$15,000 payday for these finishers.
$15,000 payday for these finishers.
It only took a couple of preflop raises until Todd Louer found himself all in for around 100,000 chips. His opponent was Johann Ibanez and both players turned over premium hands.
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The flop of ![]()
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was exactly what Louer was looking for to keep his aces out front. However, the turn brought the
to give Ibanez a set of kings and stranglehold on the hand. The river was the
and Louer was eliminated early on Day 4.
Each of these players collected $15,000 for their respective showings.
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. Pin Jiang bet 52,000 into his two opponents and he was raised all in by Jacob Thibodeau. The third player in the hand thought about their decision for quite a while before eventually electing to bow out, leaving Jiang with a big decision of his own to make.
After a few moments, Jiang called. But he got the bad news as Thibodeau flipped over the ![]()
for a set while Jiang could only muster the ![]()
for top pair. The third player in the hand claimed that he folded king-queen.
The river came the
and Thibodeau scored a big double up.
The action folded around to Patrick Serda in the hijack who shoved all-in for 53,000 and Harrison Gimbel snap-called in the big blind.
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The flop came ![]()
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giving Gimbel a flush draw with his ace, but then on the turn
it was looking to be a chop, but unfortunately for Serda the
fell on the river giving Gimbel a pair of fours, eliminating Serda from the tournament.
Cary Katz was seen collecting a double up as his ![]()
was the winner on a board that had run out ![]()
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to get his stack back to 20 big blinds, giving Katz some much-needed breathing room.
Mary Sturges had doubled her short stack once more and then ended up all in for 61,000, which prompted a three-bet by Luke Martinelli to force out everyone else at the table.
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The board came ![]()
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and Sturges headed to the payout desk. On the same table, two 888poker qualifiers are in action with Jason James and Mihai Manole.
David "ODB" Baker raised to 18,000 from the hijack and Daniel Neilson defended his big blind.
They both checked through the ![]()
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flop to the
on the turn. Neilson quickly checked again and Baker fired another bet of 18,000 over the line for Neilson to fold to.
Scott Ball opened to 20,000 and called a shove from Maxwell Schrack for 61,000.
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opened up some chop opportunities but the ![]()
runout gave Schrack the pot and he doubled up.
$15,000 payday for each of these finishers.