Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Shortly After Scott Efron was eliminated in 6th place, Paul Snead was next to hit the rail.
He got it all in preflop with ![]()
and was called by Andrew Lauer who had the ![]()
.
The flop came ![]()
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. The turn was the
to open a straight draw and the straight would come home for Lauer as the
came off on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
710,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
590,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
345,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
105,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Dave Stefanski raised to 17,000 from the hijack, he was three-bet by James Frangoulidis from the cutoff to 43,000. It folded back around to Stefanski who called.
The flop came ![]()
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. Frangoulidis bet 32,000 after a check and Stefanski called. The turn was the
. Stefanski checked again and Frangoulidis moved two stacks of chips out for a bet of 72,000. Stefanski folded after a few moments and flashed an ace to his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
372,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
Lauren Monosson held ![]()
suited and shoved all in preflop.
She ran into the pocket kings of Dave Stefanski and was eliminated when the board ran out cleanly for the kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
555,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
469,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
301,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
160,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
116,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
91,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
30,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
It is time for the second 15-minute break of the day.
Action was picked up on the river of a board that read ![]()
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. Dave Stefanski bet about 45,000 into a pot of around the same size. Paul Snead thought for about ten seconds before calling with some trepidation.
Stefanski showed the hammer with the ![]()
, while Snead turned over the ![]()
for a lesser flush.
Several players at the table complimented Snead on only calling rather than even considering a raise and hence losing the minimum.
"I just knew he had it" said Snead as he saw more of his stack cut away to continue his downward trajectory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
135,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Paul Snead raised to 15,000 under the gun, James Frangoulidis called from the cutoff. Out of the small blind, Andrew Lauer three-bet to 53,000.
Snead thought it over for a while and confirmed the count before folding. Frangoulidis also folded after a few moments and Lauer added a nice chunk to his stack with the preflop aggression.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
|
328,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
180,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000