The players are going on the first 15-minute break of the day as the clock reads 82 players remaining with 74 being paid.
The players are going on the first 15-minute break of the day as the clock reads 82 players remaining with 74 being paid.
Jim Collopy opened from under the gun and received calls from Dohak Kim in the cutoff and the player in the big blind.
All three players drew two cards on the first draw.
Kim raised after Collopy bet and Collopy called.
Collopy stood pat and Kim took one. Collopy led with a bet which Kim called.
On the final draw, both players stood pat and Collopy check-called a bet from Kim.
Kim revealed a king badugi which was no good as Collopy rolled over J♣7♦3♥A♠.
"I'm learning new tricks every hand!" Collopy commented as he dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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340,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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70,000
500
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500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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351,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
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|
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321,000
196,500
|
196,500 |
|
|
311,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
278,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
261,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
241,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
239,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
238,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
221,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
|
||
|
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217,000
94,500
|
94,500 |
|
|
178,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
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178,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
171,000
96,500
|
96,500 |
|
|
168,000
65,000
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65,000 |
Dennis Maschke opened the hijack and Michael Boik three-bet on the button. In the small blind, Sumir Mathur called all in and Maschke made it four bets which Boik called.
Mathur drew one, Maschke stood pat, and Boik drew one. Maschke bet the remainder of his chips and Boik called.
Mathur took one again while Maschke and Boik stood pat.
On the final draw, Mathur drew while while his opponents remained pat.
Boik revealed 7♣4♠2♥A♦ while the other hands were not shown. The seven-four badugi was good enough to eliminate both players as Boik raked in a sizeable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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279,000
195,500
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195,500 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Action was picked up on the final draw between Hanh Tran on the button and Bhargav Kakani in the big blind who was all in.
Bhargav Kakani: Q♥5♠4♦2♣
Hanh Tran: 8♣2♠A♦Xx
Tran was drawing one to see if he could improve against Kakani's queen badugi. He squeezed the card and then flipped over a 6♥ for an eight-six badugi which was good for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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265,000
61,500
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61,500 |
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Busted | |
Kevin Gerhart raised on the button, which saw both Mike "Crazy Mike" Thorpe, in the small blind, and Iman Alsaden, in the big blind, call.
Thorpe and Alsaden drew two while Gerhart drew one, with action checking around to Gerhart who bet and both Thorpe and Alsaden called.
On the second drawing round, Thorpe drew one, Alsaden drew two, and Gerhart stood pat. Once more action checked to Gerhart who bet and only Alsaden called.
Alsaden drew one and Gerhart stood pat, prompting Alsaden to bet and Gerhart winced as he put in the calling chips.
"I made a seven," said Alsaden, turning over 7♥3♠2♣A♦ for a seven-perfect which was good for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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171,000
26,500
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26,500 |
|
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|
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135,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
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78,000
20,500
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20,500 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
John Torrez opened the hijack and then called when Dominick Sarle three-bet from the cutoff.
Torrez drew one while Sarle stood pat. Torrez check-called a bet from Sarle.
Torrez took one again and check-raised to put Sarle at risk of elimination.
Torrez decided to stay pat on the final draw, which put Sarle in a difficult position and he decided to break a badugi.
Torrez revealed 7♣6♦5♠4♥ and Sarle was already drawing dead as he showed 8♣3♦2♥. To add insult to injury, Sarle drew the 4♠ to make a worse badugi as he exited to tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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155,000
74,500
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74,500 |
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Busted | |
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