In a preflop raising war between Rainer Kempe and Brian Altman, the two large stacks ended up with Altman pushing all in over Rainer's four-bet to 1,300,000. Kempe folded and Altman showed the
. He now finds himself back on top of the chip counts again.
2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal
Darryll Fish opened the action with a raise to 250,000 preflop and Jared Mahoney called. The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked.
The turn card was the
and Mahoney checked again. Fish bet 350,000 and found a call from his opponent.
The river was the
and Mahoney checked once more. Fish bet 725,000 this time and won the pot when Mahoney gave up.
Here's a look at the chip counts as Level 30 gets started. For the first time since this final table began, Brian Altman is no longer the chip leader. Darryll Fish snuck just past him after a few recent small pots.
Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 15,000
Carter Swidler has a good rail here as the only Canadian at the final table of this Canadian WPT stop. The short stack is looking to take the title on his home turf.
Brian Altman limped in the small blind and Swidler raised to 280,000, getting a call and going to a flop of ![]()
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. Both players checked to the
turn and then to the
river.
Altman checked again and Swidler bet 125,000, getting his opponent to fold and his rail cheered on the small pot.
Darryll Fish did his best to bait his opponent, but Brian Altman didn't bite.
The two were on a flop of ![]()
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and Fish checked. Altman bet 420,000 and Fish called.
The turn card was the
and both players checked.
The river came
and Fish checked. Altman checked behind and Fish flipped over ![]()
, scooping up the small pot uncontested.
AJ Gambino was in the cutoff and raised to 180,000. With action on Darryll Fish on the button, he three-bet to 355,000. It folded back around to Gambino who took little time to push all in and Fish snap-called.
Gambino: ![]()
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Fish: ![]()
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It was a classic race, but the flop of ![]()
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made Fish a big favourite to win the pot. The turn of
took away one of Gambino's outs as the flush draw came in, and the
river filled the flush for Fish, eliminating Gambino on sixth place for $87,520.
The remaining players are now into six-figure paydays with fifth place earning $108,410.
Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
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Here are the chip counts as that level comes to a close: