Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER Jour 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-06-11 15:22 UTC-7

Backdoor Broadway for Morin

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Niveau 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

A player in late position raised to 5,300 and Bob Morin moved all in for 19,000 from the hijack. It folded back to the original raiser who called, turning over , and Morin showed .

The dealer fanned the flop and Morin's opponent flopped a jack to take the lead. The hit the turn and Morin stood up, preparing to make his exit as his opponent improved to top two pair.

The completed the board and the table erupted as Morin went runner-runner to make the Broadway straight and stay alive.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Bob Morin	47,000 47,000	47,000

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Niveau: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

2018-06-11 14:59 UTC-7

Break Time

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

2018-06-11 14:54 UTC-7

Lightbourne Chipping Up

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 4,500 and Iaron Lightbourne reraised to 16,000. It folded back around to his opponent who made the call and they went heads up to the flop.

The player checked and Lightbourne slid out a stack of 45,000 orange chips covering his opponent who had about 40,000 behind. The player thought it over for a bit before folding and Lightbourne took the pot, chipping up to over 300,000 in the process.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Iaron Lightbourne	339 337,661	337,661

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2018-06-11 14:52 UTC-7

More Eliminations

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The following players cashed for $2,808:

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Robert Raede	Eliminé
Bryan Piccioli	Eliminé

Benjamin Gonzalez	Eliminé
Nathan Pfluger	Eliminé
Antonio Gutierrez	Eliminé
Eddie Blumenthal	Eliminé
Robert Salaburu	Eliminé
Thomas Jones	Eliminé
Mostapha El Kabir	Eliminé
Dylan Honeyman	Eliminé
Joseph Calderaro	Eliminé
Brian Brubaker	Eliminé

Samuel Lee	Eliminé
Brad Tucker	Eliminé
Cody Espeseth	Eliminé
Davis Adams	Eliminé
Joseph Melancon	Eliminé
Jason Kim (LA)	Eliminé
Jamie Kerstetter	Eliminé
Russell Groomer	Eliminé
Jeffery Trudeau	Eliminé
Benjamin Grise	Eliminé
Marcos Exterkotter	Eliminé
Warren Sheaves	Eliminé

Christopher Leveroni	Eliminé

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2018-06-11 14:49 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Cher Vang	387,000 227,000	227,000
Iaron Lightbourne	338,000 197,000	197,000
Thomas Taylor	295,000 55,000	55,000
Garrett Garvin	200,000 146,200	146,200
Qui Nguyen	197,000 15,000	15,000

Kris Klimosko	140,000 105,000	105,000
Taylor Paur	115,000 27,500	27,500

Ricky Guan	115,000
Mark Dube	110,000 69,700	69,700
Chris Moorman	105,000 47,800	47,800

Ralph Massey	80,000 11,000	11,000
Justin Liberto	75,000 23,800	23,800

Martin Jacobson	60,000 10,100	10,100

Roland Israelishvili	55,000 55,000	55,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	45,000 600	600

2018-06-11 14:32 UTC-7

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

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2018-06-11 14:31 UTC-7

Leinenbach Vaults to the Top

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

As we make our way through the sea of tables in the Amazon room we see Jim Leinenbach sitting behind a mountain of chips. Leinenbach was moved to a new table earlier with 60,000, then caught fire doubling up twice in a matter of minutes.

In the latest hand of his heater, three players saw a flop of and Nick Schwarmann got his last 55,000 all in holding . Unfortunately for Schwarmann, Leinenbach was holding .

Two community cards later Schwarmann was eliminated and Leinbach vaulted to the top of the chip counts.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jim Leinenbach	360,000 360,000	360,000
Nick Schwarmann	Eliminé

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2018-06-11 14:27 UTC-7

Some Eliminations

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The following players all cashed for $2,621:

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Shaun Odonnell	Eliminé
Brett Apter	Eliminé

Kent Niemeier	Eliminé
Jason Orrell	Eliminé
Maria Ho	Eliminé
Anthony Alberto	Eliminé
Robert Adams	Eliminé
Jeffrey Chang	Eliminé
Adam Geyer	Eliminé

Richard Styczynski	Eliminé
Shalev Halfa	Eliminé
John Leonard	Eliminé
Samuel Vitello	Eliminé
Adrian Buckley	Eliminé

Patrick Shea	Eliminé
Nan Li	Eliminé
Brandon Wong	Eliminé

Salim Namat	Eliminé
Arthur Conan	Eliminé
James Harper	Eliminé
Sven Wedekin	Eliminé
Adrian Kuan	Eliminé
Gabriel Andrade	Eliminé
Scott Blount	Eliminé
Hendrik Latz	Eliminé

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2018-06-11 14:19 UTC-7

Shannon Cracks Aces to Score the Knockout

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Niveau 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The player in the hijack position raised to 4,500 and Ben Shannon reraised to 11,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to the player in the hijack and he moved all in for 40,000. "I think you've got me but I have to call," said Shannon as he tossed in the chips turning over .

Shannon's read was correct as his opponent showed . The flop was no help to Shannon, but the hit the turn. Shannon turned a set of jacks to take the lead and his opponent shook his head in dismay as he began to stand from his seat.

The river improved Shannon to a full house to earn him the elimination. "That's the third time today I've cracked aces," Shannon said as he dragged in the pot and stacked his chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ben Shannon	10,000 10,000	10,000

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