leow raised on the button making it 13,000 and action folded to the small blind where Winfred Yu three-bet, making it 36,000. Leow called and it was off to the flop.
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and Yu led out with a bet of 55,000. Leow called.
On the
turn, Yu slowed down and checked. Leow put out a bet of 100,000 and Yu moved all in with a similar stack to Leow. Leow tanked briefly, but called before his 30 seconds was up.
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Yu turned trips but it was no good as Leow flopped a straight. Yu needed to improve but the river was the
changing nothing. With that, Leow took down the nearly one million chip pot and moved near the top of the chip counts while Yu was eliminated with a slightly shorter stack.