Level: 10
Limit Blinds: 500/1,000
Limits: 1,000/2,000
Pot-Limit Blinds: 300/500 Ante: 500
Level: 10
Limit Blinds: 500/1,000
Limits: 1,000/2,000
Pot-Limit Blinds: 300/500 Ante: 500
As the tournament clock shows 756 entries, the remaining players have been sent on another 15-minute break.
With registration closed at the start of Level 10, this will be the final opportunity for players to enter, or forfeit their current stack to re-enter with a fresh 25,000 chips.
Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better
After Russell Bouffiou limped in middle position, Men Nguyen raised the size of the pot (1,800) from the hijack. Perry Friedman then called from the big blind and Boffiou called as well.
On the ![]()
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flop, Friedman and Bouffiou checked and Nguyen bet pot (6,000). Friedman folded, but Bouffiou re-potted, then Nguyen potted again to put Bouffiou all in for roughly 28,000. He called to put himself at risk.
Russell Bouffiou: ![]()
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Men Nguyen: ![]()
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Each player had wheel draws, but Nguyen had control of the high half of the pot with his aces.
The turn
gave Nguyen the potential for a scoop, but the
on the river gave each player their wheel, chopping up the pot just before break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
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31,500 | |
|
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8,100
19,200
|
19,200 |
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Limit Omaha 8 or Better
With 8,000 in the middle on a double paired board of ![]()
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Laurette Thurber bet from the small blind.
Their opponent in the cutoff took their time before making the call. Thurber rolled over ![]()
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for jacks full of sevens which prompted the cutoff to throw their hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,500
32,500
|
32,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
109,500
51,700
|
51,700 |
|
|
104,000
85,600
|
85,600 |
|
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|
|
103,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
65,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
54,500 | |
|
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40,000 | |
|
|
38,000 | |
|
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||
|
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30,000 | |
|
|
28,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
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||
|
|
28,000 | |
|
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|
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16,500
15,000
|
15,000 |
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|
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12,000 | |
Level: 9
Limit Blinds: 400/800
Limits: 800/1,600
Pot-Limit Blinds: 200/400 Ante: 400
Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better
On a flop of ![]()
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, Naoya Kihara checked out of position to his opponent who bet 2,000. Kihara then check-raised the size of the pot and his opponent moved all in for less.
Opponent: ![]()
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Naoya Kihara: ![]()
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Kihara was ahead for the high with his set of threes versus his opponent's top and bottom pair with a wheel draw.
The turn
and river
, couldn't bring in a low, and Kihara's set held on for the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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102,000 | |
|
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90,200
90,200
|
90,200 |
|
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80,000
29,200
|
29,200 |
|
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||
|
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62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
||
|
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51,800
26,800
|
26,800 |
|
|
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|
|
51,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
50,200
12,200
|
12,200 |
|
|
45,000
12,800
|
12,800 |
|
|
41,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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|
|
39,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
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|
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38,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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||
|
|
35,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
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|
|
26,900
26,900
|
26,900 |
|
|
23,800 | |
|
|
10,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
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Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better
After a Main Event to forget about, Phil Hellmuth has jumped into Event #72 deep into level eight.
In a four-way pot on the turn board of ![]()
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, Hellmuth bet the pot for 2,000 from the cutoff and got folds from the remaining players.
It is to be noted that Hellmuth has changed his attire since this afternoon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,200
23,200
|
23,200 |
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Last year's total of 641 entries has already been blown out of the water with now over 700 entries and still over a level of time for entry and re-entry available.