After busting Ylon Schwartz earlier, Emmanuel Vacakis has continued to trend up. He now sits with around 50,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
20,000
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20,000 |
After busting Ylon Schwartz earlier, Emmanuel Vacakis has continued to trend up. He now sits with around 50,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Robert Cheung opened to 1,250 from early position, a player on his left called, and the rest of the action behind folded.
The flop fell ![]()
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, and both players checked. The turn was the
, Cheong led for 1,250, and his opponent called.
The river was a third king - the
- and Cheung tossed out 1,950. Among the chips he bet was a pink T500 chip, which his opponent thought was a blue T5,000 chip. Mulling the decision over, he finally called, and was relieved to see that it was indeed a T500 chip.
Cheung tabled ![]()
for trip kings, and shook his head knowing that he could've gotten a bit more value from his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
With the blinds at 50/100 in Day 1b, and the board reading ![]()
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, Kevin Calenzo fired 2,450. His opponent raised to 6,500, Calenzo re-raised, his opponent put him all in for a few thousand more, and Calenzo called.
Calenzo: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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The
completed the board, and Calenzo doubled to around 45,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
After losing a few pots, Ryan Olisar found a monster double up through a player who had a straight flush draw. We're not sure when the chips went in the middle, but when we reached the table, the board was completed ![]()
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. Olisar held ![]()
for the nuts, and his opponent had ![]()
.
Olisar is now back among our leaders with 72,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Tommy Vedes has been eliminated from Day 1a of the Main Event. We're quite certain will find him in Day 1b shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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We unfortunately missed the details, but Jim Atwood recently eliminated "Captain" Tom Franklin. Franklin announced that he's "headed to the Bellagio," while Atwood's stack increased to around 45,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
81,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
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47,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
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|
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32,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
28,000
11,700
|
11,700 |
|
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25,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
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21,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
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16,000
19,000
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19,000 |
|
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|
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9,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
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|
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3,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
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Marty Wong doesn't seem to be oscillating much with his big stack. He currently sits with around 76,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
On one of the last hands of Level 7, Robert Marchi opened to 825 from under the gun. A player three-bet to 2,300 from middle position, and Robert "The Raven" Theobald cold-called from the big blind. Marchi called as well, and the flop came ![]()
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.
Theobald led out for 2,500, Marchi raised to 6,175, and the three-bettor folded. Theobald tanked for quite some time before moving all in for around 25,000, and Marchi snapped him off.
Marchi: ![]()
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Theobald: ![]()
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Marchi flopped the stone-cold nuts, but the
ripped off on the turn, giving Theobald a full house. The
completed the board, and Theobald successfully doubled to around 60,000 chips.
Marchi slipped to around 12,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | |
|
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12,000
28,000
|
28,000 |