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Level: 54
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
Jake Schindler limped in on the button and Keith Lehr checked his option. The flop came ![]()
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and Lehr led out for 20,000. Schindler called and the
landed on the turn.
Lehr checked this time and Schindler tossed in a bet of 60,000. Lehr check-raised to 160,000 which confused Schindler. He looked down at his cards as if they were marked and Lehr knew what he had before mucking.
Lehr showed ![]()
and Schindler nodded, saying that Lehr held the best hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,550,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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370,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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Keith Lehr remains in a comfortable lead, but Jake Schindler has not turned into push or fold mode yet with around 20 big blinds in the new level.
Schindler min-raised to 40,000 and Lehr called. Both ended up checking through the ![]()
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and Lehr showed a king. Schindler had that beat with ![]()
and won the pot.
The next limped pot was checked to the ![]()
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river, on which Schindler overbet for 80,000 to claim the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,500,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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420,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Sean Swingruber raised to 45,000 from the button and Jimmy D'Ambrosio called from the big blind.
The flop was ![]()
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, D'Ambrosio led out for 24,000 and Swingruber called.
The turn was the
, D'Ambrosio bet 43,000, Swingruber raised to 150,000 and D'Ambrosio called.
The river was the
and both players checked.
D'Ambrosio turned over ![]()
for a pair of nines, Swingruber mucked and D'Ambrosio won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,180,000
286,000
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286,000 |
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740,000
286,000
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286,000 |
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In a limped pot to the ![]()
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flop, Jimmy D'Ambrosio and Sean Swingruber checked. On the
turn, D'Ambrosio bet 30,000 and Swingruber called before another bet of 69,000 followed on the
river.
Swingruber reluctantly called and D'Ambrosio immediately said "I got it" before turning over ![]()
for a flush.
"It is the kisses. He kisses his chips, I am kissing my wife," D'Ambrosio said and headed to the rail to do exactly that before returning for the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,230,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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690,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Level: 55
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 0
Sean Swingruber opened to 50,000 and Jimmy D'Ambrosio called. The ![]()
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flop brought a check by D'Ambrosio and a bet worth 55,000 by Swingruber. D'Ambrosio called once, but ended up check-folding the
turn.
After that, D'Ambrosio scooped the next few pots without showdown and defended against another raise to 50,000. On the ![]()
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flop, D'Ambrosio check-raised a bet of 65,000 by Swingruber and snap-called the shove for around 475,000.
Sean Swingruber: ![]()
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Jimmy D'Ambrosio: ![]()
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The
turn provided some chop opportunities and indeed, it was the
river that ensured just that.
"You go all in without a redraw?" D'Ambrosio asked and Swingruber replied "it's only 20 big blinds."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,395,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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525,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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Jake Schindler raised to 48,000 on the button and Keith Lehr quickly shoved all in. Schindler thought for a minute and then called off his stack of around 400,000.
Keith Lehr: ![]()
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Jake Schindler: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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to give Schindler a straight draw but Lehr also picked up a flush draw. The
on the turn improved Lehr to a flush and Schindler was drawing dead to the
on the river. Lehr will move on to face off against Ben Yu in the semifinals.

| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,920,000
420,000
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420,000 |
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Sean Swingruber raised to 50,000 from the button and Jimmy D'Ambrosio called from the big blind.
The flop was ![]()
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and D'Ambrosio check-called 50,000 from Swingruber.
The turn was the
, D'Ambrosio led out for 25,000, Swingruber raised to 250,000 and D'Ambrosio folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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970,000
425,000
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425,000 |
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950,000
425,000
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425,000 |
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