Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Limits: 20,000-40,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Limits: 20,000-40,000
A-5 Triple Draw
Action was picked up between three players just before the first draw with around 150,000 in the middle. Michael Boik drew one from the big blind, Stephan Nussrallah drew two from under the gun and Gary Benson drew one from the button.
After the first draw Boik bet and was called by both opponents. All three players then drew one, checked and drew one again.
With no draws remaining action checked around to Benson who bet, committing his last 15,000 chips in the process. Boik folded while Nussrallah made the call, tabling an eight with 8x6x5x3x2x. Benson had a six with 6x5x3x2xAx and dragged in more than a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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315,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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210,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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150,000
85,000
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85,000 |
A-5 Triple Draw
Ryan Ko raised in the cutoff and Yuebin Guo called in the big blind. Guo drew three cards and Ko drew two. Guo then check-called a bet from Ko before drawing three cards again.
Ko only took one card this time, and bet once more after Guo checked. Guo threw in a call and drew two cards, with Ko still needing one.
Guo then put Ko all in for his final 10,000 chips after the final draw and Ko made a frustrated call.
Guo tabled Kx9x5x4xAx for a king-low, but Ko doubled up with his 9x6x3x2xAx.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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660,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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230,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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Badugi
Action was picked up with Bariscan Betil already all in just before the first draw from the button against two other players and a bit more than 50,000 in the middle. Michael Boik drew two from the small blind, Stephan Nussrallah drew two from the big blind and Betil stood pat.
Both Boik and Nussrallah checked after the first draw. Boik took one while Nussrallah took two. After the second draw they checked and drew one and two respectively again. With no draws remaining the two players checked again.
Boik showed K♥6♠2♥A♦ for a three-card six while Betil had a badugi with Q♠8♦7♥2♣ to take the pot and extend his tournament life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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325,000
175,000
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175,000 |
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230,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted |
A-5 Triple Draw
Xiaofei Wen raised under the gun and got a call from Oscar Johansson on the button. Ian Chan also called in the big blind, and each player drew two cards.
Chan checked, Wen bet, and Johansson called before Chan drew one card. Wen stood pat, and Johansson also traded in one.
Chan check-folded to Wen's bet after the second draw, but Johansson still called and drew one.
Wen checked his pat hand with no more draws left and Johansson followed suit, mucking his cards when Wen tabled 7x6x4x3x2x.
Meanwhile, Justin Turner was eliminated from an adjacent table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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720,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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700,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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380,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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320,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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Busted | |
Shaun Deeb opened from under the gun and Chad Eveslage defended from the big blind. Both players drew two.
After the first draw Eveslage bet and Deeb called, drawing two while Eveslage took one.
Eveslage bet again after the second draw and was called by Deeb. This time both players drew one.
With no draws remaining both players checked. Deeb had ended up with Qx6x4x2xAx while Eveslage had a jack with Jx6x5x2xAx to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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735,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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600,000 | |
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2-7 Triple Draw
Ryan Ko raised in the small blind and Edward Yam defended. Ko drew two cards on the first draw and Yam took three. Ko then bet and Yam called, after which ko stood pat.
Yam changed two cards and raised when Ko bet again. Ko then three-bet all in and Yam called.
Ko remained pat, leading Yam to draw one card.
Ryan Ko: 7x6x4x3x2x
Edward Yam: 7x5x4x3x
Yam had three outs left, but the deuce did not show itself, with a Jx completing Yam's hand instead.
On another table, 25K Fantasy pick Ryan Hoenig was eliminated from the mixed triple draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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365,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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275,000
255,000
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255,000 |
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Busted | |
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2-7 Triple Draw
Arriving after the second draw, Mark Fraser checked out of the small blind to Oscar Johansson under the gun. Fraser then raised and Johansson reraised.
Fraser made the call before both players stood pat on the final draw. Fraser check-called a bet from Johansson but forfeited the pot as soon as Johansson tabled 7x5x4x3x2x for the wheel, claiming to have mucked number four.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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950,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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625,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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400,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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300,000
145,000
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145,000 |
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275,000
45,000
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45,000 |
A-5 Triple Draw
George Wolff opened from under the gun and received calls from Kenneth Po on the button and Christopher Adams in the big blind. Adams drew two, Wolff drew one and Po drew two. All three players then checked. For the second draw Adams took two while the other two players each drew one.
After the second draw Adams checked, Wolff bet, Po called and Adams folded. Wolff stood pat and bet while Po drew one and went deep into the tank. Both Wolff and Po had started the hand with 100,000 and had exactly 20,000 behind.
After a few minutes the clock was called and shortly afterwards Po opted to fold, leaving himself with just half of a big bet while Wolff took the pot.
Po couldn't recover and was eliminated shortly afterwards. Elsewhere in the tournament area, Gary Benson was also eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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590,000
540,000
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540,000 |
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215,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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