Players are on another 15-minute break and will return to their seats at 11:55 p.m. local time.
Players are on another 15-minute break and will return to their seats at 11:55 p.m. local time.
In the first hand, Robert Mizrachi raised from the cutoff and was three-bet by Andrew Yeh on the button. Action folded back around to Mizrachi, who called.
Mizrachi check-called bets from Yeh on the ![]()
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flop and
turn; however, Mizrachi check-folded after facing another bet from Yeh on the
river.
A few hands later, Yeh raised from the hijack and was called by Ben Landowski in the big blind.
Landowski check-called bets from Yeh all the way down on a ![]()
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flop,
turn, and
river.
Yeh tabled ![]()
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for a flush and a low and Landowski mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,170,000
470,000
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470,000 |
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140,000
360,000
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360,000 |
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80,000
520,000
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520,000 |
Ari Engel opened from early position and Andrew Yeh defended in the big blind.
Engel bet when checked to on the flop of ![]()
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and Yeh called, but opted to check-fold when facing another bet on the
turn.
Engel has a big stack and has been using it to his advantage by applying aggression at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,700,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
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1,700,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Ari Engel raised from the lojack and found one caller in Robert Mizrachi from the small blind.
Mizrachi proceeded to check-call down on every street against Engel. First on the ![]()
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flop, then on the
turn, and lastly on the
river.
Engel tabled ![]()
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for a set and Mizrachi mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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Khamar Xaytavone had only 25,000 and was forced all-in from the big blind in a heads-up pot against under-the-gun player Ari Engel.
Khamar Xaytavone: ![]()
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Ari Engel: ![]()
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The flop of ![]()
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gave Engel a wrap and the
turn gave him his straight. The
on the river didn't change things and Xaytavone was eliminated in ninth place.
Xaytavone told his opponents he enjoyed playing with them and fist-bumped Phil Hellmuth as he left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
1,900,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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Busted | |
Chris Vitch raised from the button and Ari Engel three-bet from the small blind. Ben Landowski then made it four bets to go from the big blind and both Vitch and Engel called.
All three players proceeded to check on the ![]()
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flop and
turn; however, Engel led out for a bet on the
river. Landowski quickly folded but Vitch went deep into the tank.
After a few minutes, Vitch committed the rest of his chips with a call and Engel tabled ![]()
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for the nut straight.
Vitch showed he held ![]()
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before standing up and wishing his tablemates good luck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,800,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
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600,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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Busted | |
Andrew Yeh opened in the cutoff and Khamar Xaytavone three-bet in the small blind. Chris Vitch then cold four-bet in the big blind and both players called.
Vitch bet out on the ![]()
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flop and both players called. Vitch bet again on the
turn and Xaytavone folded with just 25,000 left, while Yeh called.
Vitch checked, then faced a bet from Yeh on the
river. He folded after being the aggressor throughout the hand, sending a massive pot Yeh's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,000,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
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250,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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25,000
325,000
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325,000 |
In the first hand, a very short-stacked Khamar Xaytavone got all in preflop against Chris Vitch in a blind vs. blind battle. He doubled with ![]()
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against Vitch's ![]()
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on a ![]()
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runout.
A few hands later, Xaytavone doubled again after getting all in preflop against Robert Mizrachi.
Xaytavone held the ![]()
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against Mizrachi's ![]()
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and the board ran out ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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750,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
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375,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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350,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Action is back underway as the remaining 10 payers have returned from dinner break. Day 3 is scheduled to break when five players remain.
Level: 21
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 0