Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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900,000
710,000
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710,000 |
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480,000
420,000
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420,000 |
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410,000
340,000
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340,000 |
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320,000
260,000
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260,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Kenny Huynh shoved for around 160,000 in middle position as action folded to Greg Merson in the small blind, who called.
Kenny Huynh: ![]()
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Greg Merson: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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, giving Huynh top pair and Merson the nut flush draw. "That's sweaty," tablemate Chance Kornuth said.
Merson missed the
turn, as well as the
river as Huynh doubled up, leaving the world champion with just two yellow 1,000 chips remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000 | |
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2,000
123,000
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123,000 |
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Facing a preflop raise, Brian Turner pushed a tower of red 5,000 chips in the middle for a reraise to 100,000. The original raiser then shoved for around 160,000 and Turner snap-called.
All-In Player: ![]()
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Brian Turner: ![]()
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It was a massive cooler as the player with pocket queens stood up from his seat to watch the ![]()
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fall on the flop. The
on the turn sealed his fate, and the pot, as well as his bounty, was pushed to Turner following the
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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590,000
590,000
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590,000 |
A short-stacked player moved all in from under the gun and Cliff Josephy rejammed for 71,000 from the middle position. [Removed:532] was sitting on the button and then moved his covering stack into the middle. The blinds got out of the way to set up the three-way all-in situation.
Under-the-Gun Player: ![]()
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Cliff Josephy: ![]()
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[Removed:532]: ![]()
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The equities for all three players ran pretty close but it was [Removed:550] who vaulted into the lead following the ![]()
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flop. The
turn and
river completed the board to give [Removed:550] the double knockout and move his stack up to above 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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401,000
112,000
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112,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The tournament clock currently shows 99 remaining players, with 63 making the money.
Daniel Smlijkovic built up a massive stack early in the tournament after collecting three bounties in one pot, but his fortunes had taken a turn for the worse as he shoved for around 60,000 from early position.
Action folded to Danny Wong in the small blind who re-shoved as the big blind got out of the way.
Daniel Smlijkovic: ![]()
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Danny Wong: ![]()
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Smlijkovic had run right into the aces of Wong and was already standing up from his seat as the board ran out ![]()
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, leaving Wong in possession of his bounty and the rest of his once mighty stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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290,000 | |
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Busted | |
All the cards were on their backs as four players, including Jerry Wong, Elio Fox, and Daniel Rezaei, were all in, Fox with the largest stack.
The board read ![]()
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and Wong showed ![]()
. Fox had ![]()
on the button, the small blind ![]()
, and Rezaei ![]()
in the big blind.
Wong had around 140,000 left and collected Rezaei's bounty while doubling through Fox, while Fox got the bounty of the big blind.
"I was excited before you went all in," Fox told Wong after the hand.
"I was excited before YOU went all in," Wong added with some emphasis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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520,000
520,000
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520,000 |
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140,000
117,000
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117,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000