Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
All the money got in preflop between Michael Asad and Matthew Howearth with Asad holding the bigger of the two stacks and putting Howearth at risk.
Michael Asad: ![]()
Matthew Howearth: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Howearth's tens held up allowing him to double while Asad dropped to just over 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000
96,500
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96,500 |
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230,000
111,500
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111,500 |
Shivan Apdine opened with a raise to 13,000 from early position and Jason Hann moved all in when folded to him for a bit over 150,000. Action folded back to Adbine who called swiftly.
Jason Hann: ![]()
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Shivan Abdine: ![]()
The board ran out ![]()
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and both players made a straight, but Hann made a better straight, allowing him to double up.
Just a few hands later, Timo Hettinger moved all in under the gun. Abdine was in the big blind with an extremely short stack and he called after taking a look at his cards.
Shivan Abdine: ![]()
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Timo Hettinger: ![]()
The board ran out ![]()
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and with that, Abdine made a flush on the turn to double up and stay alive. Abdine still has a short stack but sits with right around 45,000 after the two hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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350,000
138,000
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138,000 |
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45,000
108,500
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108,500 |
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40,000
42,000
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42,000 |
Catching the action on a flop of ![]()
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action checked to Michael Fraser and he put out a bet of 22,000. Action folded back to Graeme Putt who took a sip of tea.
"Do you want me to do it?" Putt asked. Fraser didn't repsond.
Putt did call though and the turn was the
. Both players checked then checked again on the
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"One pair," Putt said, showing his ![]()
. Fraser could only muster ![]()
so Putt would take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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205,000
51,500
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51,500 |
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175,000
54,000
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54,000 |
Sheng Ye was seated in the small blind and looked over at Nurlan Boobekov's stack in the big blind before announcing all in which had Boobekov covered. Boobekov snap-called.
Sheng Ye: ![]()
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Nurlan Boobekov: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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to see Boobekov unable to improve against Ye's pocket pair sending him home in 29th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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305,000
102,000
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102,000 |
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Busted |
Immediately after the bubble burst, Matt Wakeman, the $5,000 Challenge champion, was eliminated.
Tristan Bain was the player who sent him to the rail and Bain explained the details of the hand. According to Bain he opened with a raise and Wakeman called in the big blind.
The flop came down ![]()
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and Wakeman checked. Bain put out a quarter pot-sized bet and Wakeman check-raised to 28,000. Bain went all in and Wakeman called.
Wakeman was holding ![]()
for two pair, but was drawing slim as Bain flopped trips with ![]()
. The turn and river were bricks and Wakeman was sent home in 30th place. For his run he'll take down $2,668.
Bain is now one of the biggest stacks in the room with over 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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315,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Busted |
Action folded around to the cutoff where Michael O'Grady open-shoved all in for just over 100,000 chips. Next to act, Tristan Bain called. Everyone else folded and it was on to a showdown.
Michael O'Grady: ![]()
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O'Grady was in a bad spot with an underpair to Bain's kings and he didn't find any help as the board ran out ![]()
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. The stacks were counted and O'Grady had slightly less than Bain, as Bain got a walk on the first hand of the day, giving him a bit more chips. With that, O'Grady hit the rail as the 31st place finisher, bringing the final 30 players into the money.
Each player is now guaranteed at least $2,668 for their run in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000
129,500
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129,500 |
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Busted |
The action folded around to Tony Tavella in the small blind who moved all in. He was snap-called by Aaron Li in the big blind.
Aaron Li: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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to see Tavella take the lead after flopping a pair. However, the king on the river gave Li the best hand with a higher pair resulting in Tavella being eliminated in 32nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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373,000
41,500
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41,500 |
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Busted |
Action is now underway for Day 2 of Event #8: $1,320 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000