Break Time
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Players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Action was picked up with 13,000 already in the pot and a board of . The middle position player had bet 6,000 before Daniel Ferketa, in the cutoff, moved all in for about 11,000. His opponent thought for a minute or two, before making the call with Ferketa covered.
Daniel Ferketa:
Opponent:
With Ferketa ahead, the turn changed nothing while the
river improved Ferketa's hand to a set. He scooped the pot and doubled his stack heading into the first break of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,000 | |
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28,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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24,500 | |
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21,000 | |
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19,000 | |
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17,000 | |
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11,000 | |
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8,800 |
Philippe Culot fired for 500 from the cutoff, getting calls from the small blind, the big blind, and from the under-the-gun player.
The flop was checked through before the small blind bet 1,100 on the
turn. The big blind and the under-the-gun player got out of the way before Culot put in the call.
The river elicited another barrel from the small blind, this time for 2,500. Culot made the call and turned over
for running trips. His opponent tossed his hand in the muck as Culot scooped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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37,500 |
On a heads-up board of , the under-the-gun player checked to his opponent in the hijack, Jeffrey Lo.
Lo then bet 3,600, which made his opponent ponder his next decision. After scoping out Lo and his chip stack, the under-the-gun player then raised all-in. Lo snap-called and flipped his cards over to reveal for a turned set.
"Oh wow, nice hand," his opponent told Lo, as he tabled for two pair.
The river was the which meant Lo won the pot with his set of eights.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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29,000
29,000
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29,000 |
Ian Johns raised to 500 from the cutoff and Ryan Stoker defended his big blind.
The flop came . Stoker check-called the 400 bet of Johns.
They both checked through the on the turn to the
on the river. Stoker bet 1,000 for Johns to make the call. Stoker tabled the
to play the board with the king-kicker but Johns had the
for the higher two pair than on the board to claim the pot.
Tom Wheaton and Stoker then proceeded to say that the PokerNews team had missed all the action in the first five hands of the day. Wheaton had two sets with which he won once and also lost once to get him back to the starting stack.
While the story was told, the button limped in and Stoker opted to complete his small blind while Wheaton checked the big blind. They all checked through the whole board which ran out . The button showed the
for a pair of sevens. Stoker then tabled the
for the higher pair of tens but Wheaton had them all beat with the
for the same pair of tens but higher kicker.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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36,000
-1,900
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-1,900 |
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35,500
35,500
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35,500 |
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26,000
26,000
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26,000 |
A raise to 400 came from under the gun before Nakia Clark reraised to 1,200 from middle position. He got calls from the hijack and the under-the-gun player.
On the flop, action checked to the hijack who fired for 1,600. The under-the-gun player folded before Clark put in the call.
The turn was checked through before Clark fired for 1,500 on the
river. His opponent called. Clark turned over
for two pair, and his opponent promptly tossed his hand in the muck while Clark scooped the pot, getting his stack nearly back to where it started the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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23,500 |
After action limped to him in the highjack, Calais Campbell raised preflop to 2,000. The big blind, middle position, and late position all called.
On a flop of , action check around again to Campbell and he put out bet of 5,500, which only the late position player called.
The turn came the , and after his opponent checked to him, Campbell shoved all in for 8,500, forcing his opponent to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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38,000
38,000
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38,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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29,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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21,800 | |
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21,200 |
Chad Nieland had raised from the early position and Mihai Manole three-bet to 1,800 from the hijack. The action folded back to Nieland who made the call.
They both checked through the flop to the
on the turn. Nieland fired a bet of 1,500 out which Manole called.
The river completed the board with the and Nieland continued with a bet of 2,200. Manole considered it for a bit but then folded. He did opt to show the
for two pair. Nieland was friendly enough to show Manole had probably made the right fold as he held the
for the same two pair but with the ace-kicker.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,500 | |
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12,500 |