Kevin Martin raised to 25,200 early, then called off with more when Victor Begara shoved the middle for 175,645.
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Martin flopped a queen to take the lead but the river nine left him dead.
Kevin Martin raised to 25,200 early, then called off with more when Victor Begara shoved the middle for 175,645.
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Martin flopped a queen to take the lead but the river nine left him dead.
Level: 23
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,500
There are 342 players left in the game now, and busted players are pocketing $886 on their way out.
After an early raise, Kevin Martin reraised the button to 48,000, and Pavel "EzzzGame" Plesuv 4-bet the small blind to 112,000. It folded back to Martin, and he shoved for more than 700,000, and Plesuv called him off with more.
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Martin calls the ace-king hand "church" and his prayers were answered on this one, collecting a big double through Plesuv with the king on the flop. That put Martin in the chip lead.
Level: 22
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,250
After an under the gun raise, Wenjun "twj122" Tu shoved the cutoff for 203,638. "onlyyuki" reshoved the big blind, forcing the initial raiser out.
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The kings were ahead from the start, but after the king on the turn, the jack on the river might have been a bit of a needle for Tu.
They are now in the money with 475 players left.
Level: 21
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
They are now hand for hand on the money bubble with 481 players remaining.