2017 World Series of Poker
Level: 10
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
We arrived with the action already underway on the flop. Small blind Andrew Robl and big blind Moritz Dietrich had checked to Adrian Mateos on ![]()
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and the Spaniard had bet 40,000 from early position. Robl called before Dietrich squeezed all in for about 350,000 total. Mateos folded and Robl called.
Moritz Dietrich: ![]()
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Andrew Robl: ![]()
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The
on the turn gave both trips and the
on the river didn't change a thing. Double-up for Dietrich.
Igor Kurganov (hijack) and John Morgan (button) got their chips in before the flop. Morgan was the one at risk and had the slightly worse hand to start with.
John Morgan: ![]()
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Igor Kurganov: ![]()
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flop didn't do much for anyone. Kurganov told Morgan he had a feeling an
would hit. "It would give you a little bit of a sweat as well," Kurganov said as it would give Morgan a gutshot.
The turn, though, wasn't an eight, but the
, helping Morgan take the lead in the hand. Now Kurganov needed help but he didn't seem too fazed. "I still think the eight is coming," he said.
Wouldn't you know it, the
completed the board and Kurganov won the hand.
"I got river problems man," Morgan said.
As he got up from the table and shook some hands, he said: "I'm gonna go outside and burn my shoes!"
As everyone laughed, Morgan wondered off saying, "You'll see it on Twitter."
Hellmuth, who for some reason burned his shoes for good luck last night, offered to help Morgan, but he didn't seem too serious about wasting his footwear.
Dominik Nitsche checked from the small blind on a board of ![]()
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. Bryn Kenney bet 121,000 on the button and Nitsche quickly called. Kenney showed ![]()
for a whiffed combo draw, and Nitsche had hit top pair on the river with ![]()
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"Hey, who is doing the chip counts?" Tony Guoga shouted.
We came over to the table and saw Leon Tsoukernik stacking a huge pot that doubled him up to 2.2 million.
"Leon was trying to be trapped with ace-king, but he qualified with ace-seven," Guoga said.
According to another onlooker, Tom Marchese was the player with ace-king, and both players paired aces, but Tsoukernik hit a seven for two pairs.
Ari Engel raised to 28,000 from the cutoff and Scott Seiver called from the button.
The flop came down ![]()
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and Engel check-called 47,000 from Seiver to see the
turn, which both players checked. The river was the
and both players checked again.
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for eights and fives, Seiver mucked, and Engel won the pot.
Action folded to Oleksii Khoroshenin in the cutoff and he opened to 27,000. Chris Moore, right next to him, called from the button. Small blind Christian Christner squeezed to 120,000 and the big blind and Khoroshenin both folded. Moore tanked for a bit before he called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Christner pushed all in. Moore called instantly for 340,000 total with ![]()
. Christner found himself in a bad spot as he turned over ![]()
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The
on the turn made some chops possible, but the
on the river didn't save Christner.
Bertrand Grospellier raised to 25,000 from the hijack, Rainer Kempe three-bet to 73,000 from the cutoff, and Grospellier called.
The flop came down ![]()
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and Grospellier checked to Kempe who continued for 105,000. Grospellier called, the
turn fell, and both players checked. The river was the
and Grospellier checked. Kempe bet 260,000 and, after about 30 seconds, Grospellier folded.