John Pannucci has been chipping away. Most recently, he took down a pot preflop by cold four-betting to 325,000 on the big blind following a 35,000 open from Lanny Levine on the hijack and an 80,000 three-bet from Shyam Srinivasan on the button.
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Lanny Levine raised to 35,000 on the button and Shyam Srinivasan defended his big blind. The pair checked the ![]()
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flop and the turn was the
. Srinivasan bet 30,000 and Levine called.
The river was the
. Srinivasan checked and Levine bet 45,000. Srinivasan slammed the chips down to make the call.
"I missed," said Levine, showing ![]()
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"I know," replied Srinivasan showing ![]()
and taking down the pot.
Adam Laskey kicked things off with an open on the cutoff and Shyam Srinivasan was the only caller, defending his big blind.
On the ![]()
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flop, Srinivasan check-called the 45,000 continuation. The
turn saw a check apiece and the dealer put out a
to complete the board.
Srinivasan led for 80,000 and Laskey pumped it up to 225,000. It was enough to convince Srinivasan to fold and Laskey collected the pot.
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flop Stephen Bierman check-called a bet of 30,000 from Longsheng Tan. The pair checked the
turn and the river was the
. Bierman bet 75,000 and Tan quickly called. Bierman showed ![]()
for a flush and took down the pot.
In the very next hand Bierman appeared to raise in the small blind, but it was ruled a limp. Tan raised to 35,000 and Bierman called.
The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked. Bierman bet 75,000 on the
turn and Tan called. Bierman bet 75,000 again on the
river and Tan quickly called again.
Bierman showed ![]()
for a striaght and Tan mucked ![]()
for two pair.
It was all-in pre-flop between Austin Hughes and Nathan Nguyen, with Nguyen the at-risk player.
Austin Hughes: ![]()
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Nathan Nguyen: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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but the
turn gave Nguyen an open-ended straight draw. The
river paired the board, but Nguyen failed to improve and he was eliminated.
John Pannucci and Shyam Srinivasan both checked a ![]()
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flop and Pannucci bet 30,000 on the
turn. Srinivasan called.
The river was the
and Pannucci bet 85,000. Srinivasan quickly called but mucked when Pannucci showed ![]()
for a rivered straight.
It folded round to Trey Brabham on the small blind and he moved all-in for 177,000. It was an easy call for Nathan Nguyen in the big blind.
Nathan Nguyen: ![]()
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Trey Brabham: ![]()
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flop connected with Brabham's hand and he managed to hold on through the ![]()
turn and river. "Let's Go!" he shouted, delighted with the outcome. The hand meanwhile, has left Nguyen short with ten big blinds.
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
The remaining 16 players are going on their first 15-minute break of the day.
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Shyam Srinivasan raised to 27,000 and Heng Zhang defended his big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked. Zhang bet 32,000 on the
turn and Srinivasan called. The river was the
. Zhang checked and Srinivasan bet 85,000.
"You don't have any big chips behind, do you?" Zhang asked.
"No," replied Srinivasan, counting out the rest of his stack which totaled 163,000. Zhang moved all in and Srinivasan's chips damn-near beat him into the pot.
Zhang showed ![]()
for a missed gutshot straight draw, with Srinivasan turning over ![]()
for quads to double up.