Alexandru Papazian was all in before the flop, shortly after getting a double just moments ago, and got action from Cord Garcia.
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and Papazian was eliminated in 18th place for $2,975.
Alexandru Papazian was all in before the flop, shortly after getting a double just moments ago, and got action from Cord Garcia.
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and Papazian was eliminated in 18th place for $2,975.
Alexandru Papazian raised to 24,000 with a 13-big blind stack and Tommy Nguyen called from the big blind.
Nguyen check-called 33,000 on the ![]()
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flop and the
landed on the turn.
Nguyen checked again and Papazian shoved his remaining 104,000. Nguyen instantly flicked in a chip. Then he tabled his hand, looking at it in the process.
"Oh s**t, I misread," he whispered, exposing ![]()
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, but he found himself ahead.
Nguyen had still quite a few outs despite the misstep, but the
provided a complete punishment for him as Papazian secured the double.
Kirk Caldwell shoved last 114,000 from the small blind, Thom Werthmann double-checked Caldwell stack to confirm that it was 10 bigs, and then called.
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What started as a flip looked good for Werthmann through the ![]()
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turn.
Caldwell observed that he was one card away from being eliminated, saying, "Payout!"
But then the
hit the felt and Caldwell corrected his statement: "No."
Nikita Luther opened to 25,000 from late position and got calls from Cord Garcia in the cutoff and Brett Apter in the big blind.
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and Apter checked. Luther bet 20,000, Garcia called and Apter mucked.
The turn was the
and Luther paused for a moment before sliding forward a bet worth 80,000. Garcia tanked for a minute before releasing his hand.
Following Scott Bohlman's loss against Brian Yoon, one would think that the payout slip for 18th place could've been filled in.
But Bohlman took down the two following hands to bounce back into contention.
The first hand started with Kevin Gerhart opening to 24,000 in middle position. Bohlman called on his left, putting in his last 18,000. Haixia Zhang raised to 72,000 from the small blind, getting rid of Gerhart. Bohlman was ahead with ![]()
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board rolled out.
On the next hand, Bohlman open-shoved his 78,000 and Andreas Klatt called in the big blind. Bohlman had a worse starting hand this time, but his ![]()
pulled ahead of ![]()
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flop. The rest of the board ran out
and
and Bohlman doubled again.
Brian Yoon was all in for 231,000 from late position, up against Scott Bohlman in the cutoff.
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and Yoon remained ahead, but Bohlman picked up a straight draw. The turn was the
and the river was the
, sending the pot to Yoon.
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Shankar Pillai raised to 23,000 from early position and it folded to James Mackey who called from the big blind.
Mackey check-called 20,000 on ![]()
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and both checked the
turn.
The river came down
and Mackey checked again. Pillai announced an all-in bet for an effective 180,000. Mackey took a minute to figure out whether to risk his tournament life and the conclusion was a fold.
Alex Papazian opened to 22,000 from the hijack and William Kakon moved all in for 132,000 from the button. Papazian asked for a count and then went into the tank before deciding to call.
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and Kakon held on for a double, happy to be able to continue with his massage.
Scott Bohlman opened to 25,000 from the cutoff and Thom Werthmann called in the small blind.
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flop saw Werthmann check and he called a bet of 20,000 from Bohlman.
The
turn was checked through and the
landed on the river.
Werthmann cut out a bet of 65,000 and Bohlman snap-called. Werthmann, however, had him beat as he showed a flush with ![]()
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