Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
A few updated counts as players prepare for the day's first break:
With about 10,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading ![]()
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, Andjelko Andrejevic checked from the small blind and Gordon Vayo bet 6,600 from the big blind. Andrejevic check-raised to 22,500 and Vayo called.
The
fell on the river and Andrejevic bet 35,000. Vayo called and Andrejevic tabled ![]()
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for a set of nines which was good enough to win the pot.
Jean Ferreira opened from under the gun and was called by Connor Drinan and Millard Hale in middle position. A player in the big blind moved all in and the three other players all called.
The flop came ![]()
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and it checked to Drinan who bet 6,500. Both Ferreira and Hale folded.
"You're drawing slim," said Drinan showing ![]()
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for a full house. The all-in player showed ![]()
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The turn was the
and the river the
and the player was eliminated.
With about 18,000 chips already in the middle and the completed board reading ![]()
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, Aleksei Altshuller bet 9,500 into his lone opponent, Bobby Oboodi, who was under the gun. After brief consideration, Oboodi called and Altshuller flipped over ![]()
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for trip nines with a queen, which was good enough to win the pot as Oboodi sent his cards into the muck.
With approximately 20,000 chips in the middle on a completed board reading ![]()
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. Christian Harder bet 16,000 and John Racener shoved for about 55,000. Harder went into the tank for several minutes and rechecked his hole cards a handful of times before he ultimately folded and Racener took the pot.
Ben Lamb raised to 4,800 from under the gun, Mike Sexton was next to act and called, and Scott Eskenazi called from the cutoff.
The flop came ![]()
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and action checked around.
The
arrived on the turn, Lamb bet 11,000, Sexton mucked, and Eskenazi folded as well.
Dan Shak raised from the cutoff to 6,500. Henri Koivisto three-bet to 25,000 from the button. The blinds folded and eventually so did Shak, but not before showing ![]()
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. Koivisto flashed him the
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"Oh no, the
," said tablemate Scott Baumstein, "He blocked your straight with the seven-nine!"
"I don't like putting 50,000 in with kings," said Shak, referring to Koivisto's short stack before the start of the hand. "At least not yet!"
The table laughed.
"Later," continued Shak, "Desperation time. Well, it's not desperation time for anybody yet."
With a substantial pot of about 80,000 already brewing and the board reading ![]()
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, Michail Carapanos and Hani Mio got all the chips in the middle with Karapanos at risk.
Michail Karapanos: ![]()
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Hani Mio: ![]()
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Karapanos had the best of it with his pair of aces and improved to trips on the
river to secure the double-up.
With the board reading ![]()
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Justin Bonomo checked to Alberto Fonseca who bet 11,600.
Bonomo thought for a few moments before calling but mucked when Fonseca showed ![]()
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for the nut flush.