Alam Teslema moved all in from under the gun with 7,500 and the big blind made the call.
Alam Teslema: 9♠9♥ 
Big blind: A♦6♠
The board was positive for Teslema immediately with the 9♣5♦2♣8♠Q♣ and Teslema's trips received the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,500 |
The player in early position raised to 5,500 and Fabio Franchini called from the big blind. The flop came out with 2♣4♦7♦ and the early position bet out 5,500 and Franchini called.
The turn Q♦ and the river A♥ were both checked through and the early position flipped over 9♦9♥ and Franchini showed the A♣5♥ for the pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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149,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Just two hands after the table saw Benjamin Hu make quads against Nan Min’s queens-full, another clash of big hands was in store.
Christian Wolfe raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Jean-Daniel Champod made it 22,000 from the cutoff. Wolfe called.
The flop came 9♣8♠10♣ and Wolfe checked. After Champod bet, Wolfe jammed and got insta-called.
Christian Wolfe: K♣Q♣
Jean-Daniel Champod: J♥J♦
Wolfe had two over cards, a gutshot, and a flush draw, while Champod was ahead with a pair of jacks and had an open-ender to boot.
The turn was the 9♠, taking away one of Wolfe’s outs.
The dealer dealt out the most dramatic card possible on the river, the J♣, which made Champod a full house, but gave Wolfe a king-high straight flush to survive the all-in and double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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175,000
175,000
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175,000 |
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140,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Action was at the end of a hand as there was a sizeable pot in the middle on the river with the board reading 10♦9♠9♦3♣A♠.
Clay Marshall bet 25,000 on the river and received a quick call. Marshall tabled the 10♥9♥ for a flopped boat.
"Wow bingo!" said his opponent as he flashed an Ax as his stack was sent down to a small amount following the call.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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162,000
162,000
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162,000 |
Heads up on a turn reading 8♠2♣7♠6♣, Sean Fitzpatrick bet 7,500 and got a call from Pierre Neuville.
The river snapped off the 5♠ and Fitzpatrick sized up to 24,000. Neuville pushed forward a green chip to call but relinquished his hand when Fitzpatrick showed the Q♠J♠ for a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
162,000 | |
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160,000
127,000
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127,000 |
Nan Min, a member of Pocket Queens, a poker community for women, had a little over 20,000 chips to start the hand. As she tells the story, she looked at her cards in early position to find the perfect hand - pocket queens.
She raised and got four callers, including Benjamin Hu directly to her left.
The flop came 7♣Q♣7♦. When it checked to her, Min checked, as she says, to trap, because the hand was too good. All other players also checked.
On the 2♦ turn, Min checked again, this time Hu bet. After everyone else folded, Min went all in and got snap called.
Nan Min: Q♠Q♥
Benjamin Hu: 7♥7♠
Min had queens full of sevens but was drawing very thin, down to a single queen. She commented that, since she is one of the Pocket Queens herself, she thought there was a decent chance she would catch the case card to save her tournament lif. But the queens ultimately let her down, as the 4♣ rolled off on the river and she was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
225,000 | |
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220,000 | |
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|
120,000 | |
|
|
115,000 | |
|
68,000 | |
|
56,000 | |
The player in the cutoff limped, and Doug Paxton almost limped out of turn in the small blind and joked, "Is that a tell"? Charles Mast limped on the button but the big blind was having none of that limping nonsense and raised to 12,000. Everyone folded except Mast who moved all in with 30,000 and the big blind called.
Charles Mast: Q♦7♦
Big blind: A♣K♠
The board came out with 8♦5♠Q♠5♣4♠ and Mast doubled up with his two pair.
While PokerNews was at the table many dealers and people walked by and acknowledged Paxton who has been playing poker since the fourth grade and started with toothpicks. He is still playing despite wearing two heart machines and has won the World Poker Tour - WPT Choctaw Championship twice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
90,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
55,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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