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06-29-2021 13:29 UTC-7

Gary Herstein Doesn't Pair the Board

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

We missed the elimination of Chicago's Gary Herstein but learned some details after the fact.

Herstein four-bet jammed roughly 45,000 with pocket jacks and was called by a player holding .

The flop came down to give Herstein a set, but his opponent flopped Broadway. Neither the turn nor river paired the board and just like that Herstein was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Herstein	Busted

06-29-2021 13:26 UTC-7

Min Gets Flush Value

Jeff McMillan

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was on the river as the board read . Jason Min made an around pot size bet of 28,000.

Cherish Andrews had the decision on her as the bet was for a large amount of her remaining stack. After a few moments she called.

Min turned over the for the flush which Andrews could not beat as she mucked and counted her small remaining stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Min	153,000	81,500
Cherish Andrews	14,000	-97,500

Tags: Cherish Andrews Jason Min

06-29-2021 13:17 UTC-7

Usude Runs His Pocket Jacks Into Aces

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Christopher Usude was all in for his remaining stack holding against his opponent's .

The flop left Usude drawing to running jacks but the river brought chop outs. Unfortunately for Usude, the completed the board on the river and ended his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Usude	Busted
Mike Del Vecchio	Busted

Tags: Christopher Usude

06-29-2021 13:06 UTC-7

Cimbolas Sends Schumacher Into the Tank

Jeff McMillan

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up as a huge pot was brewing with at least 125,000 in the middle with two of the bigger stacks competing for it.

The board was completed, showing the . Johann Schumacher was in middle position and checked it over to Matas Cimbolas from the hijack who bet 55,000.

Schumacher considered the less than half pot size pot bet for quite a while. Finally after about 2 minutes he folded to send a large pot to Cimbolas and make him one of the larger stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matas Cimbolas	315,000	80,000
Johan Schumacher	145,000	-115,500

06-29-2021 13:04 UTC-7

Kicker Plays for Schaffer

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded around to Zhen Cai who raised to 4,500 from the cutoff and then called the 15,500 three-bet jam Brian Schaffer made from the small blind.

Zhen Cai:
Brian Schaffer:

Schaffer had Cai dominated but had a sweat after the flop gave Cai the wheel draw. Luckily for Schaffer, his sweat dried after the and completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhen Cai	100,000	-27,000
Brian Schaffer	31,000	-2,500

Tags: Zhen Cai Brian Schaffer

06-29-2021 12:53 UTC-7

O'Hara Doesn't Believe Engel and Pays the Price

Anthony Thompson

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Chris O'Hara raised to 4,500 from middle position only to call Ari Engel's 13,000 three-bet from the button.

The flop saw O'Hara check-call Engel's 14,000 continuation bet and then check-jam after Engel fired out 38,000 on the turn.

Engel counted out his chips, shrugged his shoulders and called off his 129,000 stack.

Ari Engel:
Chris O'Hara:

O'Hara didn't believe Engel had a hand and the river costed him majority of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	314,000	162,000
Chris O'Hara	35,000	-37,000

Tags: Ari Engel O'Hara

06-29-2021 12:49 UTC-7

Hastings Forces Out Ho

Jeff McMillan

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a blind on blind battle, Maria Ho and Brian Hastings were viewing a flop that read . Hastings made a bet that was called by Ho.

The turn was the . Both players checked.

The river came the . Ho checked from the small blind and Hastings waited a moment before betting 10,000 into a pot of about 31,000. Ho thought for about 15 seconds before folding her hand and ceding the pot over to her left.