Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
David Moses opened to 2,200 from the button, the small blind called, Tom Brachowski squeezed to 10,000 from the big blind, and both opponents called.
The small blind checked the ![]()
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flop, Brachowski bet 15,000, and both opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
139,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
113,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
Kevin Andriamahefa opened to 2,300 from early position, Todd Sladek called on the button, and both blinds called.
All four players checked the ![]()
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flop.
Action checked to the big blind on the
turn, the big blind bet 8,000, Sladek called, and the small blind called.
All three remaining players checked the
river, and Sladek's ![]()
was the winner, with the
playing for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Chad Holloway was down to 7,000 after losing with ace-king versus ace-four in an all in preflop hand, but within another orbit won a couple of hands to chip back up to 19,000
The first saw Holloway open shove for that 7,000, and get a call from George Pappas.
Chad Holloway: ![]()
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George Pappas: ![]()
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Board: ![]()
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Holloway's two pair aces and fours were the winner, and on the following hand Holloway open shoved from under the gun and got no callers, getting back to 19,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
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Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on their last 15-minute break of the night.
George Pappas opened to 2,000 in early position, Tim Capretta called in the small blind, and the big blind called.
The three players went to the ![]()
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flop, the big blind checked, Pappas bet 3,700, Capretta check-raised to 13,000, the big blind folded, and Pappas called.
Capretta bet 20,000 on the
turn, and Pappas tanked for several minutes, then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
52,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Bryce McVay opened to 1,600 from the cutoff, and got a call from Jorden Helstern on the button.
Both players checked through the ![]()
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flop, as well as the
turn.
The river came
, McVay bet 2,000, and Helstern folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
31,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
Sam Cosby recently added to the stack with a big pot in a flush-over-flush situation, with Cosby's ![]()
getting the best of an opponent's ![]()
on a three-flush board.
A few minutes later, Tom Brachowski got the best of Nadya Magnus, with Brachowski's ![]()
cracking the ![]()
of Magnus.
With half of Level 9 remaining, Brachowski has the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
157,000 | |
|
|
93,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
157,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
|
146,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
118,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
93,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
70,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
66,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
65,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
58,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
50,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
37,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
34,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
30,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
26,500
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
26,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
23,000 | |
|
|
12,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
Busted | |