According to Barry Shulman, Ryan Daut got ![]()
all in preflop against a player with ![]()
, and he's now out of the tournament.
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Busted |
According to Barry Shulman, Ryan Daut got ![]()
all in preflop against a player with ![]()
, and he's now out of the tournament.
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Busted |
On a flop of ![]()
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with 8,800 in the pot, we found Noah Bronstein with a 5,000-denomination chip in front of him and a second player raising to 55,000 - effectively putting both players all in.
A third player in the hand went deep into the tank for nearly three minutes before calling all in for his last 18,200 as Bronstein immediately committed his final 19,100.
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With Bronstein flopping the nuts in this three-way cooler, the gem of a
turn card would improve all three players hands.
There would be no bad beat on the river as the
completed the board to give Bronstein the triple to 65,200 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,200
200
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200 |
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A big war-of-wills just occurred in a hand between Dar'Ya Hulyk and Isaac Haxton. They'd gotten about 20,000 in the middle by the time the turn had arrived with the board showing ![]()
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. Hulyk checked, and Haxton bet 13,000. Hulyk sat quietly for a short while, then check-raised to 30,000. Haxton paused a few beats as well, then made the call.
The river then brought the
, both adding a third spade and pairing the board. This time Hulyk sat motionless for over a minute before setting out a bet of 25,000, then looking across the table at Haxton.
Haxton didn't move initially, sitting frozen with his left hand outstretched on the felt and resting his cheek in his right fist. Suddenly after about a half-minute he moved, using his left hand to slide out a column of chips to raise to 75,000 without moving his cheek from his fist.
At that Hulyk looked up at the ceiling with a nervous smile, then closed her eyes and returned to the tank for another long period of thought. She had but 22,000 or so behind, so to call would mean risking her tournament life.
Finally she found a call. Haxton immediately turned over ![]()
for a straight. Hulyk also quickly tabled her hand — ![]()
— and Haxton nodded at her call and hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000
93,200
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93,200 |
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74,000
104,000
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104,000 |
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Eric Baldwin raised in late position to 1,600 and was followed by a reraise to 4,600. Baldwin moved in for his remaining 12,900 and his opponent called.
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Opponent: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Baldwin's aces held for the double up unlike the last time he had aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,000
7,200
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7,200 |
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When we arrived at Table 427, Dana Ott, who finished runner-up in the Seniors Championship was all in for 41,500 on a board of ![]()
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. Binh Ta had already put out a call, and a third player, who had 14,000 in front of him, was in the tank. He finally reached for chips, and slid them forward.
The river was the
, and Ta quickly checked. The third player ripped over ![]()
for a pair of kings, but it was no good against Ta's ![]()
for a set of threes.
It was also no good against Ott's ![]()
for a set of sevens, and the Colorado native scooped in the six-figure pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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125,000
108,025
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108,025 |
Phil Collins raised to 1,800 from early position, and the player in the cutoff three-bet to 5,400. Collins thought for a minute before calling, and the flop came ![]()
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. Collins checked, and the cutoff continued for 4,000. Collins called, and both players checked after the dealer turned the
. The river was the
, and Collins led out with a small bet of 1,800. His opponent thought for a minute before pushing out a call, and Collins turned over ![]()
. His opponent mucked, and Collins took the pot. He's now up to 117,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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117,000
12,000
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12,000 |
Owais Ahmed had been battling with a short stack for much of the afternoon, having slipped below the 10,000-chip mark during our last round of counts. Alas for the one-time WSOP bracelet winner, his battle ended a short while ago, as he himself reports:

Main Event dream was not meant to be. Jammed with AK one diamond vs 66 on 645 all diamond flop, black king queen run outFollow @oerockets
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We may have just found our chip leader here in the Brasilia room, and name is Dirk van Luijk. We don't know where all his chips came from, but after starting the day with 147,900 chips, van Luijk has really bolstered his stack here on Day 2. We caught van Luijk playing a pot that boosted him even further up the leader board.
With the board reading ![]()
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van Luijk put out a bet of 6,000 into a pot of about 10,000. His opponent called rather quickly and turned up ![]()
for a pair of queens with the pair of nines on the board.
"Full house," van Luijk announced turning up his ![]()
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"Flop after flop," someone else at the table said, explaining how van Luijk kept hitting the board.
Van Luijk's full house was good enough to take down the pot and with that he boosted himself close to 440,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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439,000
439,000
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439,000 |
According to Haralabos Voulgaris, he cold four-bet out of the blinds after two players had raised ahead of him. One of the players called off all in, and the three-bettor was contemplating his move. Voulgaris commented that the player was going to get to see his hand regardless of his decision, and one of the other players apparently asked for the floor to be called because he didn't think Voulgaris should be talking about his hand with players still in the pot.
We didn't see or hear what the supervisor had to say, but we did hear the aftermath.
"I paid $10,000 to play a poker tournament, I want to talk," Voulgaris said loudly, eliciting chuckles from players at nearby tables. "If I can't talk, you can just take my chips and I'll go home."
Voulgaris is still sitting behind his big stack at Table 2, so it seems he's been allowed to talk.
The action folded around to Phil Ivey in the hijack, who opened to 2,000. His opponent on the button raised it up to 5,000, as both blinds got out of the way. With the option back on Ivey, he bumped it up to 13,000. His opponent paused for a moment, looked down at his cards, before moving all in. Ivey snap called, and the cards were shown.
Ivey: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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to see Ivey hold with his aces, as he eliminated a player from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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175,000
46,000
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46,000 |
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