Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
Eight levels have been completed this evening with two more to go. Players have departed on a 15-minute break.
Paul Lackey was already all in and at risk for 34,200 while a reraise for the pot saw James Obst and Micah Smith invest another 88,400 on top of that for an even bigger side pot. The flop fell ![]()
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and Obst moved all in from the cutoff for 111,200 with Smith calling.
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Both the
turn and
river changed nothing and Lackey tripled up while Obst doubled through Smith in a huge side pot with just ace-king high.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann and Cliff Josephy had tangled in a big pot earlier on and it was a cruel final chapter that the German ended up being the one to take the remainder of Josephy's stack.
Josephy raised the pot and Jachtmann three-bet to 15,000 out of the blinds. Josephy moved all in for around 65,000 and Jachtmann quickly called.
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flop gave Jachtmann two pair, and the
turn and
river gave Jachtmann a full house to send Josephy packing.
Only a few moments later, Ashly Butler was also spotted on his way out.
After 175 entries in 2015 and 184 entries in 2016, a new record in terms of attendance will be set for this event as the tournament screens show a total of 187 participants. The most recent players to register were Brian Rast, Shaun Deeb and Martin Kabrhel.
Registration remains open until the start of Day 2, which may bump up the number of entries further.
Dan Smith bet pot on the river of a ![]()
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board, making it 40,000 to go. Noah Schwartz was his opponent the two exchanged a few words before Schwartz gave it up.
Smith flashed his cards to the table, revealing ![]()
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There was only 6,600 in the middle and the board was showing ![]()
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. Xinyan Zhou was jumping out of his chair in joy while the massage girl that had been taken care of him stood back with a smile.
Soon enough, the reason for the joy became apparent, as the stack of Zhou worth 206,000 in total was counted. According to other players at the table, Zhou got into a raising war with Ben Tollerene and both got their stacks in preflop.
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ended up as the winner, as he turned a straight to crack aces and score a massive double.
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board, Chance Kornuth led with a pot-sized bet of 80,000.
The decision was on Dan Smith and a tablemate called the clock. As the floor started the countdown Smith released his cards, awarding the pot to Kornuth.
After a raise to 5,600, Vivian Saliba moved all in for her last 11,300 and the initial raiser called with ![]()
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and the opponent said "I like my hand." That was until the flop came ![]()
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. Neither the
turn nor the
river changed anything and Saliba doubled up her short stack.