Jayachandra Gangaiah in middle position opened to 25,000. Action folded to Timo Kamphues in the big blind who three-bet shoved for 200,000. Gangaiah tank-called.
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and Kamphues was eliminated.
Jayachandra Gangaiah in middle position opened to 25,000. Action folded to Timo Kamphues in the big blind who three-bet shoved for 200,000. Gangaiah tank-called.
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and Kamphues was eliminated.
Jared Griener moved all in from under the gun for his last 52,000. Keith Ferrera was the only caller from one seat over.
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The board ran ![]()
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and Ferrera took down the pot, sending his opponent to the rail.
The player on the button opened to 24,000. Maria Lampropulos in the big blind called.
A flop of ![]()
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was dealt and was checked around to the
. Lampropulos threw in a bet of 40,000, good enough to earn the pot.
Niveau: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
In what is arguably the toughest table remaining in the tournament, one of the big notables has already been eliminated. Mike Del Vecchio, Jeremy Ausmus, Matt Berkey, Anthony Spinella, and Aymon Hata all drew Table #420 after Day 2, with Hata hitting the rail early today.
Just now the action folded to Del Vecchio in the cutoff who raised to 22,000. Francois Goulet put in a three-bet to 60,000 on the button and Matt Berkey pushed in a four-bet to 138,000 from the big blind. Del Vecchio quickly folded but Goulet had a bigger decision to make. He asked for a count and thought for a minute before eventually folding as well.
This table will be one to keep an eye on throughout the day as it will be one of the last tables to break.
The action folded around to Jake Bazeley on the button who raised it up to 22,000. Adam Swan was in the small blind and three-bet shoved all in for a little over 120,000. The big blind folded and Bazeley quickly called.
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giving Swan two pair and the lead. The
on the turn nor the
on the river were of any help to Bazeley who walked over to the payout desk to collect his winnings.
Steven Morris opened to 22,000 from middle position and Daniel Colpoys called from the small blind. The flop fell ![]()
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and Colpoys checked to Morris who continued for 18,000. Colpoys called and the
landed on the turn.
Colpoys checked again and Morris fired another 43,000. Colpoys still called to see the
complete the board. Colpoys checked for the third time and Morris slid in a bet of 104,000. Colpoys thought for a brief moment and the released his hand to the muck.
"Show him the bluff. It will put him on tilt," another player at the table said, but Morris kept his cards unknown.
The player in early position opened to 22,000. The button called. Quy Bui, in the small blind, raised all in for 165,000. The original raiser folded. The button called.
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Bui hit a pretty favorable flop of ![]()
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. The
turn and
river completed the board and he took down the pot.
Zachary Mcdiarmid opened to 22,000 on the button. Eyal Bensimhon, in the big blind raised all in for 220,000.
''Sorry man, I have a good hand,'' he told his opponent.
But Mcdiarmid directly called and the cards were tabled:
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The flop came ![]()
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giving Bensimhon a straight. The
turn and
river completed the board and Mcdiarmid got his double-up.
Bensimhon, watching the soccer game at the same time commented: ''The same time I doubled up, my fantasy player scored!''
After a series of preflop raises, Thomas Patterson found himself all in for a little over 200,000 holding ![]()
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, the only hand that put Patterson in trouble.
The flop came ![]()
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and Nagel was still in the lead with his pocket aces. The turn brought the
and Nagel locked up the win with a full house. Just to rub salt in the wound, the
landed on the river to give Patterson a full house as well, but he was still sent to the payout desk.