Final Break of the Day
Players have been sent on their final 15-minute break for the day. They will come back to play two more levels before bagging.
Players have been sent on their final 15-minute break for the day. They will come back to play two more levels before bagging.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Dan Zack was in the big blind, competing against a player on his left with on the flop. Zack checked, his opponent fired 28,000, and Zack raised to 76,000.
Zack's opponent, however, spiced it even more as he cut out a chunk of chips and then three-bet to 198,000. Zack figured out it was about time to waive the white flag.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Zack |
550,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Arianna Son opened from early position to 26,000, her neighbor called and Jerry Stecher moved all-in for roughly 280,000 . The action folded back to Son and she shipped the rest of her chips in the middle and the third player mucked his cards.
Arianna Son:
Jerry Stecher:
The board ran out , and Son avoided doubling Stecher up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arianna Son |
680,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
Jerry Stecher | Busted |
Jim Lantz started the action by raising in late position and the button moved all in, the action folded back to Lantz and he called quickly.
Jim Lantz:
Opponent:
The flop rolled out giving his opponent some extra outs to chop the pot. The turn was the and the river was the sending his opponent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jim Lantz |
585,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
With around 250,000 in the pot and , Alex Keating was in position, contesting a large pot against a player in the big blind. The action was checked to Keating who slid forward a big bet of 140,000. His opponent called after 30 seconds or so, and Keating declared two pair, turning up . The other player mucked and Keating's stack is now in the neighborhood of 1 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Keating |
1,000,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
The action started with the under-the-gun player raising to 12,000, the cut-off raised to 26,000 and Richard Dubini called from the big blind. The under-the-gun raiser moved all-in for 267,000, the cut-off mucked fast, and Dubini went in the tank. After thinking about it for a while he made the call.
Richard Dubini:
Under-the-gun:
They were off to the races and it wasn't looking good for Dubini on the flop. The turn didn't change anything but the fell on the river giving Dubini the pot and over 1,000,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Richard Dubini |
1,080,000
348,000
|
348,000 |
Ari Engel made it 27,000 in the cutoff and a player in the small blind three-bet shoved for 125,000. Engel thought for a bit and then called with . He saw good news that he was flipping against and the runout favored Engel who improved to 1.45 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ari Engel |
1,455,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
The action folded to Vivian Saliba on the button, she moved all in for roughly 92,000, Tihomir Ivanov called from the small blind and the big blind folded,
Vivian Saliba:
Tihomir Ivanov:
Saliba was in pretty rough shape pre-flop but the flop was a pretty good one, being the , giving her open-ended. The turn was the , picking up a flush draw to go with it, but the river was a brick and she was eliminated from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tihomir Ivanov |
463,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
Vivian Saliba | Busted | |
Steven van Zadelhoff defended his big blind against a raise from under the gun, and the action heated up on the flop.
Van Zadelhoff check-raised to 102,000 and his opponent three-bet to 250,000. Van Zadelhoff announced he was all in for an effective 681,000 and the other player tanked for over three minutes. Then he studied van Zadelhoff who stayed calm and took a sip of his drink.
Another player at the table called the clock and the tank-mode ended midway through the 30-second countdown as van Zadelhoff's opponent threw his cards into the muck.
Van Zadelhoff flipped and then he started to stack his new chips.