Level 20 is the last level that the remaining players will play out. Once these 60 minutes are up, the survivors will bag up their chips ready for Day 3 tomorrow.
Level 20 is the last level that the remaining players will play out. Once these 60 minutes are up, the survivors will bag up their chips ready for Day 3 tomorrow.
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Richard Dixon opened to 30,000 on the button and Brandon Schwartz called from the small blind. Jamie Dwan also called from the big blind.
All three players checked to the river on the Q♠5♥4♦3♣10♦ board where Dwan fired a bet of 60,000. Both Dixon and Schwartz folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
800,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
775,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
Yang Zhang opened the action with a raise to 30,000 from the button. Russell Rosenblum three-bet to 95,000 from the small blind and Zhang proceeded with a call.
Rosenblum continued for 80,000 on J♣3♥8♠ and Zhang made the call.
Rosenblum checked the 8♦ turn over to Zhang who fired 125,000. Rosenblum made the laydown and was left as the table short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
430,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
Joseph Cheong limped from the small blind and Sonny Franco made it 50,000 from the big blind. Cheong then reraised to 175,000, and Franco shoved all in for over 800,000. Cheong had around 700,000 total in his stack and made the call which put him at risk.
Joseph Cheong: J♣J♦
Sonny Franco: K♣K♦
Cheong never found any help on the A♥7♣9♥7♦4♥ runout which sent to the rail with a little under 90 minutes remaining in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Lester Edoc opened the button to 30,000 and Bogdan Munteanu defended from the big blind.
Munteanu checked to Edoc on the A♠10♣3♣ flop and Edoc bet 25,000. Munteanu then check-raised to 80,000 and after some thought, Edoc made the call.
Both players checked the 7♠ turn to see the 2♦ come on the river. Munteanu then check-folded to a bet of 75,000 from Edoc
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Ilia Drobin opened the action with a raise to 30,000 from the button. Francis Beauregard moved all in for 215,000 from the small blind and Drobin made the call.
Francis Beauregard: Q♥Q♠
Ilia Drobin: 10♠10♣
Two real hands headed to a full board with over 450,000 in the middle, the dealer put out 3♥8♥3♦9♦Q♣ and Beauregard doubled up once more, extending his tournament life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
505,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
460,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
On a board of Q♥J♠7♣J♦ Bin Weng had bet 130,000 from the button. His opponent in the hand, Lucas Blanco, made the call from the hijack.
The two players saw the 5♦ come on the river. This got checked through and Blanco flipped over A♥Q♦ for the winner
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,975,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
425,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
Lester Edoc made it 30,000 from the hijack and Ihar Soika three-bet to 90,000 from the cutoff. Noah Novick was in the big blind and four-bet shoved for 310,000. Edoc folded, but Soika went into the tank. The clock was eventually called and during the 30-second countdown, Soika folded.
"You have so many chips, how could you fold?" sighed Novick as he tabled A♣A♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
700,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
450,000
196,000
|
196,000 |