The players have now gone on their first 15-minute break of the day.
In the first two levels of the day, more than 200 players have busted the tournament.
The players have now gone on their first 15-minute break of the day.
In the first two levels of the day, more than 200 players have busted the tournament.
A player under the gun opened to 4,000. Thomas Bowcutt called from the button, as did Gregory Dodson in the small blind.
The flop came ![]()
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. Dodson and the player under the gun checked. Bowcutt led for 6,000. Dodson called and the other player folded.
The dealer burned and turned the
. This time, Dodson led for 8,000 and Bowcutt called.
''I check dark,'' Dodson said right before the
completed the board. Bowcutt checked back.
Dodson tabled ![]()
for deuces and fives and Bowcutt threw his hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
96,000
29,800
|
29,800 |
|
|
84,000
34,500
|
34,500 |
We got to the table to see the player in Seat 4 going all in from mid-position. Carlos Sobenes, in the hijack, also went all in. The rest of the table folded.
His opponent showed ![]()
and Sobenes showed ![]()
.
The board ran out ![]()
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, the dealer pushed the pot Sobenes' way, and he started stacking them up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 |
We missed the preflop action but, on a ![]()
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flop, Stuart Rabin checked from the small blind and so did Martinus Kaspers in the cutoff.
The dealer burned and turned the
. Rabin bet 5,000 and Kaspers stuck around.
The river was the
, Rabin bet 15,000, and Kaspers let it go.
''The way I'm running, I won't be here long,'' murmured Kaspers a few seconds after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
149,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
140,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Gabriel Mega, sitting on the button, raised to 3,8000 and Jimmy Earnest, in the big blind, called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Earnest check-called the 6,500 bet of Mega.
They both checked when the
turned.
The
on the river completed the board, Earnest bet 7,000, and Mega folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
14,700
|
14,700 |
|
|
99,500
12,100
|
12,100 |
We got to the table to see ![]()
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on the board. Richard Monroe was already all in and Stuart Rabin had raised to 25,000 on Martinus Kaspers' bet. Kaspers asked for a count and called.
The
on the river completed the board, Kaspers opened to 25,000, and now Rabin called.
Rabin: ![]()
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Kaspers: ![]()
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Monroe: ![]()
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Rabin took the whole pot and is now one of the bigger stacks in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
167,000
89,900
|
89,900 |
|
|
105,000
52,300
|
52,300 |
|
|
Busted |
Action folded to Kevin Dowling in the small blind who decided to just call. The player in the big blind checked.
The flop came ![]()
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and was checked through the
river. This time, Dowling threw in a bet of 2,000 and that was enough for him to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
147,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Howard Canowitz limped for 1,200 from early position. Kevin Dowling checked in the big blind.
The dealer swiped ![]()
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. Dowling checked and Canowitz bet 2,100. Kevin called.
The turn was the
. This time, Kevin led for 4,800. Canowitz called.
The
river completed the board. Dowling bet 10,000 and Canowitz made the call.
Dowling tabled ![]()
for aces and nines but that wasn't enough against Canowitz ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000
15,800
|
15,800 |
|
|
105,000
13,800
|
13,800 |