Level: 19
Limits: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
Level: 19
Limits: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0
Statistician Nate Silver, known for his famous political predictions, is making a deep run in the Limit Hold'em event. PokerNews' Erin Webster caught up with him on break.
The remaining 23 players are racing off the T-1,000 chips before heading into the last scheduled 15-minute break of the night.
2-7 Triple Draw
Carol Fuchs was among the very shortest stacks not long ago and has since doubled her stack size once more. On the same table, Brian Yoon won a showdown pot against Gary Benson when his ![]()
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was the best hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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580,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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560,000
240,000
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240,000 |
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553,000
157,000
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157,000 |
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328,000
111,000
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111,000 |
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290,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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227,000
47,000
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47,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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620,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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525,000 | |
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290,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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280,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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50,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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Badugi
Fu Wong was left with a mere 8,000 chips after he tangled with Joao Vieira. The latter won the pot with a ![]()
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for an Eight-Dugi.
Wong was then all-in before the first draw and awaited his fate while Jason Daly and Mike Gorodinsky battled for the bigger side pot. Daly ended up making a ![]()
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for a Nine-Dugi and Gorodinsky as well as Wong mucked their cards right before the table broke.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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780,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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405,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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255,000
155,000
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155,000 |
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Busted | |
Badugi
The cards of John Bunch were in the muck when Matthew Smith revealed the ![]()
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for a Seven-Dugi, sending Bunch to the rail in 26th place.
He was followed right after by Christopher Claassen, who got it in for 34,000 before the first draw. Carlos Rodriguez ended up with a ![]()
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in 2-7 Triple Draw and Claassen sweated the ![]()
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. He bricked with a
and became the 25th place finisher.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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650,000
210,000
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210,000 |
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295,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Badugi
On the tail end of a bigger pot between Carlos Rodriguez and Christopher Claassen, the former made it three bets and Claassen called. Rodriguez tabled the ![]()
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for a Six-Dugi and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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450,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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440,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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430,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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180,000
210,000
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210,000 |
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85,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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A-5 Triple Draw
Dominick Sarle was all-in for 43,000 total prior to the first draw and patted all the way. Noah Bronstein looked him up and then discarded two, one and one.
Sarle rolled over ![]()
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and Bronstein had a sweat with the ![]()
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for the wheel draw. However, he made a
on the final card and Sarle doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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560,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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525,000
225,000
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225,000 |
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275,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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190,000
220,000
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220,000 |
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123,000
97,000
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97,000 |
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86,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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2-7 Triple Draw
Carol Fuchs three-bet and Gary Benson just called from under the gun. Benson took one card and Fuchs two, both then checked. Fuchs took another two and Benson repeated discarding one card. The bet of Benson and all-in call of Fuchs followed. Benson took one and Fuchs patted, she then showed the ![]()
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. Benson had a sweat with the ![]()
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but paired the
.
Fuchs earned another pot after to boost her short stack further.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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460,000
63,000
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63,000 |
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180,000
139,000
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139,000 |
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