Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
An early position player raised and the cutoff called, as did Jason Yeung in the big blind.
Yeung led out on the flop of ![]()
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and both opponents called. Yeung led out again on the
turn and, this time, both opponents folded.
"I had something," Yeung said before flashing the ![]()
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
74,500
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74,500 |
Joseph Hoffman raised in the hijack and Lu Yuan defended his big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Yuan check-called a bet from Hoffman.
The
hit the turn and Yuan check-called once again.
The
completed the board and Yuan quickly checked. Hoffman thought about it for a brief moment and checked back. "Jack is good," Hoffman said.
Yuan tabled ![]()
for a busted straight draw and Hoffman took down the pot with ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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150,000
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
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115,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
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107,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
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94,000
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
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87,500
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
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84,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
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60,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
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57,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Ian Pelz was seen with his last 8,000 in the middle before the flop and was at risk against Joshua Turner.
Ian Pelz: ![]()
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Joshua Turner: ![]()
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Pelz had two live cards but the ![]()
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flop meant he was in trouble. The
on the turn gave him some life but the
on the river was no help as he exited the tournament room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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136,000
18,500
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18,500 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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234,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
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|
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175,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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145,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
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122,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
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112,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
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74,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
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65,500
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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58,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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25,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
Jacob Ferro raised in early position and Brandon Shack-Harris three-bet next to act. The action folded back around to Ferro and he made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of ![]()
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and Ferro check-called a bet.
The
hit the turn and Ferro checked before Shack-Harris tossed in a bet, but threw in 16,000 instead of 8,000. The dealer corrected it to 8,000 and after a few seconds, Ferro mucked his hand.
"The big bet scared me," joked Ferro.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
136,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
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116,000
67,500
|
67,500 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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With the board reading ![]()
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, there were about 30,000 chips in the middle and Jason Vanstrom had tossed out a bet before Michael Romanos raised.
Vanstrom went into the tank for about 20-seconds before deciding to let it go.
"Good flop," Said Ramanos as he tabled ![]()
for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
78,500
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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27,500
52,500
|
52,500 |
Joe McKeehen raised from the cutoff and Kevin Gerhart called in the small blind. Kenny Hsiung reraised in the big blind and both of his opponents called.
Hsiung continued with a bet on the flop of ![]()
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and McKeehen called, then Gerhart got the rest of his chips in. Hsiung bet again on the
turn and McKeehen folded.
Kevin Gerhart: ![]()
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Kenny Hsiung: ![]()
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Gerhart was drawing dead before the meaningless
hit on the river and the four-time bracelet winner hit the rail after just a few minutes of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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280,000
31,500
|
31,500 |
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|
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110,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
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Busted | |
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