The players are now heading to their 20-minute break and the tournament will resume at blinds 100/200, ante 25.
The players are now heading to their 20-minute break and the tournament will resume at blinds 100/200, ante 25.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
After the last break, we took a quick peek into the Amazon room where there are more tables set up for the Millionaire Maker. With the total entries already up to 2,581, the tournament is spread out over three different rooms in the Rio.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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7,900
7,900
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7,900 |
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On a raised pot and a board of ![]()
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, Barry Greenstein bet 2,000 after his opponent checked, and the latter called.
The river brought a
and Greenstein moved all in after another check. With ![]()
in his hand, Greenstein had to muck after his opponent showed ![]()
for the flush. He was left with crumbs after this hand.
A few hands later, Greenstein pushed his last 550 with ![]()
and was called by the player in the big blind with ![]()
.
A ![]()
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runout gave him a straight and a double-up to 1,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200
18,800
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18,800 |
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Cate Hall late registered this tournament and is already in bad shape.
On a board showing ![]()
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and with around 3,000 in the middle, both Hall and her opponent checked.
The same action happened on the
river and Hall mucked her hand when his opponent showed ![]()
.
She was left with a short stack of 2,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,500
2,500
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2,500 |
Steven van Zadelhoff just won two nice pots in a row to chip up to 16,300.
In the first hand, he check-called a bet of 1,300 with around 2,750 in the pot and a board that read ![]()
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. Van Zadelhoff checked on the
river and the player on the button thought about his decision before eventually giving up the hand.
"You're not gonna believe me," said the player before he checked and saw that Van Zadelhoff had ![]()
.
In the next hand, Sasha Liu raised to 600 and Van Zadelhoff made it 1,900. Liu called the bet and the ![]()
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was spread out.
Both players checked, but Liu lead out with a bet of 3,000 on the
turn. Van Zadelhoff put in a stack of 1,000 chips to raise and Liu folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,300
16,300
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16,300 |
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3,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
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18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
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18,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
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16,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
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16,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
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14,000
6,500
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6,500 |
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11,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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11,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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8,500
8,500
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8,500 |
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8,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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7,500 | |
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7,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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6,800
6,800
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6,800 |
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6,500
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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6,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
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16,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
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14,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
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13,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
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|
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12,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
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12,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
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11,000 | |
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10,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
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10,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
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8,000
500
|
500 |
|
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7,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
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5,500
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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3,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
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Busted | |
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On a board showing ![]()
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and with 1,600 already in the middle, Cary Katz bet 1,050.
His opponent misread the bet and unintentionally min-raised it to 2100. Katz opted to fold his hand.
He now has a little more than 3,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,300
12,700
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12,700 |
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On a flop of ![]()
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, small blind Kristy Arnett check-called a bet of 700 from Niall Farrell in big blind.
The turn brought them a
and both players checked. On the
river, Arnett made a big bet for 1,500 and Farrell choose to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
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11,500
1,500
|
1,500 |