Level: 17
Limits: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
Level: 17
Limits: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
Several players ran back to their seats just in time to get dealt the first hand of the level and among them was also Carol Fuchs. She got it n preflop out of the small blind against Yarron Bendor on the button and Robert Slezak in the big blind.
Slezak checked the flop and Bendor bet, Slezak called. After the
turn, Slezak check-folded to a bet and Fuchs immediately said "it's over."
Carol Fuchs:
Yarron Bendor:
The on the river changed nothing whatsoever and Fuchs joked "guess I should not have run back."
There are now 29 players remaining and the top 28 spots get paid. For each hand on the bubble, two minutes will be taken off the clock.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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660,000
-45,000
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-45,000 |
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420,000
-10,000
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-10,000 |
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The turn already showed and Jake Schwartz check-raised to see Ville Haavisto call all in for a total of 92,000 throughout the hand. They had to wait until all other tables were completed and some table chat emerged.
"I didn't like the turn," the Finn said and Schwartz replied "that's good news for me."
The obligatory "they will chop it anyways" emerged and the cards were then tabled.
Ville Haavisto:
Jake Schwartz:
The on the river gave Haavisto trips and he scored a full double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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540,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
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200,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Timothy Flanders raised leaving himself less than a big bet behind. Nick Guagenti called and the others folded including short-stacked Andrey Zaichenko.
Flanders and Guagenti checked the flop and turn and Flanders check-called all in on the
river.
Guagenti showed for top set and Flanders took down the low with
Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
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110,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
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39,000
-81,000
|
-81,000 |
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Mike Matusow check-called bets on the flop and
turn from David Benyamine, before betting himself on the
river. Benyamine raised.
"Really?!" said Matusow. "I should have check-folded," he said before mucking.
"I saved myself 30k," he continued. "It doesn't matter, I'm here to win the f***ing tournament."
Player | Chips | Progress |
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540,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
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155,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
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Andrey Zaichenko was all in for his last 39,000 having been first to act and Nick Guagenti looked him up from the big blind.
"Low cards please," Zaichenko demanded while tabling his . Guagenti had the
and the flop gave Zaichenko a straight draw on
. The
turn improved Guagenti to a pair of kings, but it was Zaichenko that reason to celebrate as the
rolled off on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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570,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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86,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
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In the very next hand after his double up, Andrey Zaichenko was in the big blind and check-called down the flop and turn of a board and check-folded the river when facing a bet of Richard Ashby. The Brit flashed
and Zaichenko replied, "You rivered me, I had a set of queens."
Zaichenko ended up all in once more one hand later with Andrew Yeh and Nick Guagenti in action. They checked down and Guagenti said, "I have an OK high hand."
Guagenti tabled , Yeh had
and Zaichenko took the low pot with
. He remains at just over half a big bet, but now has the cutoff next.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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600,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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480,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
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450,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
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16,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
David "Bakes" Baker defended his big blind and check-called a bet on the flop against Johannes Becker.
Baker then jammed turn for 24,000 on the and Becker called.
David "Bakes" Baker:
Johannes Becker:
The river was the and Becker was quartered as Baker chipped up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
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100,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
Andrey Zaichenko was all in for 16,000 and was called by three other players. The trio checked the flop and turn. Timothy Flanders, with less than a big bet behind, checked the
river and Nick Guagenti bet. Andrew Yeh called and the other players all folded.
Yeh showed for two pair, queens and threes.
"Give me half," said Zaichenko showing for an eight-four low. Meanwhile, Guagenti's
went into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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480,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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70,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
Nick Guagenti check-called a bet by Sam Higgs on the and check-raised the
turn, which Higgs called. On the
river, Guagenti checked and folded to a bet, flashing two of his four cards with
.
Higgs ()and Guagenti (
) chopped the next hand.
Richard Ashby then got three streets of value against Higgs and Mike Wattel when he made nut nut on the river and saw his bets check-called by both opponents. Ashby tabled
and scooped a big pot on the direct money bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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690,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
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482,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
|
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350,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
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300,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|