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Billy Kopp was in the big blind to start a hand that wound up as a three-way flop. He was the second player to call Kevin Schaffel's raise from middle position to 425,000. Darvin Moon, sitting with the button, was the first.
All three men checked a non-threatening flop of . When the turn paired jacks, , Kopp took control of the situation by betting 760,000. Only Schaffel called.
The river was the . Kopp continued his charge by firing out a bet of 2.6 million. That was too much for Schaffel. He folded.
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The pressure bet is one of the greatest weapons in a poker player's arsenal. Kevin Schaffel just used it to great effect. Schaffel opened the preflop action to 425,000. Jeff Shulman had the button and reraised to 1.4 million. Darvin Moon, with plenty of chips to burn, called that raise from the small blind, bringing the action back to Schaffel. Schaffel weighed his options before reraising to 5.8 million total. That was the pressure bet of the hand, inducing folds from Shulman and Moon.
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Billy Kopp opened with a minimum raise to 320,000 from middle position, and Ben Lamb reraised from the cutoff to one million. It folded around and Kopp made the call.
The flop came , and both players checked. The turn brought the . Kopp pushed out a bet of 1.75 million, and Lamb responded by announcing he was all in. Kopp looked over at Lamb, who sat quietly awaiting Kopp's action. Finally Kopp let it go.
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Phil Ivey made it 420,000 to go and Steve Begleiter called from late position.
The flop came down and Ivey led out for 600,000. Begleiter made the call and they went to the turn which fell the . Both players checked the on the river as well.
Begleiter showed for busted straight and flush draws. Ivey turned up and took down the pot to a raucous chorus of "Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!" He's back up to 6.8 million.
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Andrew Lichtenberger - 18th Place
Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger wasn't lucky enough to ride his deep run in the Main Event into a berth in the November Nine. He opened his last pot preflop for 400,000 and was called by Darvin Moon in position.
The flop was all small cards, . Lichtenberger had to act first and bet 680,000 chips. Moon raised that bet to 1.5 million, then called when Lichtenberger moved all in!
Lichtenberger:
Moon:
Lichtenberger was drawing at the last two jacks in the deck. Neither the turn nor the river was one of them. He's out in 18th place.
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Steven Begleiter opened for 425,000 from UTG, Eric Buchman reraised to 1,150,000, and Begleiter came back over the top for 3,000,000 total. It was enough to get Buchman to fold and Begleiter took down yet another pot, taking his stack up to 19.7 million.
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Steven Begleiter opened for 425,000 and Nick Maimone called from the small blind.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Maimone led for 400,000. Begleiter called. The river was the . Maimone bet 800,000 and Begleiter called.
Maimone showed for top pair, but Begleiter had him out-kicked with . Begleiter won the pot, taking his stack up to 18,000,000. Maimone was left with 10,000,000.
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Steven Begleiter made it 400,000 to go from the cutoff and Antoine Saout called on the button before James Akenhead came in with a reraise to 1,460,000. Both players folded and Akenhead took it down. He's up to 8 million in chips.
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Every pot, from here to the final table, will be carefully and cautiously contested. Billy Kopp, with the weight of his tournament-leading stack behind him, will be trying to control the flow as much as he can. He opened a recent pot to 375,000 preflop and was called by Ben Lamb on the button and Jordan Smith in the big blind.
All three players quietly cheched an all-middle-card flop of . The turn fell and brought a bet of 700,000 from Smith, the first player to act. That bet folded both of Smith's opponents, enabling him to drag the pot.
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. When the turn paired jacks, 
, Kopp took control of the situation by betting 760,000. Only Schaffel called.
. Kopp continued his charge by firing out a bet of 2.6 million. That was too much for Schaffel. He folded.
. Kopp pushed out a bet of 1.75 million, and Lamb responded by announcing he was all in. Kopp looked over at Lamb, who sat quietly awaiting Kopp's action. Finally Kopp let it go.
and Ivey led out for 600,000. Begleiter made the call and they went to the turn which fell the 
. Both players checked the 
on the river as well. 
for busted straight and flush draws. Ivey turned up 
and took down the pot to a raucous chorus of "Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!" He's back up to 6.8 million.
nor the river 
was one of them. He's out in 18th place.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Maimone led for 400,000. Begleiter called. The river was the 
. The turn fell 
and brought a bet of 700,000 from Smith, the first player to act. That bet folded both of Smith's opponents, enabling him to drag the pot.