The players are now on their final 15-minute break of the evening.
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Terry Hansel got his short stack of 28,500 all in preflop holding ![]()
and was well out in front of Matt Kirby's ![]()
. Unfortunately for Kirby, who recently did an in-depth interview with PokerNews, he wouldn't get lucky as the board ran out ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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95,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Drazen Ilich and an opponent were heads up on a board of ![]()
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. Ilich's opponent led out for 16,500, and Ilich scrunched his face. He eventually reached for chips, and tossed out enough to make the call.
His opponent rolled over ![]()
for effectively ace-high, and Ilich had to sit up to see that it was air. He then turned over ![]()
for eights and fours, and raked in the pot.
"Nice bet," Ilich said after the hand. "S***, I almost folded."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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210,000
115,000
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115,000 |
Action folded around to an unknown player on the button and he put in a raise. Hometown favorite Justin "Choctaw" Kruger then moved all in from the small blind for 31,100, and after the big blind folded, the original raiser made the call.
Kruger: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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It was a flip, and the PokerNews Odds Calculator tells us that Kruger was actually favored slightly with a 50.30% chance of winning the hand. The ![]()
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flop hit Kruger and saw his chances of survival jump up to 91.21%, and the
turn bumped it up even more to 95.45%.
Kruger just needed to dodge a seven on the river to keep his tournament hopes alive, and that's exactly what he did as the
peeled off the deck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
38,900
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38,900 |
Andrew Watson has suddenly shot up the charts, and has over 200,000 chips. He almost had more, but he just had his pocket aces cracked by an opponent's ![]()
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Watson opened to 4,000 in middle position, a player three-bet jammed for 17,500 on his left, and Watson snap-called.
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Opponent: ![]()
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"You deserve one," Watson said, alluding the the fact that he's been running hot.
The flop was an interesting one: ![]()
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. It gave Watson a set of aces, but his opponent now had a flush draw. The
on the turn was a brick, but the
slammed on the river, doubling Watson's opponent.
Watson laughed the bad beat off and he has good reason to smile - he has around 205,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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205,000
125,000
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125,000 |
Kevin "1SickDisease" Eyster and an opponent were heads up on a board of ![]()
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. The player checked, and Eyster fired 38,000 into a pot of around 70,000. His opponent tanked for the better part of two minutes, then folded.
Eyster, who just won two gold jerseys in FTOPS XXI and has nearly $3 million in online tournament earnings, raked in the pot and now has around 220,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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220,000 | |
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Jonathan Hill is no longer occupying Seat 9 at Table 6, signifying that he has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
When we reached Table 6, Cody Crouch had just doubled with ![]()
against an unknown hand from an unknown opponent. The board was ![]()
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, and there were chips everywhere.
After the dealer cut down all of Crouch's stacks, he determined that the all-in bet was for 77,000. Crouch now has around 150,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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150,000 |
Felicia Johnico opened for 3600 from early position and received a call from Phil Mader in middle position. Bobby "Shooter" Hempkins then called from the big blind, and three players took a flop of ![]()
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Hempkins checked, Johnico bet 4,200, and only Mader called, bringing about a turn of
. This time Johnico slowed down with a check, but then she sprung to life by check-raising all in after Mader bet 6,000. Mader quickly called off for 35,900 and tabled ![]()
, which had Johnico's ![]()
drawing dead. The meaningless
was put out on the river for good measure, and Johnico watched a good portion of her chips sent to Mader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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75,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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30,000
2,000
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2,000 |