Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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54,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
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40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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32,000
7,300
|
7,300 |
|
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|
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28,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
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|
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6,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
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A player in early position raised to 1,700, and a short stack in middle position moved all in. Marco Johnson, who covered the player, shipped it over the top. Everyone else folded.
Johnson: ![]()
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Middle position:n ![]()
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Johnson was in a dominating position, and he only solidified it when ![]()
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flopped. Two eights hit the board after that, and Johnson has nearly 50,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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48,200
29,200
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29,200 |
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Chris DeMaci, in the small blind, jammed over a button raise. The button called with ![]()
. DeMaci turned over ![]()
, and he was way in front.
The flop came ![]()
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, but an
on the turn left DeMaci in dire straits. The river was the
, dooming DeMaci.
"Good luck, everybody," he said, gathering his stuff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted |
We just caught an exciting pot with Chris Karambinis, where he four-bet all in to take down a sizable pot and nearly double his stack.
The flop read ![]()
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, and Karambinis checked. His opponent bet 4,700 into the 12,000 pot. Karambinis then raised to 10,700, putting some pressure on his opponent who returned fire with a three-bet to 18,700.
Karambinis quickly four-bet with an all-in, later saying that he had a great read on his opponent. His opponent folded, and Karambinis took down a 30,000 pot to bring his stack up to 85,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
James "mig.com" Mackey got it all in from the small blind. Unfortunately for him, the big blind held ![]()
, which dominated Mackey's ![]()
. All low cards hit the board, and Mackey was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted | |
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Nicolas Levi, in the small blind, check-called a bet of 3,600 on the ![]()
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flop. The turn was a [9], and both players checked to see a
on the river. Again, both players checked, and Levi tabled ![]()
for top pair. His opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
117,500
|
117,500 |
Jesse Sylvia opened for a raise to 1,700 on the button, and the small blind reraised all in for about 17,000. The big blind folded, and Sylvia insta-called.
Sylvia: ![]()
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Small blind: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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, and Sylvia busted his opponent on the last hand before their table broke.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
We walked up to the table just as Antonio Esfandiari went all-in for 20,200 of his remaining chips. David Peters, two seats to the left, also announced, "All in," after a short tank. The rest of the players folded, and Esfandiari showed ![]()
, while Peters tabled ![]()
.
The board came ![]()
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, hitting a queen for Peters and coming up short for Esfandiari. After an apparent downswing, Peters is now sitting at a healthy stack of around 60,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100