The players seemed to be enjoying themselves over at table 155 with many jokes and laughs circling on the table. Tony Di Maria raised it up from middle position to 1,000 and received a call from the small blind and big blind. The flop was AxKx3x and Tony continued with a bet of 1000. Both players folded and Di Maria took down the pot.
The river action started with Aaron Ellis betting 11,000. After thinking for a while, the big blind folded on a board of 2♥6♣5♣10♣A♥ in a pot of 20,000.
Ellis tabled K♣J♥ and showed his missed bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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71,500
71,500
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71,500 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
In a limped pot, four players saw the board run out A♦A♣3♥7♦6♠.
Tom Schneider bet 5,000 and was called in late position. Schneider rolled over A♥10♥ to win the hand.
Schneider held A♥10♥ for trips and won the pot of 36,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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With 27,700 chips left, Kevin Yee pushed all in from early position. After some quick folds, a quick call was made as both players were heads up with Yee's tournament life on the line. Yee flipped over A♥K♠ while his opponent showed J♦J♠ as both players had roughly equal odds to win the pot.
As luck would have it, Yee wouldn't have to wait long as the flop came Q♣A♦3♠ pairing his Ace and giving him the odds to double up. A 8♣ on the turn and 10♠ on the river changed nothing, as Yee managed to over double his chip stack putting him now at 57,800 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,800
57,800
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57,800 |
Action preflop was a two-way all in. The big blind was all in for 23,000 and James Anderson called with the covering stack.
Both players turned over their cards. The big blind showed A♠10♥ and Anderson flipped over J♣J♥.
The board ran out 5♦9♦K♥5♣K♣ to give Anderson the pot and the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Three players arrived on the turn on a 5♦7♣J♣10♥ board. Nick Couvette checked out of the small blind and a second player moved all in. The player on the button folded, but Couvette snap-called once back on him.
"Do you have pocket jacks?" Nick asked as he rolled over 10♦10♠ for middle set. The early position player answered "I have nine-eight" as he tabled 9♦8♦ for a turned nut straight.
The dealer burned and turned the 5♣ on the river to give Couvette a full house and send the early position player to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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125,000
125,000
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125,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The 2017 Millionaire Maker winner has taken his seat. Canada's Pablo Mariz stated that he started off with aggressive play right out of the gate bluffing off half of his stack first hand. That did not deter him as he has continued applying the pressure on his opponents and has managed to build his stack up to 45,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000 | |
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