Mark Fraser was all in for 16,400 with Michael Gathy trying to deliver a knockout. Both players seemed to have drawn for one and Fraser took it down with ![]()
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as Gathy briefly showed his hand and then shipped it face down to the dealer.
Mark Fraser was all in for 16,400 with Michael Gathy trying to deliver a knockout. Both players seemed to have drawn for one and Fraser took it down with ![]()
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as Gathy briefly showed his hand and then shipped it face down to the dealer.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 3,000
Jon Turner was spotted standing up, saying something about "four flips in a row..." He was all in against Ajay Chabra, who had showed down ![]()
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face up, had a final card to turn, and it was the
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Chabra had returned today with just 28,200 chips. After his table move to Frank Kassela's left, things started looking up for him. "I got moved, and I've been running hot," said Chabra, while Kassela lamented having a big stack to his left now.
Michael Sortino made it 5,000 in the cutoff and Michael Gathy three-bet to 15,000 in position. Sortino reached to his piles and put forward a tower of chips, four-betting to 36,000. Gathy spent about two minutes figuring out his move and then he opted to fold.
Yuval Bronshtein on the button made an opening raise (around 3,500), finding Brian Yoon in the big blind moving all-in for 40,000. Bronshtein threw in a chip signifying a call and stood pat. Yoon, however, drew one. As soon as he saw Bronshtein's ![]()
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he stood up, mucked his hand and headed to the payout desk.
From cutoff, Ashton Berner got his last 2,800 into the middle and Jerry Wong isolated to 7,000 on the button. Steven Tabb, however, didn't hold back and he made it 27,000 in the big blind. Wong quickly escaped.
Tabb stood pat, Berner changed one and they opened their hands.
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Berner needed a two, six or a seven to outdraw Tabb's nine-eight-five, but he didn't find any of that and he immediately mucked his hand without showing.
Button Michael Sortino opened for 3,000 then called Mark Fraser's shove for 7,500 total - the latter's ![]()
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was good for a double through.
Dustin Wood has been eliminated in 40th place, picking up $2,460.
Under the gun Andy Hwang raised to 4,500 and next to act Dave Alfa three-bet to 15,500. Back to Hwang who asked for a count, then threw in one of the newly-introduced 25,000 chips to make the call. Hwang took one card, Alfa none. Neither player took the option to bet again, and Hwang announced, "Pair," prompting Alfa to table ![]()
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Michael Gathy was among the big stacks for the better part of Day 1 and the three-time bracelet winner has kept his foot firmly on the pedal today. Gathy, who came back third in chips, has more than doubled his belongings through the first two hours and change.
Gathy was just seen scooping another pot when he called a 5,500-raise from Joseph Ranciato. Gathy was on the button, drawing one after Ranciato had done the same. Ranciato led out 8,000, but Gathy fired back with a raise to 35,000. Ranciato laid his hand down and Gathy stacked his new chips, improving to 230,000.