Facing a preflop raise of 1,700 from a player in the cutoff, Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger tossed out a three bet of 4,500 and after a moment, his opponent gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
8,000
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8,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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145,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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105,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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60,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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40,000
5,100
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5,100 |
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25,500
5,500
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5,500 |
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18,800
28,500
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28,500 |
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Busted | |
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The table are calling him the comeback kid after Ivan Soshnikov, who had been below 20,000 chips earlier, had gone a recent rush to run up his stack again. We just witnessed such a hand where Soshnikov opened for 1,800 and got called by the big blind.
The flop was 
and when the big blind checked Soshnikov bet 2,100 and got called. The turn card was the 
and Soshnikov’s 5,000 bet was check-raised to 13,000. He made the call and they got it all in on the river 
. Soshnikov turned over 
and his opponent who had just a little more chips than him was distraught that his 
and gone behind on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
43,000
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43,000 |
A player under the gun opened to 1,900, and Paul Pierce three-bet to 5,000 in middle position. The under-the-gun player made it 16,900 to go, and Pierce asked how much his opponent had behind.
"You can let this one go," the player said. "I'll show you."
Pierce decided to jam it in after brief consideration.
"He's all in?" the player said. "S***."
He called off his last 26,300, though, and he was in solid shape.
Pierce: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
, causing a player who was on the button to curse, saying he folded jacks to the two raises in front of him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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81,200
5,500
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5,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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305,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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294,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
226,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
212,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
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208,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
111,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
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104,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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86,500
42,500
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42,500 |
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78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
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76,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
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75,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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52,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
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37,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
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34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
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29,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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Oliver Bosch checked to Alex Balcerzak on a completed board of 
, and he moved all in for effectively 80,700. Bosch called, putting himself at risk, and Balcerzak showed 
for a flopped straight.
Bosch mucked, and hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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212,000
212,000
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212,000 |
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Busted |
Tom Marchese raised to 2,000 from early position, Carlos Mortensen called from the next seat, everyone else folded, and the flop came down 
. Marchese bet 2,700, and Mortensen called.
The turn was the 
, and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Both players checked again.
Mortensen showed the 
to beat Marchese's 
and win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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60,000
3,300
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3,300 |
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From middle position, Mike Ziemba raised to 1,800. Antonio Scalzi reraised to 3,900 from the cutoff seat, and action folded back to Ziemba. He four-bet to 11,000, and Scalzi tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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108,000
7,700
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7,700 |
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37,300
37,300
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37,300 |
