Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Yakov Bitton was seen dragging in a sizable pot after having knocked out his opponent with set over set.
With cards still face up at showdown and the board reading 6♥8♠A♦9♣3x, Bitton tabled A♣A♠ for a set of aces, while his opponent had 6♦6♣ for a set of sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
109,500
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109,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Camille Brown in the hijack was facing a reraise all in from Michael Mitrione in the small blind for around 27,000. Brown made the call and the players flipped their hands.
Michael Mitrione: 8♠7♠
Camille Brown: A♠Q♥
The flop came Q♠6♠7♥, giving Brown top pair and Mitrione had some flush draw outs.
A J♠ came on the turn, which put Mitrione into the lead. The brick 3♥ river secured him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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43,500
43,500
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43,500 |
Daniel Wong-Fung was involved in a three-way all-in preflop, where both of his opponents had him covered.
Daniel Wong-Fung: A♥J♥
Opponent: AxKx
Opponent: 10♦10♣
The board ran out 3♦6♠Q♥5♥J♠, with Wong-Fung drilling the jack on the river to secure the triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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128,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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136,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
|
130,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
118,000
500
|
500 |
|
|
105,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
93,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
92,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
77,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
28,000
30,500
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30,500 |
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.
It was a three-way pot and players were already at the flop when middle position bet 15,000 on the 4♥2♠K♦ board, into a pot of around 35,000. Aaron Chang called from the small blind, and the big blind folded.
The turn brought the 2♦ and both players checked to the 9♥ river. Chang bet out around 75,000 and middle position checked his cards before making the fold.
Chang collected a sizeable pot and sat with around 150,000 chips after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
157,000
157,000
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157,000 |
Mark Heitmann walked into the dream spot when he was all in three-ways holding pocket aces, having both of his opponents covered.
Opponent: 9♣9♠
Opponent: A♥Q♥
Mark Heitmann: A♦A♣
The board ran out J♥6♦7♣A♠8♣, and Heitmann scooped the sizable pot.
He mentioned afterwards that he was down to 15,000 at one point, but has managed to build a significant stack since then.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 |
After a preflop betting war, Brett Collins got all of his chips into the middle against two other players, who covered him.
Brett Collins: A♥K♠
Player 1: K♦K♥
Player 2: J♦J♥
Things were looking grim for Collins on the 10♦5♠4♥ flop, but the turn A♣ saved him as he made the best hand. The river bricked with the 6♥ and he was awarded the pot for the triple up. Two other players at the table then both admitted to have folded an ace, which means he hit the last ace in the deck to stay alive.
"You know, I busted Martin Kabrhel earlier as well," Collins said with a sly smile, "So it must just be my day."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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175,000
175,000
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175,000 |