Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
Sam "samsam81" Higgs had paid off the nut flush of "abush" who were on their second entry and then potted it preflop. Mike Watson came along and Higgs was all-in after the ![]()
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flop.
Sam "samsam81" Higgs: ![]()
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Mike Watson: ![]()
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The
turn improved Watson and Higgs failed to get there on the
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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176,817
21,462
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21,462 |
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71,402
71,402
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71,402 |
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Busted | |
It was a wild ride for Jan Suchanek so far as he saw the stack cut short, then doubled and just now knocked out Danny Seow.
Seow check-called a bet of 4,350 out of the small blind on the ![]()
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flop and check-shoved the
turn which Suchanek called.
Danny Seow: ![]()
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Jan Suchanek: ![]()
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The river was a meaningless
as Seow became one of the early casualties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
109,858
59,858
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59,858 |
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Busted |
Andreas Torbergsen missed out on a PLO bracelet earlier this festival and finished runner-up, but he is off to a great start with a double stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
171,670 | |
|
|
107,337 | |
|
|
101,529 | |
|
|
96,842 | |
|
|
93,962 | |
|
|
91,201 |
Yet another big pot emerged as Finland's "kakamakadu" and Zunqing "Iwant2callU" Li invested 12,900 each and headed to the ![]()
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flop on which they got it in with Li at risk.
Zunqing "Iwant2callU" Li: ![]()
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"kakamakadu": ![]()
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The
turn and
river gave Li running two pairs for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,774 | |
|
|
62,395 | |
|
|
43,443
6,557
|
6,557 |
|
|
13,819 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Jose "robertoduran" Severino was eliminated by Kosei Ichinose and Mike Watson also doubled his tally of eliminations in the first level after knocking out "abush". They created a pot of 10,500 to the ![]()
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flop and Watson called a bet to see the
turn. That's when they got their chips in with Sam "samsam81" Higgs getting out of the way.
"abush": ![]()
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Mike Watson: ![]()
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The
river was a blank and Watson kept the pace of Ichinose.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
163,551
60,801
|
60,801 |
|
|
155,355
45,395
|
45,395 |
|
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|
|
30,439
30,439
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30,439 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Brian Green and Jose "robertoduran" Severino limped in and "NYpokerking" raised the pot, which was called three ways to the ![]()
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flop. Only Severino check-called 2,813 by "NYpokerking" and then bet the
turn for 7,426 and fired the
river for 17,228. His opponent called once and folded to the river bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,756 | |
|
|
||
|
|
62,676 | |
|
|
37,886 | |
Mike Watson immediately more than doubled by knocking out "SSAK3" and the next player to score a knockout was Kosei Ichinose. The Natural8 ambassador clashed with Rich "DadPoker" Dixon who bet 4,950 into a pot of 7,500 on the ![]()
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flop. They got it in after the
turn to create the following showdown.
Rich "DadPoker" Dixon: ![]()
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Kosei Ichinose: ![]()
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The
river bricked and Dixon was gone, too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
109,960
109,960
|
109,960 |
|
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|
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102,750
52,750
|
52,750 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |