Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The remaining 45 players are on their first 10-minute break of Day 4.
Chino Rheem was in position in a heads-up pot against Isaac Kempton.
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and Kempton led out with a bet of 180,000. Rheem called. The river then brought the
and Kempton moved all-in for 600,000.
"I guess I should just fold," Rheem thought aloud. "I'm losing to ace-seven, I'm losing to ace-jack ... But I kind of want to win a big pot."
Rheem ended up calling and Kempton showed the winner with ![]()
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of Rheem.
A few hands later, Rheem got to the river against Shawn Daniels on a board of ![]()
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and moved all-in for around 200,000, a move that sent Daniels into the tank.
"Sorry, I have a queen," Daniels told the table.
"You can't fold a queen," goaded Rheem.
"I don't think so, either," Daniels replied.
Daniels made the call and Rheem showed a bluff with ![]()
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of Daniels.
"You win. Game over," Rheem said as he stood up from his seat and left the tournament area.
Filipp Khavin jammed under the gun for 245,000, Sylvain Loosli called in middle position, and Brandon Lulov mulled over his decision on the button for a minute or two before moving all-in for approximately 970,000. Action folded back to Loosli who snap-called.
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to keep Loosli in front with his rockets and eliminate Khavin and Lulov in the cooler. Meanwhile, Loosli soars near the top of the leaderboard.
Paul Ephremsen ended up getting his stack of approximately 500,000 in preflop from middle position and was at risk against Joey Weissman in the hijack.
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to change nothing and Weissman's superior kicker held to knock out Ephremsen.
Sofia Lovgren open-shoved a stack of 215,000 from early position and Sean Perry three-bet jammed a much bigger stack from the button, which got the blinds to fold.
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It was bad news for Lovgren as she was dominated, though the flop of ![]()
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gave her hope with a gutshot straight draw. The
on the turn didn't change things but the river came the
to give Lovgren the straight and keep her tournament dreams alive.
"I'm not mad," Perry shrugged as he counted out the chips he owed Lovgren, which hardly dented his stack.
"Very lucky," Lovgren said with a smile.
Neng Lee opened to 35,000 in early position, Joshua Pollock jammed for 215,000 in middle position, and Tony Sinishtaj called the big blind. Lee thought about it but folded.
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and Pollock hit the river to keep his tournament life alive.
Lee mentioned he had folded queens, luckily for Pollock, who secured the fortunate double with his set of eights.
Jesse Sylvia got his remaining stack of approximately 150,000 in from early position and was at risk against Lou Barlow on the button.
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The two were flipping and the board ran out ![]()
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to keep Barlow's sevens in front and eliminate Sylvia.