Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The player in middle position raised to 55,000, Fernando Romano called from the hijack and Joseph Hernon three-bet jammed for his last 200,000, from the cutoff. The original raiser folded and Romano called.
Joseph Hernon: A♠K♠
Fernando Romano: A♥Q♦
The board ran out 3♦2♥8♠4♠5♠; Hernon held the dominating of the two hands, improving to the nut flush on the river to double him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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505,000
141,000
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141,000 |
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410,000
410,000
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410,000 |
Joshua Zimmerman opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 45,000. Curt Kohlberg moved all in from middle position for 255,000 and Zimmerman made the call.
Curt Kohlberg: K♦K♠
Joshua Zimmerman: A♥A♣
The dealer put out 8♥10♣2♣5♦2♦ and Kohlberg couldn't catch a king, only a trip to the payout desk while Zimmerman added to his tournament leading stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,700,000
909,000
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909,000 |
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Busted |
Action folded around to Howard Mash on the button who moved all in for his last 175,000 chips. Next to act in the small blind, Boyd Rose reraised all in for 235,000 and the big blind mucked.
Howard Mash: K♦8♣
Boyd Rose: A♥10♦
The dealer put out 7♣6♥7♦K♠2♥ and Mash caught a little help from the deck to extend his tournament run, leaving Rose on fumes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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410,000
220,000
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220,000 |
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60,000
240,000
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240,000 |
The action was caught as John Holley, in the cutoff, was all in and at risk for his effective stack of 200,000, against Shawn Rice, who was under the gun.
John Holley: A♠Q♦
Shawn Rice: Q♦10♦
Holley was ahead and the Q♠K♣8♠ flop only confirmed this. However, the 10♥ turn gave Rice two pair to jump out in front.
In a dramatic turn of events, the dealer placed the J♦ on the river to give Holley a straight, saving his tournament life.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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450,000
450,000
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450,000 |
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15,000
137,000
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137,000 |
Peter Kamaras open-jammed his 110,000-chip stack into the middle from the hijack. Action folded around to Angela Jordison in the big blind who made the call and had Kamaras crushed.
Peter Kamaras: K♣10♥
Angela Jordison: K♥K♠
The board ran out 2♠3♠3♦7♠9♣ and Kamaras was eliminated while Jordison added to her impressive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,810,000
875,000
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875,000 |
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Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,820,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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1,280,000
460,000
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460,000 |
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1,140,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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1,125,000
435,000
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435,000 |
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910,000
779,000
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779,000 |
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780,000
920,000
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920,000 |
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740,000
556,000
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556,000 |
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505,000
139,000
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139,000 |
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Samuel Wagner opened the action with a raise to 55,000 from early position. Howard Mash moved all in for 415,000 from the hijack and Wagner made the call.
Howard Mash: A♠Q♥
Samuel Wagner: A♥K♣
The board ran out 6♠7♦4♥K♥2♠ and Wagner turned a king to secure the hand and score a knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,500,000
640,000
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640,000 |
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Action was picked up on a 10♦4♣2♦9♦ board with 178,000 in the middle.
Ronald Rindone fired 100,000 from the cutoff before Kevin Nathan moved all in for 340,000 from middle position. After a bit of a tank, Rindone made the call but was drawing dead.
Kevin Nathan: A♦J♦
Ronald Rindone: K♠10♠
The meaningless 9♥ river hit the felt securing the double up for Nathan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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862,000
752,000
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752,000 |
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155,000
39,000
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39,000 |