Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Just over 600 players are still in contention for Day 2a and they have been sent into the first 20-minute break of the day, the Day 2b field has also headed out of the tournament area to get some fresh air.
Robin Hegele faced a raise to 1,500 by Jackson Laskey and three-bet to 5,000 from one seat over. William Harder called out of the small blind and Frank Williams made it 15,000 to go from the big blind. Laskey folded and Hegele called, as did Harder. All three players checked the ![]()
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flop and the
turn, the
fell on the river and Harder bet 12,000. Williams folded and Hegele needed two minutes to come to the same conclusion.
"You had aces? Really? Such a sick spot," the 27th place finisher of the 2017 WSOP Main Event said before heading into the first break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
25,400
|
25,400 |
|
|
100,000
32,300
|
32,300 |
|
|
21,100
21,100
|
21,100 |
Joe McKeehen has been chipping up nicely in the first level of Day 2ab. McKeehen raised from middle position to 1,500 and a player in late position called, as did the player on the big blind.
McKeehen continued on the ![]()
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flop with a bet of 1,800 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Seth Davies was on one of the tables that broke and is now on the direct left of McKeehen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
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|
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65,000
28,800
|
28,800 |
|
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The player in late position raised to 1,300 and was called by the players in the hijack, button, Craig Chait in the small blind and the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Chait bet 4,000. Everyone but the button folded.
The turn brought them the
, Chait bet 6,000.
"Not afraid of the flush?" The player on the button asked Chait.
"No!" replied Chait with a smile.
The player on the button raised to 16,000. Chait looked at his cards again and then decided to call.
The
on the river completed the board and Chait checked. So did his opponent. Chait's opponent tabled ![]()
for the turned flush and Chait glanced at his cards once more and then mucked them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,400
15,700
|
15,700 |
Five-way to the ![]()
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flop, Michael Addamo bet 1,700 sitting in a middle position. Only Rob Salaburu called out of the small blind and they saw the
hit the felt. Addamo barrelled for 3,700 and Salaburu snap-called.
The river was the
and Salaburu checked to Addamo again. Addamo took almost all of his chips and fired 15,800, leaving himself with just 100. Salaburu again snapped him off. Addamo showed ![]()
for a bluff and Salaburu raked in the pot with ![]()
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Addamo was ante all-in on the next hand that saw six other players join the flop for 1,300. The board read ![]()
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and Salaburu raised a bet of 2,200 on the turn, making it 10,500. He was called by the initial bettor who checked the river. Salaburu fired 14,000 but folded when he faced a min-raise. While Addamo peeled pocket sevens, he couldn't beat pocket fours and left the tournament just before the first break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
128,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
262,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
133,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
131,000
24,200
|
24,200 |
|
|
124,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
101,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
89,000
9,800
|
9,800 |
|
|
74,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
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74,000
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
|
||
|
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56,000
28,600
|
28,600 |
|
|
||
|
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49,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
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45,000
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
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Busted | |
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After calling a check-raise to 7,500 on a ![]()
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flop, Louis Salter called a bet of 11,000 from his opponent on the
turn.
The river was the
and his opponent bet 16,000. Salter called but was shown ![]()
for trips and that was good enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Alex Foxen raised to 1,600 from the small blind. Jennifer Ryan-Koenig, in the big blind, three-bet to 3,600. Foxen called.
The flop came ![]()
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. Foxen checked. Koening bet 6,000. Foxen check-called.
The turn brought the
and was checked through to the
river. Foxen checked again. Koening fired 16,000.
''King-Jack again?'' asked Foxen. Koening smiled and Foxed proceeded to give up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
32,300
|
32,300 |
|
|
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|
|
78,000
23,800
|
23,800 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
126,000
17,900
|
17,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
113,000
25,600
|
25,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
100,000
26,900
|
26,900 |
|
|
93,000
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
75,000
10,300
|
10,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
74,000
35,200
|
35,200 |
|
|
73,000
29,900
|
29,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
13,400
|
13,400 |
|
|
59,000
7,800
|
7,800 |
|
|
58,000
9,100
|
9,100 |
|
|
50,000
42,400
|
42,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
18,300
37,200
|
37,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
18,300
19,700
|
19,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
15,600
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
|
9,200
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
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Busted | |