Brian Rast scored a big double up in a recent pot. Rast got it in holding the ![]()
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board and Rast's flopped straight held to rake in the pot.
2018 US Poker Open
Benjamin Pollak, Ryan Tosoc, and Richard Kirsch have all lost their stacks and another bullet has been fired.
American poker legend Erik Seidel is the latest newcomer to test his luck.
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Ben Yu opened to 9,000 from middle position and called a three-bet jam from Stephen Chidwick in the cutoff for about 20,000.
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and Yu's two pair was best to send Chidwick back to the registration desk.
Brandon Shack-Harris is the latest player to require another bullet and has a new seat with a fresh stack. It appears from the look of Sam Soverel's stack that he was the beneficiary of Shack-Harris' demise adding a pile to his already massive lead.
Level: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
The remaining players have been sent on a 10-minute break
With about 24,000 in the middle and a board reading ![]()
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, Daniel Negreanu bet 17,000 out of the small blind and got called by Cary Katz in the big blind and Benjamin Pollak in the cutoff.
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completed the board on the river and Negreanu fired another bullet, worth 42,000, and both of his opponents folded.
After busting in fourth place in the first USPO event earlier today, Justin Young entered play but did not last long. He does have some time to fire one of his two remaining bullets if he chooses.
Jared Bleznick is also now in the hunt.