Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Already facing a min-raise and call before him in the small blind, Brian Dennis re-raised to 2,700, which prompted one fold and a call from the original raiser who was on the button.
The flop came out , and Dennis bet 7,500. His opponent called.
The turn card was the . Dennis bet 5,500 and his opponent called once again.
The river was and Dennis bet out for 10,000 which caused his opponent to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Dennis |
55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
Another familiar face in Day 1d of the Housewarming is Ukraine's Eugene Katchalov.
Earlier this year, Katchalov escaped Ukraine after the Russian invasion and Ukraine's all-time money list is here in Las Vegas for the WSOP looking to add to the bracelet he won back in 2011.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eugene Katchalov | 53,000 | |
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With a pot of roughly 30,000 in the middle and a board showing the small blind moved in for his remaining 46,100. Michail Kotsifis was next to act and didn't take much time before putting in his stack of 46,500, just barely covering the all-in player.
Michail Kotsifis:
Opponent:
The turn was the money card for Kotsifis as he made a better two-pair, scooping the large pot and sending his opponent to the re-buy line.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michail Kotsifis |
120,000
120,000
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120,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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JJ Liu
|
121,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
Ryan Depaulo |
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
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Vanessa Kade |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Frank Stepuchin |
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michail Kotsifis | 120,000 | |
Joel Blaeser | 85,000 | |
Bill Klein |
74,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Spencer Simpson |
54,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Veronica Brill | 51,000 | |
James Shoudis
|
50,000 | |
Greg Raymer |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Allen Kessler |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Christian Soto | 50,000 | |
Eugene Katchalov |
50,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
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Niall Farrell | 41,000 | |
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All the chips were in the middle preflop with Matthew Campbell as the big stack. He was in early position and had both the hijack and cutoff covered.
Hijack:
Cutoff:
Matthew Campbell:
Campbell was in good shape with kings, and the board of could not have run any cleaner for him to take out two competitors and be amongst the chip leaders of Day 1d.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Campbell |
153,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
There was 8,000 in the pot with the board showing when the was dealt on the turn.
It checked to Mark Pascual, of Van Nuys, CA and he bet 4,000. His opponent called.
The river was a , and Pascual fired again after a check from his opponent, this time for 6,000. His opponent called.
Pascual tabled his , showing his winning flush, and his opponent showed he came up short with the straight he made with his .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Pascual |
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Victor Kim from under-the-gun bet 1,200. The early position player raised to 4,000 which was cold-called by the button. Kim decided to move all-in and was called by early position, the button folded. The early position was the effective stack for 33,000.
Early Position:
Victor Kim:
There was no sweat for early position except for a chop with a gutshot wheel draw on a board of . Kim took a sizeable pot and eliminated early position.
The very next hand Kim in the big blind had his chips in the middle once again, this time with the button who was effective stack for 27,000.
Button:
Victor Kim:
The button admitted he wanted to double or rebuy before the start of the next break. The board of improved Kim to a straight and the button headed to the rebuy line.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Victor Kim |
105,400
105,400
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105,400 |