2018 World Series of Poker
Andrea Klein moved all in from middle position for her last 96,000. It folded to Chou Chou in the small blind and he put his last 81,000 in the pot. The big blind folded and the hands were shown.
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They saw a flop of ![]()
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and the dealer burned and turned the
. Klein was just one card away from the double up but the
hit the river. Chou spiked his three outer to double up and Klein was left with just two and a half big blind.
Dan Vandyke had 110,000 in front of him on the button and it appeared Carlos Cordero was already all in from middle position for an unknown amount. Oliver Rusing had reshipped for 190,000.
"All right, I call," Vandyke said, tabling ![]()
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He was in fantastic shape against Rusing's ![]()
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brought a mighty sweat on the flop but the
and
kept the kings best.
A short-stacked Larissa Bushman shoved all in for 59,000, Daniel Hensley came over the top for a little over 100,000 and the other players folded.
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— despite turning a set, the river brought Hensley a straight. Some "ooohs" sounded from the table as the river hit the felt.
Each of these players earned $15,000 for their min-cash.
From under the gun, Patrik Antonius raised to 13,000 and Nageswaran Sarangapani called from a few seats over before Stephane Lacas three-bet shoved all in for 46,000 from the hijack.
With the action back on Antonius, he pushed out a stack of chips amounting to a four-bet of 213,000, and Sarangapani folded claiming he had ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Lacas doubled through Antonius.
After a raise to 14,000 from Ben Cade, Pablo Fernandez moved all in for 128,000. Action folded around back to Cade who thought for a bit then called.
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The board ran out ![]()
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which gave Fernandez a flush and allowed him to double up to over 250,000 while Cade was left with just over 70,000 chips.
The action folded around to the player on the button and he raised to 17,000. Brandon O'Neal re-raised to 42,000 from the big blind and the player called.
They went heads up to the ![]()
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and O'Neal checked. His opponent bet 50,000 and O'Neal check-raised all in. The player quickly called for his last 100,000 and the hands were shown.
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The dealer burned and turned the
and O'Neal improved to the nut flush to take the lead. "Pair the board" shouted his opponent but the
river card sealed the deal for O'Neal who earned the knockout.
Amir Parvizian shoved all in for 55,000 and Russell Holt called him one seat over. Behind Holt, Robert Hankins three-bet to 154,000, which send Holt in the tank. After several minutes, he splashed in a call, leaving himself with a mere 43,000 behind.
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flop, those final few chips went in as well. Hankins beat Holt to the pot with a call.
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Hankins had the best of it and held up during the
turn and
river to send two players home.