Recent Eliminations
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jean-Robert Bellande | Busted | |
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George Danzer | Busted | |
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Barry Greenstein | Busted | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jean-Robert Bellande | Busted | |
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George Danzer | Busted | |
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Barry Greenstein | Busted | |
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Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Rast |
287,200
-20,800
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-20,800 |
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Ashton Griffin |
212,500
77,500
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77,500 |
Rep Porter |
168,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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Paul Volpe |
165,300
55,300
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55,300 |
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Darren Elias |
153,300
28,300
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28,300 |
Daniel Negreanu |
152,600
-7,400
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-7,400 |
Abe Mosseri |
151,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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Jason Mercier |
151,500
56,500
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56,500 |
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John Juanda |
127,100
45,100
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45,100 |
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Greg Mueller |
120,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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John Monnette |
118,500
-25,500
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-25,500 |
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Mike Watson |
118,300
13,300
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13,300 |
Don Nguyen |
102,100
7,100
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7,100 |
Larry Wright |
101,700
-13,300
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-13,300 |
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Jon Turner |
99,200
19,200
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19,200 |
Galen Hall |
93,400
27,400
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27,400 |
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Joe Cassidy |
79,700
-12,300
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-12,300 |
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Shawn Buchanan |
63,900
-41,100
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-41,100 |
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Rui Cao |
45,600
18,600
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18,600 |
Shawn Sheikhan |
44,400
-600
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-600 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 600
Rui Cao raised to 5,000 in the cutoff, Mike Watson called in the small blind, and Watson drew one. Cao stood pat.
Watson tossed out 15,000, Cao quickly called, and the Canadian revealed for a rough ninety-eight. Cao mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mike Watson |
140,000
21,700
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21,700 |
Rui Cao |
27,000
-18,600
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-18,600 |
Greg Mueller raised to 6,300 from early position and Brian Rast made it 19,000 to go from the next seat over. Action came back around to Mueller and he flatted the three-bet.
For the draw, Mueller stood pat and Rast opted for two cards. Mueller flung out a bet of 5,000 and Rast tossed forward a call. Mueller fanned , prompting Rast to muck his cards. Mueller was pushed the pot and now has about 148,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Rast |
268,000
-19,200
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-19,200 |
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Greg Mueller |
148,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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Brian Rast raised in early position, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 28,000 out of the big blind, and Rast tank-called. Negreanu stood pat, Rast drew two, and both players checked.
Negreanu revealed , and Rast mucked.
The very next hand, Rast raised again, Negreanu three-bet to 27,000 out of the small blind, and Rast called. Both players stood pat and checked, and Negreanu once again tabled the winner; .
Two hands later, Negreanu raised to 7,500 in the cutoff, and Galen Hall defended his big blind. Hall drew two, Negreanu one, and the 2012 PCA Main Event champion led out for 11,400. Negreanu called.
Hall showed , but he was pipped by Kid Poker, who revealed .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Rast |
250,000
-18,000
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-18,000 |
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Daniel Negreanu |
240,000
87,400
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87,400 |
Galen Hall |
85,000
-8,400
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-8,400 |
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Larry Wright came in for a raise in early position, and Shawn Buchanan raised to 49,000, leaving about a dozen grey T100 chips behind. Wright called, thinking it was an all-in bet, and both players tanked before standing pat.
Wright tossed out enough to put Buchanan all in, the Canadian called, and Wright announced that he had a seven, fanning .
Buchanan mucked, but all-in hands must be revealed and the dealer quickly flashed what appeared to be an eight-low.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Larry Wright |
180,000
78,300
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78,300 |
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Shawn Buchanan | Busted | |
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Paul Volpe made it 5,500 to go from the cutoff and Ashton Griffin flatted from the button. Rui Cao three-bet shipped all in for about 30,000 from the small blind and it folded back to Volpe who kicked it in as well. Griffin called and each player took one new card at the draw.
Griffin:
Cao:
Griffin squeezed his card out first, revealing the for a king low. Cao tabled the , pairing his trey and giving him the second best hand. Cao was eliminated and Griffin jumped into the chip lead with about 270,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ashton Griffin |
270,000
57,500
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57,500 |
Rui Cao | Busted |
Galen Hall raised to 5,000 from early position and John Monnette three-bet to 14,600 from the next seat over. Daniel Negreanu flatted the three-bet from the button and it folded back to Hall who called as well.
Hall drew two cards while both Monnette and Negreanu opted for one. All three players checked post-draw and Negreanu showed for a ten-eight low. This was good enough to take down the pot and Negreanu was pushed the chips, boosting his stack to about 255,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Negreanu |
255,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Galen Hall |
73,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
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John Monnette |
71,000
-47,500
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-47,500 |
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