Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Player | Chips | Progress |
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John Sitton
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25,000 | |
Ophelie Drouin | 25,000 | |
Tony Cousineau
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25,000 | |
Niall Farrell | 25,000 | |
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Tim Reilly | 25,000 | |
Paul Sokoloff | 25,000 | |
Iaron Lightbourne
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25,000 | |
Ankush Mandavia | 25,000 | |
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Royce Matheson | 25,000 | |
Aleks Dimitrov | 25,000 | |
Frank Lagodich | 25,000 | |
Jason Seitz | 25,000 | |
Daniel Strelitz | 25,000 | |
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Walking through the tournament field, there was an empty seat with a card where the 13x WSOPC Ring Champion Maurice Hawkins was sitting.
Hawkins has currently cashed four times this summer for $15,233.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Maurice Hawkins | Busted |
The under-the-gun player opened with a raise to 3,000 and action folded around to Jonathan Dimmigwho moved all in on the button
Jonathan Dimmig:
Opponent:
Dimmig was ahead until the flop came .
The on the turn gave Dimmig a flush draw and he needed to hit any six or diamond to stay alive.
The on the river was a brick and the 2014 bracelet winner took an early exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jonathan Dimmig | Busted | |
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Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Dong Jun Ji opened from early position with a raise to 800 and Brett Kunin who sat directly to Ji's left three-bet to 3,500. Action folded back to Ji who called.
Both players checked the flop to the turn where Ji fired out 4,1000 and Kinin mucked face up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dong Jun Ji |
30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Brett Kunin
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18,000
18,000
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18,000 |
There was all in action between Yaniv Peretz who was sitting under-the-gun and Steven Barton on the button with a board showing .
Yaniv Peretz:
Steven Barton:
Barton was in good shape with one card to go, unfortunately the river fell the and he exited the playing field.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Yaniv Peretz |
42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Steven Barton | Busted |