Joe Kuether found himself in a three-way all in preflop situation and in bad shape against his opponents.
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, and Kuether was eliminated.
Joe Kuether found himself in a three-way all in preflop situation and in bad shape against his opponents.
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Finn Zwad: ![]()
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Alexandre Fradin: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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, and Kuether was eliminated.
In the hand just before the dinner break, Justin Adams got his remaining 16,575 chips into the middle with ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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, and Adams took the lead with a set of queens. The turn was the
, and the river was the
, locking up the double for Adams.
Frank Kassela won his third wsop bracelet earlier in the series and now sits on 55,300 in this event.
Here is a look at some of the latest counts:
Marty Wong opened to 1,100 from the cutoff. Phil Hellmuth shoved 10,500 from the button. Action folded back to Wong, who snap-called.
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and was enough for Hellmuth to be eliminated.
Phil Hellmuth entered this event fashionably late, as he has been known to do, and immediately got dealt a nice round of cards. Unfortunately for him, he wasn't able to make anything happen.
Hand 1: Hellmuth raised to 1,100 from middle position, and the player in the big blind defended. The flop came ![]()
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, and the big blind check-folded to a bet of 1,200 from Hellmuth. He laughed and tabled ![]()
. Judging by the tone of the conversation, he had already raised a few times and may have shown his cards in case his opponents didn't give him respect for a big hand.
Hand 2: Hellmuth limped in from early position, as did a player in middle position, the player on the button, and both of the blinds. The flop came ![]()
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, and action checked to Hellmuth. He bet 1,600, and the middle-position player as well as the button folded. The small blind called, and the big blind folded. The turn was the
, and the small blind immediately led out for 4,000. Hellmuth took off his glasses, laughed, and said, "This is my best hand in this round. I had ace-king and tens." He open-folded ![]()
, conceding the pot.
Hand 3: Hellmuth raised to 1,100 from under the gun, and a player in middle position three-bet to 2,600. Action folded back around to Hellmuth, and he took his glasses off again. "I wish you would've just shoved. I would've snap-called you," he said, laughing. "These internet kids. Three years ago, I would've been criticized for making this fold." He open-folded ace-queen off-suit.
Chance Kornuth was moved to the table, and Hellmuth laughed and said to him, "You would've criticized me for sure!"
Jeff Madsen moved all in for 4,500 from under the gun. Action folded to Wong, who called from the cutoff.
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, and Madsen was eliminated.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
[Removed:342] was on her feet, all in for her last 750 chips. She was called by three people, and the board read ![]()
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There was some action on the side, and eventually there was just one opponent left in the hand, and he tabled ![]()
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for a better two pair and scooped the pot up.