Ren Lin was all in and at risk from early position against a player in the small blind who covered him.
Ren Lin: J♣J♠
Small Blind: 5♦5♣
Lin was in great shape with the higher pocket pair and remained ahead on the 7♠7♣10♦2♦2♥ run out to collect a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
8,500
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8,500 |
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Brad Owen was sat with a fresh starting stack of ten red chips and was in an all-in altercation with the player two seats to his right.
Brad Owen: A♠K♦
Opponent: Q♥Q♣
The flop fanned out 9♠10♦10♥ with no help for Owen. The turned 10♠ did give him one extra out in the form of the last ten but a less dramaric K♣ rolled off on the river, awarding him a double plus the blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,500
104,500
|
104,500 |
|
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Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Players have gone on another 15-minute break. Currently at 584 total, entries; this field has already far surpassed the 573 from 2022.
Late registration is available for this event until the end of dinner break in a few hours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
||
|
100,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
35,600
|
35,600 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
60,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
50,000 | |
|
|
||
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
35,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
A short-stacked Brian Hastings called the shove of Pushpa [Removed:550] and a flip commenced.
Brian Hastings: A♠K♦
Pushpa [Removed:550]: 5♦5♣
The board ran out no luck for Hastings as it rolled 10♣6♥J♣9♣7♣.
[Removed:550] then went on to tell her table a funny story, as she had hopped in Event #83: $1,500 Short Deck without knowing the rules, in particular the switched hand ranking of flushes and full houses, as well as the way the ace worked both ways.
She did go on to cash the event and looked up the rules after the fact, making it a happy mistake.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,600
26,600
|
26,600 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Pat Lyons went all in preflop for around 22,000. He was called in early position by Mehdi Chaoui. Lyons covered.
Mehdi Chaoui: 6♠6♣
Pat Lyons: J♠J♣
The dealer spread a board of 9♥7♣K♣A♥5♥ and Lyons raked in the chips, busting Chaoui from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
With the board reading K♠Q♥7♥10♥, Ryan Brown checked from the big blind and Matthew Hunt bet 5,500. Brown made the call.
The river came the 6♦. Brown checked, Hunt bet 15,000 and Brown moved all in with a covering stack. Hunt made the call.
Hunt showed down J♠9♠ for a straight while Brown had A♦J♥ for a higher straight to send Hunt to the rail and take down a decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
156,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
150,000 | |
|
||
|
116,000 | |
|
|
||
|
78,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
75,300
22,300
|
22,300 |
|
|
48,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
||
|
42,100
62,900
|
62,900 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
With the board already fully dealt, and reading 6♥6♦7♣3♠7♥, the player in the hijack seat bet 16,000 in to a pot of just over 30,000.
Kristen Foxen on the button thought for a second before making the call.
She tabled 10♠10♥ and her opponent tossed his cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
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