Most of the field at the start of Level 25:
2013 World Series of Poker
Just before the last break, Jackie Glazier and Yevgeniy Timoshenko were involved in a big hand that saw about 700,000 find its way into the middle by the river with the board showing ![]()
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When we arrived it appeared Timoshenko had fired a bet of 475,000, then Glazier had shoved all in, forcing Timoshenko into a long study lasting a few minutes into the break. Finally Timoshenko let his hand go, and with that one Glazier returns for Level 25 to a stack of more than 2 million.
Keanu Tabali opened to 85,000 from under the gun plus one, and was called by Jan Nakladal from the blinds.
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, and Nakladal checked. Tabali bet out another 80,000, before he was met with a raise to 200,000. He thought about his decision for a moment, before making the call.
The
fell on the turn, and Nakladal reached for his chips. He then pushed in a bet of 300,000, which was good enough for the pot.
There has been a flurry of action on the feature table since the players returned from break, as there has been an elimination or double up on three straight hands. On the second hand back from break, Jonathan Jaffe raised to 95,000 on the button. Annette Obrestad moved all in for 810,000, and Michiel Brummelhuis cold called the bet from the big blind. Jaffe got out of the way, and Obrestad was in big trouble.
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Obrestad said "Now it's time to use my one time in America," when she saw the cards, and the flop brought all low cards, coming ![]()
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. Obrestad could now win with a five or a three, and the turn was another low card, but not the one she wanted,
. Obrestad was down to her last card, and that river was the
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Brummelhuis jumped up to 3.275 million after that hand, while Obrestad adds a top 100 finish to her win in the 2007 WSOP Europe Main Event.
Sebastian Gohr opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Maxx Coleman, Jason Mann, Steve Gee and Age Spets all called from a variety of positions.
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flop and Coleman bet out 185,000 to force a quick succession of folds to see him pushed the pot to move to roughly 1.6 million.
Vladimir Geshkenbein opened to 85,000 in late position, Raul Paez moved all in for around 1.3 million on the button, and Somar Al-Darwich re-shoved in the big blind. Mader quickly folded.
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It was a near three million-chip race, and Al-Darwich took a commanding lead when the flop fell ![]()
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. Only a ten would save Paez, and he was unable to make Broadway as the turn and river bricked
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respectively.
Paez hit the rail, while Al-Darwich is up to 3.3 million chips.
Oliver Price shoved from early position for 675,000 and Jonathan Jaffe called from the cutoff.
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The flop brought some chop outs for Jaffe, coming down ![]()
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Jaffe would chop the pot if a seven came, and the
on the turn meant another three would do the same. However, the
hit the river, and Price notched the full double up to just under 1.5 million
Dan Owen's table recently moved to the secondary feature stage, and so far the move has been treating him well. He just won two pots in a row, adding over 50% to his stack.
In the first, Samu Rustom raised to 100,000 from early position, Owen called on the button, and Carlos Mortensen called from the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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, and Rustom continued for 250,000. Owen raised to 600,000, and both Mortensen and Rustom folded.
In the very next hand, Simon Lam raised to 90,000 from late position, and Owen called from the cutoff. The flop fell ![]()
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, and Lam bet 125,000. Owen called, and the
hit the felt on the turn. Lam slowed down and checked, and Owen bet 150,000. Lam folded, and Owen won the pot.
Shortly after Annette Obrestad's elimination, a hand arose on one of the outer tables involving Chris Kinane and Beverly Lange. Following a Kinane open, Lange reraise-shoved for about 315,000 from the big blind and Kinane called right away.
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— the very hand she'd mentioned several times over the last few days to have been her least favorite.
She won't like it any better after this hand, as the flop came ![]()
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to give her a pair but Kinane a set, the turn brought the
to give her two pair, and the river was the
to improve Kinane further to a flush. Lange's hand ended second-best, and the players and surrounding crowd applauded her for her 86th-place finish as she wished everyone good luck and departed.
The exits of Obrestad and Lange make Jackie Glazier the lone remaining woman in the field. The big board currently shows 83 players still remaining.
Danard Petit raised to 90,000 from under the gun +1, and Jonathan Jaffe reraised to 190,000. Action folded to Goran Mandic, who moved all in from the small blind for 485,000. Petit then shoved all in over the top for 1.48 million, and Jaffe got out of the way.
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, and Petit notched another bounty on his belt, jumping up to 2.15 million in the process.