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and the fourth spade on the turn left the shorter stack drawing dead.
In a classic flip, Steve Sung had an opponent at risk with the ![]()
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and the fourth spade on the turn left the shorter stack drawing dead.
In a preflop raising contest, Michael Alvarez got his stack with 145,500 in against Kunal Patni and had the best of it in a battle of premium pocket pairs.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and the aces held for Alvarez to double. "I almost folded," Patni admitted in table chat with a dry smile on the face.
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Matthias Auer was under the gun and bet 70,000. His opponent quickly called but saw the bad news as Auer turned over ![]()
for three of a kind to take down the pot.
Jack Shea opened from early position to 7,500 and was called by the small blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Shea continued for 6,000. The small blind called.
On the
turn, Shea kept firing, this time for 17,000. The small blind called once more.
The river delivered the
and Shea went on the attack once again for 34,000. The small blind briefly considered before meekly tossing his cards into the muck.
With three players all-in, Adrian Buckley was the shortest stack and at risk against Erik Cajelais and Truong Nguyen, who had near identical stack sizes.
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board let Cajelais celebrate as his flopped set of nines secured a near triple-up. Buckley's 72,000 vanished and Cajelais doubled through Nguyen for 107,500 to leave his opponent very short.
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turn, Kevin Palmer checked and Jonathan Zarin bet 11,000. Scott Ball was the only caller as Palmer folded. On the
river, both players checked and Zarin rolled over the ![]()
with a grin on the face.
"I think that'll win," another player at the table remarked and Ball indeed mucked his cards.
"I was thinking about min-betting the river," Zarin added but also mentioned that it was very difficult to get paid by anything in this spot.
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and Chris Maguire bet 13,000 from middle position. His opponent on the button made the call. Maguire turned over ![]()
for two pair and his opponent mucked.
The cards were already on their backs with two players at risk against Scott Baumstein. Russell Sartin had flopped a pair and turned a flush draw with the ![]()
but he was trailing against Fehim Hajdari with the ![]()
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turn and didn't get there on the
river.
Sartin was eliminated while Hajdari doubled through Baumstein for 60,500.
The hijack opened for 5,500 and Nick Ahmadi called from the button. The big blind shoved all in for 21,000 both the hijack and Ahmadi called.
The flop came ![]()
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and the button checked to Ahmadi, who put out a bet of 40,000. The button folded.
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With the open-ended straight flush draw, Ahmadi would benefit from the
turn, giving him the king-high flush to have his opponent drawing dead before the
completed the board.
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board, Dan Wilson bet 7,500 from the small blind. His opponent made the call from middle position. Wilson turned over ![]()
for a straight as his opponent mucked his hand.