Players are now on their final 15-minute break of the day.
2018 World Series of Poker
Daniel Negreanu had been eliminated on the first bullet and re-entered to take a seat on the same table as 2016 champion Anthony Zinno. Both were involved in a hand towards the end of the level and the heads-up turn showed ![]()
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. Negreanu had checked and Zinno made it 20,000 to go.
Negreanu came along to see the
on the river and checked, Zinno checked back.
"He checked?" Negreanu asked the dealer and then announced: "I have an ace." Zinno turned over his ![]()
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for two pair, Negreanu mucked.
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, Alex Foxen was all in and at risk with the ![]()
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and in need of help, as Andriy Lyubovetskiy had him dominated with the ![]()
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. Foxen needed a ten to avoid elimination on the first bullet, but instead Lyubovetskiy improved further to a flush with the
on the river.
With a pot of about 60,000 already brewing and the board reading ![]()
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Josh Arieh bet 38,000 from the big blind and Ognjen Sekularac called from under the gun.
The
fell on the river and Arieh shoved for 44,400. After asking the dealer to verify the bet, Sekularac folded and Arieh took the substantial pot.
The cards of Jussi Nevanlinna were already in the muck while a big double for David Len Ashby for 185,700 was counted out. Ashby's cards were still tabled and he had flopped bottom set with ![]()
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According to Ashby, Nevanlinna had raised from under the gun and was called by Ashby in the cutoff and Sam Soverel in the big blind. The flop was checked to Ashby, and his bet of 11,000 was called by Nevanlinna only. The Finn then check-raised the pot on the turn when facing a bet of 27,000 by Ashby and called the shove of Ashby with ![]()
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for top pair, the nut flush draw and an open-ended straight draw.
The river was a blank and Ashby soared into a big stack.
There were 16,000 chips in the middle and the board read ![]()
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when we got to the table. Action checked to Robert Mizrachi in the hijack and he bet 7,500. Chance Kornuth, who was on the button, was the only caller.
The
fell on the turn and both players checked.
The river brought the
and Mizrachi checked. Kornuth bet 22,500 and Mizrachi called. Kornuth tabled ![]()
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, Mizrachi mucked, and Kornuth took the pot with kings full.
The cards of Jonathan Abdellatif were all but rushed away after he had paid off the all-in of Christopher Frank from one seat over in a button versus small blind battle. Frank had turned quads on a board of ![]()
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and, according to Frank, Abdellatif had a full house with ![]()
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One hand later, Chance Kornuth raised and picked up two callers in Mike Leah and Abdellatif in the cutoff. On the ![]()
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flop, Kornuth bet 4,500 and Leah called, Abdellatif opted to fold with very few chips behind. The
turn was checked and a bet of 26,500 on the
river was all it took for Kornuth to force a fold from Leah
Three players each put 22,000 chips in before the flop: Andre Nyffeler in the small blind, JC Tran from under the gun, and Cary Katz in the hijack.
The flop came ![]()
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and Nyffeler shoved for 40,700. Tran shoved over the top, Katz folded, and the two players tabled their hands.
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Nyffeler was ahead with top set and Tran needed to improve in order to stack him. The
turn and
river were no help to Tran and Nyffeler took the pot to double up.
A three-bet to 12,000 was in front of Dominykas Karmazinas and Michael Mizrachi then four-bet for the size of the pot, making it 42,500 to go in the small blind.
"How much do you have behind, 90k?" Karmazinas asked once the initial raiser had folded, and Mizrachi nodded, the Lithuanian called.
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, Mizrachi instantly moved all in and Karmazinas called in a heartbeat.
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Mizrachi was slightly behind with his aces and open-ended straight draw, while Karmazinas had flopped top and bottom pair. On the
turn, Mizrachi improved to a straight, yet the
on the river gave Karmazinas a full house. Mizrachi was eliminated on his first bullet and will surely be back in action soon again, as the tournament features a single re-entry option.