The late registration period for Day 1a has ended. A total of 191 entries registered for the flight.
Tonight's action will conclude at the end of Level 15.
The late registration period for Day 1a has ended. A total of 191 entries registered for the flight.
Tonight's action will conclude at the end of Level 15.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
The players are now headed on their last 10-minute break of the day. The late registration period will come to an end at the completion of this break.
Abbas Moradi opened to 3,800 in early position, the small blind three-bet to 15,300, and Moradi made the call.
The small blind went all in on the ![]()
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flop, having Moradi covered. Moradi, with 27,000 behind, made the call.
Abbas Moradi: ![]()
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Small Blind: ![]()
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Moradi's under pair to the board was ahead, and the
on the turn brought in a full boat and clinched the double. The inconsequential
fell on the river, and Moradi chipped up to 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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212,000
83,500
|
83,500 |
|
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160,000
121,500
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121,500 |
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140,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
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132,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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98,500
82,500
|
82,500 |
|
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90,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
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80,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
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70,000
4,000
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4,000 |
|
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67,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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64,000
8,000
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8,000 |
|
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47,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
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40,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
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36,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
Vuong Do raised to 4,300 under the gun and the next player to act called. The remaining players got out of the way and they went heads up to a flop that came ![]()
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. Both players checked and it was off to a turn card.
Do led out for 6,200 on the
turn card and quickly got called. The
completed the board and Do splashed 18,400 into the middle. After giving it some thought his opponent decided to call and they flipped their cards over.
Vuong Do: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
Do rivered a full house which also improved his opponent to trips. Do now sits with around 170,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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170,000
42,000
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42,000 |
The action folded to Vuong Do in the small blind and he limp-called a bet of 4,000 from the big blind. Both players checked the flop when it came ![]()
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Do led out for 6,300 on the
turn and his opponent called. Do fired another bet on the
river, this time 7,300 his opponent paid the bet and Do tabled his hand.
Vuong Do: ![]()
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Do showed top pair top kicker and scooped the pot after his opponent mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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128,000
28,000
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28,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
The action folded to Bruce Kramer on the button and he raised to 4,500. The small blind folded and Matthew Salsberg moved all in for 24,000 from the big blind. Kramer took a moment before tossing in a chip to call.
Matthew Salsberg: ![]()
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Bruce Kramer: ![]()
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Salsberg was in the lead but the ![]()
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flop left him with just three outs. He picked up an additional four outs when the
fell on the turn. But the
river was a brick and Salsberg was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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135,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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Busted | |
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With around 12,000 in the middle, and the board showing ![]()
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, Tyler Cormney bet 8,500, and Peter Chu called in the cutoff.
Cormney checked the
river, and Chu bet 22,500. Cormney tanked for a bit, then called, but saw the bad news when Chu tabled ![]()
, good for a set of threes.
Both players it north of the 100k mark in the aftermath, with Cormney among the tournament chip leaders in spite of the loss.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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162,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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108,000
108,000
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108,000 |