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With the flop reading , Renato Almeida fired a 2,050-chip bet from the small blind. The player in the big blind called.
The turn card was the and Almeida check-raised all in after faced with a 3,200 bet from his opponent. The big blind eventually folded and Almeida is now up to 30,000 chips.
From under the gun a player opened the pot and Thomas Marchese re-popped it to 3,8000 on the button. The action got back to the player under the gun and he four-bet to 7,200. Marchese flatted.
Flop:
The player under the gun fired a 4,700-chip bet and was called.
The turn brought a to the table and both players checked. When the felt on the river, Marchese puts the player under the gun all in, around 27,000.
The player under the gun eventually folded and one of his table mates said, "Show the bluff!"
Marchese flashed a and took the pot, is now up to 85,000 chips.
There were officially 568 entrants generating a prizepool of $2,669,600 today. The top 54 players will be paid a minimum of $10,171 and here's how the final table will pay out:
1st - $667,433
2nd - $412,746
3rd - $262,902
4th - $173,123
5th - $117,595
6th - $82,303
The entire payout structure can be viewed by clicking the Payouts tab above.
There have been a myriad of bustouts recently including Kevin Saul, Amit Makhija and Dan Martin.
Brent "bhanks11" Hanks and William Reynolds got all the chips in the middle on a flop of . Reynolds was at risk, and the hands looked like this:
Showdown
Hanks:
Reynolds:
The turn and river both bricked, sending Reynolds to the rail and pushing Hanks to 62,000 chips.
When we arrived at the table Dave Ulliott was stacking his chips, and the board read .
Ulliott's cards were face up and we could see . Devilfish told us that his opponent flopped a straight and he turned a flush.
Ulliott now has 150,000 chips and is our new chip leader.
With the board reading and about 15,000 chips in the pot, Andrew Robl fired a bet. His opponent called and the fell on the river.
Robl made a 8,300-chip bet and his opponent tanked, before making the call.
Robl tabled for a rivered pair, but his opponent has for two pair. Robl slipped to 30,000 chips.
Shannon Shorr opened to 1,500 from under the gun and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 5,200 from the cutoff. Shorr called.
The flop fell and Shorr check-called 6,800 from O'Dwyer.
Both players checked the on the turn and Shorr checked a third time after the rivered. O'Dwyer paused for a minute then bet 17,000. Shorr called.
"Nice call," O'Dwyer said as soon as Shorr's chips hit the felt.
Shorr turned over for just a pair of tens.
"Very good call," O'Dwyer complimented while mucking his hand.
The call has Shorr up to 75,000 chips and O'Dwyer down to 58,000.
When we arrived at the table the board was spread and all the chips were in the middle of the table. Tobias Reinkemeier tabled and his opponent pocket tens. Tobias Reinkemeier is now out of the tournament.
"What happened in this hand?", Phil Ivey asked the table.
Tablemate Praz Bansi answered, "He moved all in and was called".
Simply as this, it's poker!