The hijack raised to 3,500 and the cutoff called before Quené Gabriel squeezed in the big blind, tossing a pile of 5,000-chip in front of her. After some thinking, both her opponents folded and the host of "P's and Q's Poker" vlog added the chips to her stack.
There are 1,390 players remaining in this Day 1a of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker. They are on their way to the last break of the day. They'll come back in 20 minutes and play one more level.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
The board 3♣4♣A♥6♥9♠ was already dealt, with a pot containing 27,000, when a player checked to Tim Reilly on the button who bet 6,500. His opponent tanked for some time before eventually folding and Really added the chips to his stack.
Nick Yunis started the action with a raise to 4,500 and Yaser Al-Keliddar three-bet on the button to 10,500, called by Yunis.
The flop revealed 4♦K♠9♥ and Yunis check-called Al-Keliddar for 5,500. The same action happened on the 5♥ turn, this time for 10,000.
The river fell the 2♦ and after a last check from Yunis, Al-Keliddar shoved for 22,000. Yunis didn't take long to muck his cards.
From an early position, Mathieu Di Meglio raised to 4,000. Robbie Jade Lew in middle position called, but the big blind raised to 18,000. Di Meglio was the only one to call.
On 3♦Q♠A♣, the small blind bet 8,500, and added another 19,000 on the turn K♦. On both streets, Di Meglio called. But when his opponent slowed down by checking the river J♦, the Frenchman moved all in for 62,000.
The small blind took three minutes to make a decision. He struggled all that time, and eventually folded. Determined, Di Meglio smacked K♣6♣ on the table, for a simple pair of kings.
Stefan Lehner open-shoved for his last 9,500 and it folded to Renan Bruschi who called in the big blind for the following showdown:
Stefan Lehner: A♥5♥
Renan Bruschi: 10♠9♣
Lehner had the best starting hand but the board revealed 5♠10♦J♦8♦3♣ to give a pair of tens to Bruschi and bust Lehner.
The tournament's clock has now been paused and tournament officials have announced that four more hands will be played to close out the day.
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