Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The board read ![]()
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and there was a pot of about 25,000 in the middle.
Blake Barousse was in the small blind and made a bet of 19,000 over to Andrew Barfield on the button.
Barfield went into the tank and thought it out for about 30 seconds before laying it down to give Barousse the nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
108,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
The flop came ![]()
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and Joan Hartwell was facing a small bet from her opponent.
She decided to raise to 7,500 which forced her opponent to quickly fold his hand to give Hartwell the chips.
She climbed slightly above 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
102,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Remember, players can qualify for the 2019/20 Global Casino Championship in one of several ways.
Here's a look at the top 10 on the National Leaderboard, which you can view in full by clicking here:
| Place | Name | Points | Rings | Cashes | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Moscati | 232.5 pts | 0 | 16 | $198,835 |
| 2 | Andrew Kelsall | 210 pts | 2 | 11 | $118,308 |
| 3 | Christopher Underwood | 205 pts | 0 | 19 | $37,056 |
| 4 | John Gallaher | 195 pts | 1 | 9 | $129,145 |
| 5 | Robert Keeling | 192.5 pts | 2 | 12 | $66,343 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. | 187.5 pts | 2 | 6 | $106,719 |
| 7 | Nick Pupillo | 182.5 pts | 1 | 7 | $97,957 |
| 8 | Maurice Hawkins | 180 pts | 0 | 13 | $127,908 |
| 9 | Carlos Loving | 167.5 pts | 1 | 17 | $90,278 |
| 10 | Brett Apter | 165 pts | 0 | 13 | $64,977 |
Melisa Singh moved all in on a flop of ![]()
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with two hearts. She was quickly called by Jason Smith who turned over the ![]()
for trips while Singh had a flush draw with the ![]()
.
The turn and river would not provide a heart for Singh and she was left without any chips while Smith surged up toward the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600

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The board read ![]()
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. Kyle Cartwright bet 6,000 and was called by Zachary Mullennix.
The river was the
. Both players checked fairly quickly and Cartwright turned over the ![]()
which was good enough to take down the pot as Mullinex mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
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22,000 | |
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Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading ![]()
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. Stephen Bierman bet 8,000 into a pot of about 17,000.
Ryan Ramsdell raised by shoving all in for 22,200. Bierman thought for about 15 seconds before calling.
Bierman was ahead holding the ![]()
for an overpair while Ramsdell was looking for a diamond as he held the ![]()
.
The river was indeed a diamond as the dealer revealed the
to give Ramsdell the double up and send Bierman back close to starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |