2021 World Series of Poker
Ran Ilani raised to 80,000 and was called by Alireza Amiri from one seat over and Anar Khalilov in the big blind. The flop fell ![]()
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and Khalilov checked, Ilani bet 110,000 and Amiri was the only caller.
After the
turn, Ilani check-called for 240,000 and the
on the river was checked by both players. Amiri tabled the ![]()
for trips aces and that won the pot, as Ilani reluctantly mucked.
On a completed board of ![]()
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, Felix Bleiker bet, Gary Cheng jammed for a bit more, and Bleiker called.
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Cheng had flopped a set, but Bleiker turned the nuts to send Cheng to the rail.
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Jonathan Dwek just flat-called on his left. Aristeidis Moschonas was in the hijack and shipped all in for 740,000. Kiriopoulos asked for a count but decided to fold and Dwek instantly called.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Dwek's pair of tens held on to eliminate Moschonas.
"Back-to-back," Heng Zhang mentioned. Dwek had just eliminated Andy Li in the hand before that.
The short stack of JJ DeLaGarza went into the middle with the ![]()
and he had a flip against the ![]()
of Christopher Trang. On a board of ![]()
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, none of the overcards appeared and that spelled the end for DeLaGarza. He said goodbye to everyone before heading to the payout desk as the field has already plummeted to just 180 hopefuls.
There was heads-up action between Joshua Remitio from the cutoff and Daniel Weinman from the big blind.
Remitio fired every street on the ![]()
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board building up a 950,000 pot and tossed out another 775,000 bet after the
completed the board on the river.
Weinman called risking majority of his stack and quickly folded after Remitio rolled over a flush holding ![]()
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Koray Aldemir opened to 80,000 in middle position and Cole Ferraro defended from the big blind. They went heads-up to a flop of ![]()
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and Ferraro check-called a bet of 70,000 from Aldemir.
The
landed on the turn and Ferraro checked again. Aldemir pushed out a bet of 245,000 and Ferraro stuck around for the
on the river.
Ferraro checked for the third time and Aldemir sized up a bet of 610,000. Ferraro thought for a minute and then called. Aldemir rolled over ![]()
for a set of nines and Ferraro's cards went to the muck.
Jacob Millstein was sitting in the tank with a bet of 90,000 in front of him in the middle position. Jose Vieira Martins had check-raised to 260,000 from the big blind when the flop read ![]()
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with almost 300,000 in the middle. In the end, Millstein opted to fold.
On the next hand, Demosthenes Kiriopoulos raised to 80,000 from the middle position and Aristeidis Moschonas three-bet jammed for around 750,000 for the action to fold back to Kiropoulos who folded.
Nicholas Rigby raised it up on the button and Benjamin Armstrong called from the small blind. The flop fell ![]()
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and Armstrong checked to Rigby who continued for 150,000. Armstrong check-raised to 450,000 and Rigby called.
The turn brought the
and Armstrong led out with a bet of 500,000 this time. Rigby still called and the
double-paired the board on the river. Armstrong checked and Rigby quickly checked it back. Armstrong tabled ![]()
while Rigby showed ![]()
for just ace-high.
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Featuring: Matt Berkey (Solve For Why), Max Silver (SnapShove/WSOP Bracelet Winner), Ryan Leng (3x WSOP bracelet winner) & Scott Seiver (also a 3x bracelet winner).