$15,000 apiece to these players for their respective finishes.
$15,000 apiece to these players for their respective finishes.
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and Alex Foxen checked from under the gun. Jeff Dumas bet 50,000 from middle position which Foxen called. The turn was the
and both players checked. The river was the
. Foxen led out with a bet of 53,000. Dumas considered it for a while before laying it down.
"I finally have some chips" said Foxen as he pulled in the modest pot. "You are probably top five in physical chips" joked another player at the table referring to the pyramid of yellow 1,000 chips residing in Foxen's stack.
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and Ricky Guan bet 13,000 from the button after it was checked to him. Dario Sammartino check-raised to 40,000.
Guan assessed Sammartino as the Italian stared him down. After about twenty seconds Guan three-bet to 120,000 and Sammartino folded fairly quickly.
"I am not all in," Ali Eslami insisted as he had raised for all but his last 1,000 chip against Thomas Syversen on the button and they headed to the ![]()
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flop, on which Eslami checked and called all in.
Ali Eslami: ![]()
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The
turn and
river were no threat and Eslami doubled.
"Joey, we're all in!" could be heard in the corner of the Amazon Orange section. Adam Friedman was yelling at his friend across the room to let him know he was all in. Once we arrived at the table, it was confirmed that Friedman was at risk for 365,000.
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Friedman found the perfect spot to get all of his chips in the middle and the board of ![]()
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ensured him of a full double up.
Anthony Spinella opened to 16,000 from under the gun and received a call from the player on the hijack. The flop came ![]()
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and Spinella checked. His opponent bet 16,000 and Spinella called.
The turn fell
and both players tapped the felt, taking action to the
river. Spinella fired 64,000 and his opponent thought for a bit before tossing his cards to the muck.
This is the final batch of players who min-cashed for $15,000.
"He wins it all" the player in the four seat said as the completed board showed ![]()
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with pocket fours exposed.
Adam Daniel in the big blind had been all in already and tabled ![]()
for two pair that ended up counterfeited on the river as Rayan Chamas in the under-the-gun position revealed his ![]()
for queens up.
Action folded to Alex Foxen on the button and he opened to 22,000. Chris Hunichen called out of the small blind and the player in the big blind three-bet all in for 134,000.
Foxen asked for a count and then folded, putting action onto Hunichen who quickly put in chips to call.
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The two players found themselves racing for either the double up or the knockout. The flop came ![]()
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and was no help for Hunichen. The turn fell
, putting a third spade on the board and taking two more outs away from him. However, the
fell on the river, delivering the knockout punch as Hunichen added to his already-increasing stack that has now eclipsed 2.5 million in chips, making him the likely chip leader nearing the end of Level 16.