2014 World Series of Poker
Matt O'Donnell just took a huge pot off Don Nguyen to vault up the chip counts and land just underneath chip leader Alex Bilokur.
We caught the hand after O'Donnell bet what looked like 37,000 on the ![]()
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flop. Nguyen called and O'Donnell bet again on the
turn, making it 52,000.
Nguyen called again and then it came down to the
river, where O'Donnell bet 104,000 and Nguyen sat mulling it over for more than four minutes. He poured over and over the decision, but eventually made the call and mucked when O'Donnell turned over ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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605,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
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245,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante:
Chino Rheem made it 23,000 and Dani Stern potted it to 74,000 with 68,000 behind. Rheem responded by putting him all in and Stern made the call with ![]()
.
Rheem held ![]()
and although he missed the ![]()
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flop, the
turn put him ahead and the
river put Stern away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
482,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
305,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
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|
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271,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
265,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
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|
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238,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
115,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
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|
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95,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
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Pratyush Buddiga and Alexander Venovski ended up in a preflop raising war that saw Venovski get it all in for his tournament life with ![]()
.
Buddiga had just ![]()
and when he missed the ![]()
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board, Venovski doubled and Buddiga was left relatively short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
|
100,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
625,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
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|
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440,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
405,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
270,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
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90,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
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|
|
76,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
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Don Nguyen and Ismael Bojang started one fateful hand about even in chips and when Nguyen bet 55,000 into around 60,000 on the ![]()
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flop, Bojang potted. They ended up all in after doing the math and it was ![]()
for Bojang against Nguyen's ![]()
.
The
turn kept ace-high in the lead, but the
river made Bojang a flush and one-time chip boss Nguyen was relegated to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
460,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
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|
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Busted | |
Alex Bilokur raised from the cutoff, and John Juanda potted from the small blind. Bilokur put him all in, and Juanda called off his last few thousand.
Bilokur: ![]()
Juanda: ![]()
"YES!" Juana yelled, mimicking the running joke throughout the tournament of excessive celebration.
It didn't bring good luck, as the flop came ![]()
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. The
and
didn't fill the straight Juanda needed.
"That's why it's important not to get in flips with Alex," Scott Seiver advised.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
725,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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Busted | |
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After a 20,000 open from Ismael Bojang and a raise to 55,000 from Eric Seidel, Todd Brunson pushed all in for 87,000.
Bojang released, but Seidel was priced in, making the call with ![]()
and ruining what was otherwise a respectable image at the table.
Brunson had ![]()
and it held on an ![]()
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board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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|
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190,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
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