Eli Elezra bet pot on a board of ![]()
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and Chino Rheem called.
Elezra bet pot again on the
river for a bet of 3,400,000 and Rheem snap-called. Elezra showed ![]()
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for a flush and the nut low and Rheem mucked.
"Not what I wanted to see!" said Rheem.
Eli Elezra bet pot on a board of ![]()
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and Chino Rheem called.
Elezra bet pot again on the
river for a bet of 3,400,000 and Rheem snap-called. Elezra showed ![]()
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for a flush and the nut low and Rheem mucked.
"Not what I wanted to see!" said Rheem.
Eli Elezra, on his wedding anniversary, will look for his fifth bracelet as he faces Chino Rheem, who looks to finally take down his first WSOP title.
Robert Cowen called from the small blind and Chino Rheem potted for 450,000 from the big blind. Cowen called.
The flop come ![]()
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and Cowen potted virtually all in and Rheem came along for the ride.
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Rheem flopped a set of nines while Cowen flopped the nut flush draw and was eligible for a low.
The
turn gave Cowen a straight draw and a low draw. However, the
river finally ended Cowen's dream and silenced his rail.
After getting quartered by Chino Rheem a few hands earlier, Robert Cowen raised to 550,000 on the button and Eli Elezra called out of the big blind. Elezra bet pot on the flop of ![]()
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and Cowen called with less.
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Cowen had a pair and a flush draw and his rail erupted in cheer when the
on the turn gave him the flush. The
on the river didn't change things and Cowen scooped the pot to stay alive.
Level: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
The remaining three players are on a 15-minute break.
In Robert Cowen's first hand, Eli Elezra opened for 400,000 from the button and Robert Cowen eventually was all in for 1,180,000 with Elezra in as well.
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The flop came ![]()
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to give Cowen the ace-high flush. The
and
completed the board and Cowen got the scoop.
Chino Rheem showed that he folded ![]()
and would've flopped a straight flush.
In Cowen's second hand, Rheem opened for 400,000 from the button and Cowen raised to 1,020,000 from the big blind. Rheem called.
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flop, Cowen put his final 950,000 in the middle and Rheem called.
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Rheem was ahead on the high with no low completed. However, the
on the turn had both players sharing the low.
The case
arrived on the river, giving Cowen an improbable high and split the low to quarter Rheem.
Damjan Radanov open-jammed from the cutoff and Eli Elezra called out of the big blind.
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to give Elezra a set and have Radanov drawing nearly dead headed to the runout of ![]()
to see him go out in fourth place for $197,637.
Chino Rheem opened from the button to 390,000 and Ken Aldridge shoved for around 725,000 from the small blind. Rheem called.
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The flop came ![]()
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to give Rheem a pair of tens and an open-ended straight draw.
The
turn gave Rheem two pair and put him in the lead over Aldridge's aces.
The
completed the board and after battling all day, Aldridge's night finally came to an end in fifth place.
Eli Elezra called from the hijack and after nearly two minutes of debating, Filippos Stavrakis potted from the small blind, leaving roughly 200,000 behind. Chino Rheem folded and Elezra opted to put Stavrakis all in. Stavrakis called.
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Elezra flopped the world when it came ![]()
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. The
ended Stavrakis' tournament life.
The
completed the board and Elezra moved over eight million.