Players are on another 15-minute break after collectively agreeing to skip the dinner break.
Players are on another 15-minute break after collectively agreeing to skip the dinner break.
Erik Seidel opened to 160,000 in middle position and Justin Bonomo flat-called in the cutoff, while Chris Hunichen defended in the big blind.
Seidel bet 200,000 when checked to on the flop of ![]()
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and Bonomo moved all-in for around 1,700,000. Hunichen and Seidel both folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
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|
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2,300,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
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|
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1,800,000
675,000
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675,000 |
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Bin Weng raised to 160,000 in the hijack and Sam Soverel three-bet to 425,000 on the button. The action came back to Weng who jammed in his stack and Soverel surrendered his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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2,825,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
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2,075,000
425,000
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425,000 |
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Gal Yifrach raised to 160,000 from early position and Sam Soverel shoved for 2,300,000. Yifrach let it go and Soverel took the pot.
On the next hand, Michael Addamo raised to 160,000 and Justin Bonomo called. Chris Hunichen then jammed for 955,000 and only Bonomo called.
Chris Hunichen: ![]()
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Justin Bonomo: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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and Hunichen was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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9,140,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
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|
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2,830,000
170,000
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170,000 |
|
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|
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2,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
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|
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2,475,000
1,575,000
|
1,575,000 |
|
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||
|
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1,850,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
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Erik Seidel opened to 160,000 in the cutoff and Bin Weng called in the big blind.
Seidel bet 150,000 on the flop of ![]()
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and Weng called. Both players checked on the
turn and Weng led out with a bet of around 80,000 on the
river. Seidel called.
Weng showed a pair of fives with ![]()
and Seidel tabled a better pair with ![]()
and took the pot down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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|
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2,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Sam Soverel opened on the button and Erik Seidel defended the big blind.
Seidel check-called a 100,000 bet on the ![]()
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flop. Both players checked the
turn, and Seidel check-called for 240,000 on the
river.
Soverel flashed ![]()
which was no good against the ![]()
of Seidel.
On the next hand, Erik Seidel called in the small blind and called when Michael Addamo raised to 320,000 in the big blind.
Seidel check-called a bet of 180,000 on the ![]()
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flop, and check-folded on the
turn when Addamo fired out 360,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,300,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
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|
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3,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
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|
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2,600,000 | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,800,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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3,500,000 | |
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3,200,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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3,000,000 | |
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|
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2,700,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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2,600,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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Mustapha Kanit raised to 160,000 from early position and Gal Yifrach shoved in the big blind for 1,525,000. Kanit thought it over before calling.
Mustapha Kanit: ![]()
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Gal Yifrach: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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, no help to Kanit as he was eliminated. He picks up more than $125,000 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,000,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
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Busted | |
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