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Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Players are now on a short 10-minute break.
While the action is unknown, Bryn Kenney was holding ![]()
against Kok Weng Beh's ![]()
. The board was showing ![]()
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and Kenney had a full house against Beh's straight to eliminate him from the tournament, bringing the field down to ten players.
At the other table, Patrik Antonius was all in on a flop of ![]()
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against Chow Hing Yaung. Antonius was all in for a bit over 100,000 and Chow had him covered by a reasonable ammount.
Patrik Antonius: ![]()
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Chow Hing Yaung: ![]()
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The board completed with the
and the
and that would be it for Antonius as Chow's two pair held up to give him the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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310,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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230,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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According to Steve O'Dwyer, JC Alvarado opened to 11,000. Steve O'Dwyer jammed all in with a covering stack and Alvarado called putting himself at risk for about 60,000.
O'Dwyer was holding ![]()
offsuit and he flopped a king to eliminate Alvarado who was holding ![]()
.
With that pot, O'Dywer is now nearing 500,000 while Alvarado headed out of the tournament area with nothing to show for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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490,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Busted | |
The HKD$500k 6-Max attracted a 39-entry field and the top four finishers will share the prizes. The champion is set to walk away with a winner's cheque of over $1.1 million. See below for the full payout structure.
| Position | Prize (HKD) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8,775,000 | 1,118,058 |
| 2nd | 5,850,000 | 745,372 |
| 3rd | 2,925,000 | 372,686 |
| 4th | 1,950,000 | 248,457 |
| Seat | Table 1 | Chip Count | Table 2 | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luc Greenwood | 95,000 | Bryn Kenney | 125,000 |
| 2 | David Peters | 185,000 | JC Alvarado | 80,000 |
| 3 | Sergio Aido | 122,000 | Steve O'Dwyer | 425,000 |
| 4 | Chow Hing Yaung | 175,000 | Ying Jinghui | 140,000 |
| 5 | Patrik Antonius | 145,000 | Stephen Chidwick | 230,000 |
| 6 | Lim Chin Wei | 110,000 | Kok Weng Beh | 65,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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425,000 | |
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230,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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185,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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175,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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140,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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125,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
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122,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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110,000
29,000
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29,000 |
|
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95,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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80,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
Cary Katz raised to 10,000 in the cutoff, his left-hand opponent Sergio Aido three-bet to 21,000 and Ying Jinghu cold four-bet shoved out of the big blind. Katz called for his 60,000 and Aido got out of the way.
Katz peeled a higher pair with ![]()
against ![]()
and the ![]()
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flop pushed him closer to a double. But the
hit the turn and Katz stood up, slamming his fists. The
river eliminated him in 13th place and the remaining players were redrawn to the final two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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170,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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Busted | |
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JC Alvarado opened from the cutoff with a raise to 8,000. Steve O'Dwyer was on the button and he three-bet making it 22,000. Chow Hing Yaung called in the small blind and Alvarado called as well.
The flop was ![]()
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and action checked to O'Dwyer. He put out a bet of 20,000 and both players folded.
"Were my jacks good," Chow asked.
O'Dwyer shook his head and flashed the
.
"I should've four-bet," Chow said
"I should've four-bet," Alvarado said. "I had sevens. 'Lucky Eights'"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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425,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
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180,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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69,000
56,000
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56,000 |
Picking up the action on the ![]()
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turn, Patrik Antonius was all in for 58,000, facing off against Chow Hing Yaung. Antonius was in a dream spot with ![]()
, having already locked the double before the river was even dealt as Chow showed only ![]()
. The
river made things official and Antonius vaulted to 145,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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145,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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