Cleaning Up the Chip Counts
Here are some chip updates as well as some players who are no longer in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 | |
|
16,000 | 11,600 |
|
15,500 | |
|
13,000 | 4,000 |
|
11,000 | 2,000 |
|
7,600 | |
|
7,300 | -1,700 |
|
6,000 | |
|
6,000 | -3,000 |
|
3,500 | -5,500 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted |
to scoop a nice little pot.
board the small blind check-called a Kostritsyn bet. Once the final call was made, Kostritsyn showed 
and his opponent mucked.
turn was no help to Hellmuth and neither was the 
. The "Poker Brat" showed up late and left early.
board where Shawn Buchanan checked from the small blind. Frank Kassela bet from middle position and was check-raised by Buchanan. Not to be deterred, Kassela made it three bets and Buchanan made it four. Once the 
hit the river however, the action slowed down as Kassela only called one Buchanan bet. Buchanan showed 
for a full house, queens full of jacks on the turn which became full of kings on the river. Kassela too held 
. Noah Boeken who was also in the hand faced a raise on the flop, which he called quickly.
on the turn. With a 
appearing on the river, Boeken again faced another bet from his aggressor which he called.
and was able to win the main pot. The side pot was awarded to the player in late position who held 
flop and Clements called. On the 
turn, the big blind check-called a Clements’ bet. Both players checked the 
river and the big blind turned over 
. Clements showed 