Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
A player raised to 1,300 from under the gun and was met by a three-bet to 4,200 by Kenny Hallaert one seat over. Action folded back around and the original raiser made the call to send the two players to the flop.
On a flop of ![]()
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action was checked to Hallaert, who led out for 2,700. His opponent flatted.
Both players checked on the
turn and action was once again checked to Hallaert on the
river. Hallaert thought long and hard about his decision but eventually checked back. The under the gun player turned over ![]()
, which was good enough to take down the pot. Hallaert, meanwhile, appeared frustrated that he had not pulled the trigger.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000 | |
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Scott Seiver opened the action to 1,100, getting a call from Ian Matakis in the hijack as well as the big blind.
On the ![]()
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flop, Matakis led out for 1,300. The big blind got out of the way before Seiver made the call.
Matakis continued for 5,000 on the
turn, which Seiver called after a moment or two of thought.
On the
river, Matakis tanked for a couple of minutes before moving all in. Seiver quickly folded, awarding the pot to Matakis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,500
29,500
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29,500 |
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19,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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Action folded around to Patrick Leonard in the small blind who raised to 3,400 and Nick Schulman called out of the big blind.
On the ![]()
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flop Leonard led out for 1,700. Schulman was not prepared to let go of his hand just yet and smooth-called.
The
turn was checked through and on the board-pairing
river, Leonard checked for a second time. Schulman checked back and was shown ![]()
by Leonard for the turned straight, sending the pot Leonard's way and dropping Schulman below starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,500
6,500
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6,500 |
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22,600
17,400
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17,400 |
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Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
With the player cap reached, the payout schedule for the tournament has been confirmed. The top 100 finishers, or all those that make it past round 1, will receive a minimum payout of $5,835, with $240,480 slated to head the eventual winner's way.
The heads-up action was picked up after the turn, with about 6,500 in the pot and a board of ![]()
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The button moved all in with the effective stack of 9,900. Jonas Lauck made the call from the button.
Opponent: ![]()
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Lauck: ![]()
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With Lauck behind, he needed some help on the river. That help arrived in the form of the
, giving Lauck the nut flush to bust his opponents kings, sending his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,500 | |
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Qui Nguyen opened from the cutoff to 1,400 and faced a three-bet to 5,300 from the small blind. Nguyen let go of his hand to lose a small pot.
The very next hand Nguyen opened again, this time to 1,300. Action folded to the big blind, who promptly moved all in. The player in the big blind had Nguyen covered and the 2016 WSOP Main Event champion, not wanting to risk all his chips, folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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Action was picked up as Aram Zobian, the big blind, called the button's all-in shove.
Button: ![]()
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Aram Zobian: ![]()
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Zobian was behind, but with his overcards had plenty of outs. The ![]()
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flop saw him pickup a draw to the Broadway straight. And that draw got there on the
turn, giving Zobian the nut straight, leaving the button drawing dead. The
on the river completed the board. Zobian scooped the pot as his opponent was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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89,000
89,000
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89,000 |
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Action at table 56 is already three-handed, with players Ben Keelin, Prithvi Rudrappa and Gabe Paul all competing for a place in the second round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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99,000
99,000
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99,000 |
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84,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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67,000
67,000
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67,000 |