Steven Knocks Out Simao in the First Hand
When we arrived, the board was already out in the first hand of play and Joao Simao had just committed all of his chips. Brandon Steven was the one stacking and Simao wished him good luck.
Steven, gathering his things, told us he had opened the button with 
and Simao had three-bet. Steven four-bet and Simao flatted.
On the flop of 
, Simao check-called a bet of 3,000. The 
on the turn saw Simao check again and Steven bet 7,700. Simao called once more.
The 
completed the board and Simao checked for the third time. Steven bet an undisclosed amount and Simao shoved. Steven called and instantly asked if his opponent was playing nine-ten. Simao showed 
for a flopped flush draw that had backdoored into two pair, but it wasn't good enough as he was shown the top set of kings by Steven soon enough.
Brandon Steven returns to the felt around 6 PM today, Simao is off to the cage to get $5,000 of his buy-in back.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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100,000 | |
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Eliminé | |
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