Guilherme Garcia shipped it in for 27,600 against Larry Smart, who had three-bet to 7,000 and then called.
Guilherme Garcia: A♠Q♥
Larry Smart: 7♠7♥
The 8♣5♥4♥J♥9♥ runout gave Garcia the superior flush and Smart shook his head in disgust. However, soon after the seat of Garcia was empty and his chips were gone. New big stack at the table was Ratharam Sivagnanam with Daniel Rezaei and Georgios Sotiropoulos also in contention.
One day after being accused of cheating a California home game out of millions, Tony Mars issued a statement to PokerNews denying the allegations.
Wesley Fei and Nikhil "Nik Airball" Arcot, both Hustler Casino Live regulars, claim that Mars, who also plays on HCL, brought a special UV-marked deck that allowed him to decipher face-down cards.
The alleged scandal occurred in a game at a private residence in Yorba Linda, California, a community in Orange County.
Marian Farcas raised to 2,500 from early position and was called by a player in the cutoff. Shaun Deeb was in the small blind and put in the three-bet jam for around 16,000. Farcas jammed behind Deeb, forcing a fold from the cutoff and setting up a heads up runout with Deeb at risk.
Shaun Deeb: 7♦7♣
Marian Farcas: Q♣J♦
The board ran out 4♠A♣5♠8♠3♦, locking up a much needed double for the six-time WSOP champion.
Baron Ha opened under the gun to 2,500 and was met with a call in the small blind by Michael Bernstein and a call from the big blind.
The 4♦9♠A♥ flop landed and the action checked to Ha who continued for 2,500. Only Bernstein called.
The 8♦ turn hit the felt and Bernstein check-called another 7,500 bet from Ha.
The K♦ landed on the river and the action checked to Ha one last time. He put out a bet of 11,500 and action was back on Bernstein who sat in the tank for a moment before putting in a check-raise all in for the remainder of Ha's stack.
Ha was in the blender but after a bit of time passed he reluctantly mucked and the pot was pushed to Bernstein.
Shuang Luo opened to 2,600 from middle position and Bolivar Vasquez three-bet to 8,000 from the button. Tjarco Reitsma called in the small blind before Luo four-bet shoved for 67,100 from the big blind. Vasquez made the call with a covering stack while Reitsma got out of the way.
Shuang Luo: A♣K♠
Bolivar Vasquez: K♣K♦
Luo failed to improve on the J♣3♣8♥8♦6♣ runout and made her exit from the tournament area while Vasquez dragged in a sizable pot.
GGPoker qualifier Dov Markowich raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and received calls from both the button and big blind.
When the flop came down 10♦3♣9♥, the big blind checked, Markowich continued for 3,500, and the button called. The player in the big blind got out of the way and the 7♠ appeared on the turn.
Markowich checked and his opponent bet 3,500. Markowich, who had about 35,000, then woke up with a check-raise to 20,000. The button responded by moving all in and Markowich called off.
Dov Markowich: J♥J♠
Button: 10♣8♣
Markowich was ahead with the overpair, but his opponent had a pair and open-ended straight draw. Despite Markowich killing some jacks outs, the J♣ spiked on the river to give his opponent the straight.
With that, the GGPoker qualifier's run in the WSOP Paradise Main Event came to a brutal end.
Robert Mizrachi raised it up to 2,500 from under the gun and Pedro Padilha three-bet to 8,000 in the cutoff, which the initial raiser called. On a K♠6♦3♦ flop, Mizrachi check-called for 4,000 and checked again the K♥ on the turn.
Padilha now bet 7,000 and that did the trick to win the pot uncontested.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
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