Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Julien Sitbon made a late position raise and was called by Jack McDermott in the small blind for a decent chunk of his short stack. Marian Dumitrache also called in the big blind.
The flop came and action checked around to Sitbon, who bet 15,000. Dumitrache called and all other players folded. The turn was the . Dumitrache checked and Sitbon bet 55,000. Dumitrache folded.
After the hand, McDermott explained his actions to the player to his right. "There's logic to it," he said, speaking of the preflop call he had just made. "If I hit any of the flop I can shove, but if I completely whiff it I can just fold."
The next hand, McDermott found his spot to make a shove. Sohail Hussain raised from late position and McDermott moved all in. Players flipped their cards.
Jack McDermott:
Sohail Hussain:
McDermott's logic was proved right as he was a favorite going into the flop, although he did proclaim, "That's not the hand I wanted to see."
The board ran out , giving Hussain a great number of outs on the flop. He paired up on the turn and made trips on the river. McDermott was eliminated from the tourney inside the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marian Dumitrache | 610,000 | 506,000 |
Julien Sitbon
|
460,000 | 350,000 |
Sohail Hussain | 320,000 | -140,000 |
Jack McDermott | Busted |
After several rounds of hand for hand play, Nguyen Khoa Le shoved all in from under the gun with a short stack and got called by Hong Pham. Khoa Le was at risk on the bubble.
Nguyen Khoa Le:
Hong Pham:
The board ran out to give Hong Pham two pair with her kings and the aces on board. Khoa Le was eliminated and the bubble was burst.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hong Pham | 950,000 | 370,000 |
Nguyen Khoa Le | Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Players are now on their second break of Day 2. There are 65 remaining and 63 players will make the money. When action resumes, blinds will be on 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante.
Jonathan Mccann raised from middle position and Brandon Shiels reraised to 46,000. Jack O'Neill four-bet to 210,000, which was most of his stack. Action folded back around to Mccann, who shoved all in. Shiels folded and O'Neill made the call.
"Am I drawing dead or drawing to three outs?", said O'Neill as players flipped their cards.
Jack O'Neill:
Jonathan Mccann:
"Ahh, three outs," said O'Neill.
The board ran out , bringing O'Neill no help. He was eliminated from the tournament with just a few players left to go before the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan McCann | 530,000 | 454,000 |
Jack O'Neill | Busted |
Blind versus blind, Ravi Sharda limped from the small blind, Abdullah Alshanti raised it up to 27,000, and Sharda reraised to 70,000. Alshanti called.
The flop came . Sharda continued for 40,000 and Alshanti called.
The river was the . Sharda checked and Alshanti moved all in. Sharda scratched his head and looked perplexed, eventually making the fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Abdullah Alshanti | 420,000 | -90,000 |
Ravi Sharda | 170,000 | -7,000 |
In a six way limped pot, the flop was . Andrew Tuxworth checked from the small blind and Nik Conlon bet out from the big blind. Action folded around to Tuxworth, who moved all in. Conlon called.
Andrew Tuxworth:
Nik Conlon:
Tuxworth had trip twos on the flop and Conlon had a full house with fives full. The turn fell the and the river came the to give Tuxworth a full house. It wasn't enough, however, and Conlon scooped a huge pot, leaving Tuxworth decimated.
Tuxworth then shoved all in blind, not once, but twice. On the second hand, he was called by Syed Kirmani.
Andrew Tuxworth:
Syed Kirmani:
The flop came to give Tuxworth a pair of fours. Moments after looking like he was about to exit the tournament, Tuxworth had doubled up twice to bring his stack back to nearly 250k.
His run of good fortune didn't continue much longer though. A few hands later, Tuxworth was eliminated from the event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nik Conlon | 380,000 | |
Andrew Tuxworth | 230,000 | -89,000 |
Syed Kirmani
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Natalia Breviglieri raised from early position to 12,000 and got called by Fabio Miranda on the button and Hong Pham in the small blind. The player in the big blind also came along.
The flop came and all players checked. The turn was the and action checked around to Miranda, who bet out 16,000. Only Pham called.
The river was the and Pham led out for 55,000. Miranda made the call and Pham mucked her hand as Miranda scooped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fabio Miranda | 630,000 | 329,000 |
Hong Pham | 580,000 | 220,000 |
Natalia Breviglieri | 95,000 | -53,000 |