Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Alex Aleksandrovski raised to 40,000 and Ben Lamb called. Phil Hellmuth then raised to 180,000, Aleksandrovski potted, Lamb folded, and Hellmuth called all in for 285,000.
Phil Hellmuth:
Alex Aleksandrovski:
"Nice hand, buddy. I'm in bad shape," Hellmuth said after seeing Aleksandrovski's aces. Lamb expressed surprise at Hellmuth's hand.
"I was going for it," Hellmuth replied.
The flop improved Hellmuth to trip eights, and he stayed ahead on the turn and river.
"I had no idea you could get it in that bad in PLO," tablemate Chance Kornuth said after the hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Aleksandrovski
|
1,000,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
Phil Hellmuth |
620,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
Shaun Deeb opened to 35,000 in the cutoff and Cliff Josephy and Ka Kwan Lau both called.
Deeb bet 150,000 when checked to on the flop of and Josephy raised to around 400,000. Lau folded and Deeb moved all-in. Josephy called with Deeb covered.
Shaun Deeb:
Cliff Josephy:
Deeb had a set of queens while Josephy was drawing very thin with a set of tens. Deeb maintained the best hand after the runout and doubled up, while Josephy was left with mere crumbs.
"Nothing you can do there," Deeb told his opponent sympathetically.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shaun Deeb |
1,350,000
1,030,000
|
1,030,000 |
|
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Ka Kwan Lau |
700,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
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Cliff Josephy |
70,000
-740,000
|
-740,000 |
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Heads-up on the turn with the board showing , Charles Sinn bet 150,000 from the button. Alex Aleksandrovski was in the small blind and used a time chip before calling.
The river came the and Aleksandrovski checked. Sinn shoved all in for 350,000 and sent Aleksandrovski deep into the tank. After nearly two minutes and three time banks, Aleksandrovski eventually folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charles Sinn |
900,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
Alex Aleksandrovski
|
850,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Vengrin | Busted | |
Anthony Zinno | Busted | |
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Frank Crivello moved all-in preflop in a heads-up pot against Scott Seiver on a flop of . Seiver called with his opponent well-covered.
Frank Crivello:
Scott Seiver:
Crivello was ahead with aces, but the turn brought the to catapult Seiver into the lead. The on the river didn't change things and Crivello was sent to the rail in brutal fashion.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Seiver |
1,750,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
Frank Crivello | Busted |
Daniel Negreanu and Jared Bleznick limped in before Michael Song moved all in for his last 35,000. Adam Hendrix and Dan Cates called from the blinds, as did Negreanu and Bleznick.
The flop came and Negreanu bet 100,000. Only Bleznick called to see the turn, when Negreanu bet another 350,000.
Bleznick again called, then both players checked the river.
Negreanu showed and Bleznick for the same straight. "Straight is good," Song said, tapping the table and making his exit from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
1,600,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Jared Bleznick | 1,200,000 | |
Dan Cates |
900,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
||
Michael Song | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cliff Josephy | Busted | |
|
||
John Beauprez | Busted | |
|
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Noah Schwartz | Busted | |
|
Josh Arieh raised to 60,000 from the cutoff and got two callers, Kyle Bowker in the small blind and Alexander Petersen in the big blind. The flop came and action checked to Arieh, who bet 75,000. Only Petersen called.
Arieh bet another 150,000 on the turn and again Petersen called to the river. Both players checked.
Petersen showed for the flopped flush. Arieh gave one last long look back at his hand before tossing the cards back to the dealer.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Petersen |
2,050,000
695,000
|
695,000 |
|
||
Josh Arieh |
600,000
-755,000
|
-755,000 |
|
Dan Cates opened on the button and Daniel Negreanu called in the small blind, as did Gavin Cochrane in the big blind.
"Daniel, why do they call you 'Kid Poker'?" Cates asked Negreanu before the flop came down.
"Because when I started I was one of the younger guys," Negreanu replied.
The flop came and all three players checked. Negreanu led out with a bet of 100,000 on the turn and Cochrane called.
"Alright, you wanna f*** with the Jungle!" Cates exclaimed before calling.
Negreanu checked on the river and Cochrane bet 300,000. Cates called and Negreanu folded.
"I have the second nuts," said Cates, who then mucked when Cochrane showed for the nut flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
1,500,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Gavin Cochrane |
1,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Dan Cates |
600,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|