Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 5,000
Mike Gorodinksy opened with a raise for what looked like 60,000. Action folded around to John Monnette in the big blind and he thought about it before moving all in. Gorodinsky thought for about a minute before calling.
Both players stood pat. Gorodinsky showed but he was just pipped by Monnette's . Monnette took down the pot while Gorodinsky was sent to the rail in sixth place, collecting $42,357 for his run.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Monnette |
1,120,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
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Mike Gorodinsky | Busted | |
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James Chen had saw his stack dwindle to just over ten big blinds until he got it all in the middle against Xavier Kyablue. Kyablue had opened to 55,000 and called Chen's shove for 251,000.
Kyablue drew one and Chen stood pat. Chen tabled a and was at risk against Kyablue's draw. Luckily Kyablue paired his five and Chen scored the double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xavier Kyablue |
1,160,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
|
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James Chen |
553,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
John Monnette opened with a raise to 51,000. Action folded around to Xavier Kyablue on the button and he made it 150,000 to go. Monnette called.
Both players stood pat and Monnette checked to Kyablue. Kyablue put out a big bet of 200,000 and Monnette called after just a few seconds of thought. Kyablue half laughed and half sighed as he realized he'd been caught. He started to turn up his cards slowly, but before he could Monnette showed , allowing Kyablue to muck his bluff. With that pot Monnette took control of the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Monnette |
1,470,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
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Xavier Kyablue |
755,000
-405,000
|
-405,000 |
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James Chen opened to 53,000, getting calls from John Monnette on the button and Darren Elias and Xavier Kyablue in the blinds.
Chen was the only player to stand pat with the other three each drawing one. Action folded around to Monnette who fired a bet of 125,000. Kyablue made the call and mucked when Monnette tabled a .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Monnette |
1,770,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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Darren Elias |
1,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Per Hildebrand |
580,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
James Chen |
443,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
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Xavier Kyablue |
360,000
-395,000
|
-395,000 |
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Darren Elias opened with a raise to 50,000. Next to act on the button, Xavier Kyablue reraised all in for a total of 346,000. Action folded back around to Elias and, after getting a count, he called.
Elias took one while Kyablue stood pat and showed . Elias had but pulled a on his last draw and was forced to send over the chips to double up Kyablue.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Darren Elias |
1,100,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Xavier Kyablue |
746,000
386,000
|
386,000 |
|
Per Hildebrand opened to 60,000 and called a three-bet jam from James Chen, putting Chen at risk.
Hildebrand stood pat, sending Chen into the tank. Chen eventually decided to draw one but was drawing dead as Hildebrand's pat already had Chen's crushed.
Chen received $57,316 for his fifth-place finish.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Per Hildebrand |
900,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
James Chen | Busted | |
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Players are now on a 15-minute break and will return shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Monnette |
1,838,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
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Darren Elias |
1,210,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Per Hildebrand |
855,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Xavier Kyablue |
697,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
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Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 6,000