Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Cash game / mixed game player Aaron Katz talks with Julia Lee about playing in the 50K Poker Players Championship. The NYC businessman talks about having fun with the pros, side bets, and egos.
Four levels have been completed so far this afternoon, and players have gone on a 15-minute break.
During the break, the T-25 chips will be raced off.
The player under the gun limped in, and Zorlu Er also limped before the action reached Anthony Zinno on the button. Zinno, who won this very event in 2015, raised it up to 2,600, and Michael Huntress called in the small blind. The initial limper called, and Er also came along to see a four-way flop.
It came ![]()
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. All players checked, and the same applied for the
turn. It checked around to Zinno on the
river, and he bet 10,000. That forced out two opponents, but Er check-raised to 25,000. Zinno folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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145,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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115,000 | |
|
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82,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
266,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
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|
|
255,000 | |
|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
172,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
146,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
130,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
125,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
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||
|
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123,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
119,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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||
|
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110,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
104,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
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||
|
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100,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
93,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
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||
|
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80,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
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70,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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Tommy Le raised to 2,000, and Ben Tollerene three-bet to 6,800 from one seat over. Quan Zhou, on the button, and the player in the small blind called, and Le also tossed in the additional chips. All four players checked the ![]()
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flop and the
turn. There was no betting action on the
river either, and Tollerene announced a pair of aces, turning over his ![]()
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.
Le announced two pair but sent his cards into the muck as soon as Zhou flipped over ![]()
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for a set of nines as the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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245,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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128,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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55,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Tommy Le three-bet to 6,600 from the small blind and called a four-bet to 20,800 from Ben Tollerene out of the big blind.
The two went to a ![]()
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flop and both checked to see the
on the turn. Tommy Le led betting pot, to the tune of 43,600. Tollerene took a moment before making the call.
The river was the
and both players checked.
Le tabled ![]()
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for two pair and Tollerene mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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255,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
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69,000
56,000
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56,000 |
Picking up the action on the ![]()
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flop with some 10,000 in the pot, Artem Babakhanyan checked out of the big blind and Miltiadis Kyriakides bet 5,000. Back on Babakhanyan, he check-raised to 17,000 and Kyriakides, who finished eighth in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship a few days ago, eventually let go.
Down to less than half the starting stack, Kyriakides has plenty of work ahead if he wishes to complete another deep run at the WSOP.
One table over, Eric Wasserson sat down with a fresh stack and the field has been bumped to 153 entries.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
305,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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55,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Farid Jattin raised from the button and was called by Mike Krasienko in the small blind and Alexey Rybin in the big blind. On the three-way flop of ![]()
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, both Krasienko and Rybin checked and Jattin bet. Krasienko folded and Rybin check-raised before calling the shove of Jattin for 31,000.
Jattin: ![]()
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for two pair, kings and fives
Rybin: ![]()
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for two pair, fives and treys
The
turn and
river were both blanks and Jattin doubled, putting a small dent into the big stack of Rybin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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193,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
69,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
On the three-way flop of ![]()
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, Ben Lamb bet 3,500 and Dario Sammartino folded while the player under the gun called Lamb's bet. After the
turn, Lamb's bet of 8,000 was check-called again before the final bet on the
river for 19,000 was also check-called.
Lamb turned over ![]()
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for two pair and that won the pot. The table also features Jan Collado and Martin Kozlov who've bumped up their stacks nicely so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
195,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
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|
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140,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
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|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
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