Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-11-2018 14:22 UTC-8

Backdoor Broadway for Morin

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

A player in late position raised to 5,300 and Bob Morin moved all in for 19,000 from the hijack. It folded back to the original raiser who called, turning over , and Morin showed .

The dealer fanned the flop and Morin's opponent flopped a jack to take the lead. The hit the turn and Morin stood up, preparing to make his exit as his opponent improved to top two pair.

The completed the board and the table erupted as Morin went runner-runner to make the Broadway straight and stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Morin	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Bob Morin

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

06-11-2018 13:59 UTC-8

Break Time

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

06-11-2018 13:54 UTC-8

Lightbourne Chipping Up

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 4,500 and Iaron Lightbourne reraised to 16,000. It folded back around to his opponent who made the call and they went heads up to the flop.

The player checked and Lightbourne slid out a stack of 45,000 orange chips covering his opponent who had about 40,000 behind. The player thought it over for a bit before folding and Lightbourne took the pot, chipping up to over 300,000 in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iaron Lightbourne	339 337,661	337,661

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06-11-2018 13:52 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The following players cashed for $2,808:

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Raede	Busted
Bryan Piccioli	Busted

Benjamin Gonzalez	Busted
Nathan Pfluger	Busted
Antonio Gutierrez	Busted
Eddie Blumenthal	Busted
Robert Salaburu	Busted
Thomas Jones	Busted
Mostapha El Kabir	Busted
Dylan Honeyman	Busted
Joseph Calderaro	Busted
Brian Brubaker	Busted

Samuel Lee	Busted
Brad Tucker	Busted
Cody Espeseth	Busted
Davis Adams	Busted
Joseph Melancon	Busted
Jason Kim (LA)	Busted
Jamie Kerstetter	Busted
Russell Groomer	Busted
Jeffery Trudeau	Busted
Benjamin Grise	Busted
Marcos Exterkotter	Busted
Warren Sheaves	Busted

Christopher Leveroni	Busted

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06-11-2018 13:49 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cher Vang	387,000 227,000	227,000
Iaron Lightbourne	338,000 197,000	197,000
Thomas Taylor	295,000 55,000	55,000
Garrett Garvin	200,000 146,200	146,200
Qui Nguyen	197,000 15,000	15,000

Kris Klimosko	140,000 105,000	105,000
Taylor Paur	115,000 27,500	27,500

Ricky Guan	115,000
Mark Dube	110,000 69,700	69,700
Chris Moorman	105,000 47,800	47,800

Ralph Massey	80,000 11,000	11,000
Justin Liberto	75,000 23,800	23,800

Martin Jacobson	60,000 10,100	10,100

Roland Israelishvili	55,000 55,000	55,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	45,000 600	600

06-11-2018 13:32 UTC-8

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

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06-11-2018 13:31 UTC-8

Leinenbach Vaults to the Top

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

As we make our way through the sea of tables in the Amazon room we see Jim Leinenbach sitting behind a mountain of chips. Leinenbach was moved to a new table earlier with 60,000, then caught fire doubling up twice in a matter of minutes.

In the latest hand of his heater, three players saw a flop of and Nick Schwarmann got his last 55,000 all in holding . Unfortunately for Schwarmann, Leinenbach was holding .

Two community cards later Schwarmann was eliminated and Leinbach vaulted to the top of the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Leinenbach	360,000 360,000	360,000
Nick Schwarmann	Busted

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06-11-2018 13:27 UTC-8

Some Eliminations

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The following players all cashed for $2,621:

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Odonnell	Busted
Brett Apter	Busted

Kent Niemeier	Busted
Jason Orrell	Busted
Maria Ho	Busted
Anthony Alberto	Busted
Robert Adams	Busted
Jeffrey Chang	Busted
Adam Geyer	Busted
Richard Styczynski	Busted
Shalev Halfa	Busted
John Leonard	Busted
Samuel Vitello	Busted
Adrian Buckley	Busted

Patrick Shea	Busted
Nan Li	Busted
Brandon Wong	Busted

Salim Namat	Busted
Arthur Conan	Busted
James Harper	Busted
Sven Wedekin	Busted
Adrian Kuan	Busted
Gabriel Andrade	Busted
Scott Blount	Busted
Hendrik Latz	Busted

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06-11-2018 13:19 UTC-8

Shannon Cracks Aces to Score the Knockout

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Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The player in the hijack position raised to 4,500 and Ben Shannon reraised to 11,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to the player in the hijack and he moved all in for 40,000. "I think you've got me but I have to call," said Shannon as he tossed in the chips turning over .

Shannon's read was correct as his opponent showed . The flop was no help to Shannon, but the hit the turn. Shannon turned a set of jacks to take the lead and his opponent shook his head in dismay as he began to stand from his seat.

The river improved Shannon to a full house to earn him the elimination. "That's the third time today I've cracked aces," Shannon said as he dragged in the pot and stacked his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Shannon	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Ben Shannon