The players in the $100,000 High Roller have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the night.
When they return, three more levels of 40 minutes each will be played before the remaining players bag up for Day 2.
Ren Lin had called an earlier open of 32,000 chips before John Kincaid jammed all in for 187,000 from the hijack. Isaac Haxton also went all in from the big blind, for 222,000, and the action went back to Lin.
Lin had a public debate with himself, but eventually folded his 8♥8♦ face up, leaving the other two players to show down.
John Kincaid: 10♠10♥ 
Isaac Haxton: 7♠7♣
The A♠A♣Q♥Q♣ runout brought some chop outs for Haxton, but the 3♣ river secured Kincaid's double-up, leaving Haxton with just over two big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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890,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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462,000
202,000
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202,000 |
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35,000
515,000
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515,000 |
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Nick Petrangelo opened to 35,000 in the cutoff and Mikita Badziakouski called on the button to see a flop heads-up.
Petrangelo checked on the flop of J♣5♦6♥ and Badziakouski bet 35,000. Petrangelo called. Petrangelo check-called again on the 3♠ turn as Badziakouski sized up to 120,000.
Petrangelo checked once more on the K♠ river and Badziakouski checked back. Petrangelo showed a pair of jacks with Q♦J♠ and it was good to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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950,000
230,000
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230,000 |
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500,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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Leon Sturm, on his second and thus last bullet, jammed all in from the cutoff for 110,000 chips. Artur Martirosian made the call in the small blind and the cards were tabled.
Leon Sturm: A♠4♦
Artur Martirosian: A♦8♣
Martirosian's kicker remained in play on the 2♥A♥K♦10♦6♠ runout, definitively sending Sturm out of the $100,000 High Roller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,710,000
685,000
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685,000 |
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Busted | |
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David Coleman opened to 40,000 in the cutoff and Sergio Aido three-bet jammed a stack of around 65,000 from the big blind. Coleman called with a bigger stack.
Sergio Aido: K♦Q♦
David Coleman: Q♠J♥
Coleman groaned when he saw he was dominated but followed up by saying "I think I win this, though." Coleman's optimism paid off as the board ran out 6♣10♥5♦K♥A♣ to give him runner-runner Broadway to eliminate the recent $50,000 High Roller champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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400,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted | |
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Earlier this year on an ordinary Monday afternoon, a bespectacled man walked into the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on Las Vegas Blvd. Tucked under his arm was an uninteresting box that only he knew contained something rather interesting – a pair of gold watches dating back more than 40 years.
These were not your run-of-the-mill wristwear, but rather evidence of a unique and often overlooked time of poker history, a year when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet, now the game’s highest accolade, was replaced in favor of watches.
The man holding the box was David Sklansky, who in 1978 forever changed poker by advocating a mathematical approach to the game in his groundbreaking book The Theory of Poker. Nicknamed “The Mathematician,” he proved his prowess just four years later when he won two WSOP tournaments in five days.
First, he won the 1982 WSOP Event #7: $800 Mixed Doubles Limit Seven Card Stud, a tournament that paired one man with one woman, alongside Dani Kelly, and followed that up by taking down Event #12: $1,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High. A year later, the Binions reverted back to the beloved bracelets players know today, and Sklansky captured his third piece of WSOP hardware by winning Event #11: $1,000 Limit Omaha.
It was a remarkable accomplishment, and for more than four decades he’s kept safe the evidence of his victories, both of which still worked. So, why was Sklansky carrying his 1982 WSOP gold watches, two of only 15 ever awarded, into a pawn shop? Well, he was looking to sell them of course, but not to just any of the dozens of pawn shops spread across Las Vegas. Oh no, he was walking into arguably the most famous pawn shop in the world, the home to the wildly popular television show Pawn Stars, and he was there to do it with cameras rolling.
Read all about the 1982 WSOP watches here in our feature article!
Santhosh Suvarna made a bet of 30,000 from the hijack on a flop of 4♦5♦Q♦ and was raised to 76,000 by Henrik Hecklen in the cutoff. Suvarna made the call to check on the A♣ turn.
Hecklen checked behind, leading Survana to make a bet of 90,000 on the 2♣ river. Hecklen paid it off but mucked his cards as soon as Suvarna showed A♦J♦ for the nut flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,230,000
630,000
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630,000 |
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410,000 | |
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Level: 9
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,400,000
680,000
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680,000 |
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2,000,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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1,900,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
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1,300,000
515,000
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515,000 |
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1,300,000
750,000
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750,000 |
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1,100,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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1,000,000
380,000
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380,000 |
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1,000,000
390,000
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390,000 |
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1,000,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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With 14 bracelets and nearly $50 million in tournament earnings between the four of them, there's no denying that Shaun Deeb, Josh Arieh, Daniel Weinman and Matt Glantz are poker crushers. But with resumes that include a $1 million bounty pull, a body fat prop bet victory worth nearly the same amount and a win in the biggest World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in history, it's clear the group of close friends also have luck on their sides.
The four American poker players have branded themselves as "Team Lucky" — a name that Deeb may have come up with, though they aren't certain — as a way of consciously embracing and owning their good fortunes while fighting back against the jaded cynicism all to common in the poker world.
But Team Lucky is about more than once-in-a-lifetime bounty binks and turned two-outers leading to $12 million scores. As PokerNews learned during brunch with its four members, is more about friendship, camaraderie, and shared values than a good run of cards.
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