Recent PokerCode Festival Madrid runner-up Samuel Mullur opened to 10,000 in middle position and the blinds called.
On the flop 9♠6♣10♥, the blinds checked and Mullur continuation-bet to 18,000.
Enough to take the pot right away and added to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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150,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Allen Kessler jammed for around 115,000 from early position and James Ditaranto jammed for around 56,000. A player in middle position called to put both Kessler and Ditaranto at risk and headed to a runout.
James Ditaranto: A♥K♥
Allen Kessler: Q♣Q♥
Middle Position: J♠J♣
The board ran out A♣7♥7♦6♣2♦, giving Ditaranto the full triple up with Kessler breaking even on the hand by taking the side pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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175,000
175,000
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175,000 |
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112,000
27,000
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27,000 |
Benjamin "bencb" Rolle opened to 12,000 in middle position and the small blind three-bet to 31,000.
German crusher and streamer decided to let it go and kept a 120,000 chips stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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120,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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PokerNews was called over to the table during a massive confrontation that was reaching it's pinnacle on the river.
On a completed board reading 4♦2♠4♥10♠4♣, Yuchen Jiang in the small blind had checked over to Renji Mae in middle position. For context, there had been a raise pre-flop by Mae and a call from Jiang with at least one large bet on the turn that was made by Mae and check-called by Jiang.
Now on the river, Jiang had checked over to Mae again who jammed for a little over 200,000 which represented just over what was already in the pot.
Jiang then entered the tank and spent a full four to five minutes there. No one at the table wanted to call the clock because it was such a big decision, but eventually, a player did call the clock.
Before tournament staff could get to the table to count Jiang down, he had tossed in a calling chip, which Mae didn't seem super happy about.
Much to his delight, Jiang turned up the A♠Q♥, allowing Mae to breathe a sigh of relief and turn over the A♣Q♠.
The table let out a collective gasp as it became clear just how big an all in bluff Mae had made and how huge a bluff catch call Jiang had made.
Each took their half of the pot and both were happy to be out of the blender and onto the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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340,000
340,000
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340,000 |
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290,000
290,000
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290,000 |
A player in early position limped and Jeremy Jouault squeezed to 21,000 in the next seat.
All folded to the limper who called.
On the flop 4♦A♦A♥, the limper bet 20,000 and Jouault raised it to 45,000.
His opponent snap said all in for around 130,000 and Jouault went deep in the tank.
The clock was called and Jouault folded his hand at the last second.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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150,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
The last 890 players are now on their last break. Initially planned to last 15 minutes, this break has been extended to 20 minutes.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Vladas Tamasauskas opened to 21,000 in middle position and Ryan Riess with a short stack called from the big blind.
On the flop 3♥9♣8♥, all the chips went in the middle.
Ryan Riess: 8♣6♦
Vladas Tamasauskas: A♥K♥
The turn 6♥ and the river 10♥ gave Tamasauskas a flush and 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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570,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Busted | |
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The player in the cutoff raised to 17,000. Action folded to Aaron Gunn in the big blind who counted out raising chips and tossed in a three-bet to 50,000.
Not to be outdone, the player in the cutoff tossed out a four-bet to 111,000. Gunn made the call and sent the pair to a Q♦2♥9♠ flop.
Gunn paused very briefly then grabbed a stack of chips and announced all in, placing the chips on the table out in front of him.
His opponent in the cutoff seemed very much like he wanted to call and spent about three minutes in the tank contemplating his decision.
Eventually he folded, stating the he believed he was likely to be laying down the best hand. He offered a cash incentive of $100 to Gunn to show his hand, but Gunn slid his cards towards the muck face down and went about stacking his newly acquired chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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750,000 |
