The 125 remaining players are on a 15-minute break. They all secured $4,018 so far.
The 125 remaining players are on a 15-minute break. They all secured $4,018 so far.
Action folded around to Joel Kogan in late position, who moved all in for 139,000, putting himself at risk. Fahredin Mustafov, in the small blind, made the call.
Joel Kogan: K♥Q♣
Fahredin Mustafov: A♥J♣
The board ran out Q♥9♦7♠6♥K♦, and Kogan's two-pair, kings and queens, earned him the double up.
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528,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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296,000
157,000
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157,000 |
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Fahredin Mustafov opened to 24,000 from under the gun and Rocky Robitaille called from the cutoff. Zong Chi He was on the button and shoved all in for around 200,000, and Jeffrey Kurtz reshoved from the small blind. Mustafov and Robitaille both got out of the way.
Zong Chi He: A♣K♥
Jeffrey Kurtz: Q♣Q♥
A flop of K♠3♣K♦ gave He trips and a big lead in the hand. Kurtz needed a queen but never found it as the board ran out 9♦3♥ which meant he had to send a portion of his stack over to He.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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750,000
100,000
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550,000
69,000
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500,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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160,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Kyle Burnside under the gun shoved for 22,000. Blake Bohn in the cutoff called and David Jackson defended from the big blind.
On a flop of K♣A♠10♠ Jackson checked, Bohn bet 35,000, and made Jackson fold.
Kyle Burnside: K♠7♥
Blake Bohn: Q♥9♠
Burnside hit a pair on the flop and tripled up after the 6♥ turn and the 9♥ river.
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865,000
40,000
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355,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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84,000
186,000
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186,000 |
Action picked up on the river in a hand between Priscilla Lake, in middle position and John Riordan, on the button.
With about 150,000 in the pot on a board that read 6♠3♦5♥6♣8♥, Lake moved all in for about 125,000. After some thought, Riordan threw his cards into the muck.
Lake showed 6♥6♦, for quads, as she dragged in the pot.
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300,000
420,000
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420,000 |
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275,000
124,000
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124,000 |
With around 200,000 chips in the pot, a board of 5♠5♦8♥J♠ was showing and Simon Wilson bet 75,000 into Nick Maimone. A min-raise to 150,000 followed from Maimone, which Wilson called after some time thinking.
The A♦ landed on the river, which Wilson checked and Maimone checked back.
"I have kings," stated Maimone before he tabled K♥K♣. Upon seeing the kings of Maimone, Wilson slid his cards into the muck.
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1,200,000
403,000
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403,000 |
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150,000
382,000
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382,000 |
John Anderson and Nigel Andrews got it all in preflop, with Andrews at risk.
Nigel Andrews: K♣J♦
John Anderson: K♠Q♣
The board ran out 6♦A♣Q♦9♥5♠ and Anderson's pair of queens sent Andrews to the payout desk.
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375,000
68,000
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68,000 |
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The cards were already on their backs with all the chips in the middle with the dealer about to run the board.
Nina Le: 10♣10♥
Jon Turner: 6♦6♥
Aaron Georgelos: A♣K♣
Georgelos had a great opportunity to eliminate two players in the same hand and looked the favorite to do so after the K♦4♣J♣ flop as he improved to top pair and a flush draw.
The turn gave Turner some hope as he hit a set with the 6♣, but that same card also completed the flush of Georgelos. Only a board-pairing river could save Turner from elimination but the 9♣ wasn't what he was looking for which meant Georgelos took the pot and sent two players home.
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1,250,000
680,000
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680,000 |
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