Kyle Frey got his last 24,000 in from the small blind with ![]()
and was at risk against big blind Valentin Messina's ![]()
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flop didn't inspire much hope for Frey but the
did bring a couple of extra outs. The
river was a brick though and he took his leave here in the second level of the day.
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Daria Feshchenko defended her big blind and check-raised a flop of ![]()
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from 1,600 to 4,000. Her sole remaining opponent called and then folded on the
turn when facing a bet of 8,000 by Feshchenko.
Michal Schuh's seat was not filled anymore and the Czech had just lost a flip with fives against ![]()
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Damien Le Goff was more fortunate. He three-bet and called the shove of Ashton Griffin for his last 11,700 with the ![]()
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Vivek Rughani had called an all-in on Table 529 in the Amazon room and was shown the bad news that his pocket-queens were behind to pocket-kings.
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Rughani saw the flop come down with no help for him, but the turn was the queen-of-hearts to put him in the lead, and he held on the river to score an elimiation.
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and Ludovic Geilich bet 4,500 from the hijack. His opponent on the button asked how much his bet was and the dealer confirmed the amount. The button quickly called. Geilich flipped over ![]()
for the flopped set of treys but was beaten by the ![]()
of his opponent who had hit a runner-runner-straight.
A player opened from the cutoff with a raise to 3,000 and Phil Ivey defended in the big blind with a call.
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and Ivey checked over to the cutoff who put out a bet of 3,000. Ivey cut a few chips out from his stack and called.
On the
turn, Ivey thought for a few seconds and checked over to this opponent. The player thought for a bit then cut out a bet of 5,500. Ivey thought for a bit, chewing his gum and staring down his opponent but eventually settled on a fold and the player scooped the pot while Ivey took a small hit to his stack which is still very healthy with over 140,000 chips.
Juan Pardo was betting what looked like 7,700 on the ![]()
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when we arrived. He received a call from Shahade while another player folded in a blind.
The board kept rolling wet as the
hit the turn and Pardo checked to Shahade. Shahade took her time and then tossed in 11,000, forcing a fold from the Spaniard.
Thomas Ward was on the button and called a raise from Nguyet Dao to see a ![]()
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flop. Dao checked, and Ward bet 2,000. Dao responded by raising to 7,000 and Ward made the call.
The turn brought the
, and Ward called a 10,500 bet from Dao. On the
river both players checked to showdown.
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Scottish pro Ward took the pot with top pair and moved up to 39,000
Parker Talbot opened to 1,800 from early position and was called by the big blind, who nearly threw his cards away thinking he received a walk. As the table chuckled, the dealer spread a flop of ![]()
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. The big blind check-called a bet of 1,600 from Talbot and the
landed on the turn.
Both players checked this time and the
completed the board. The big blind checked one more time but Talbot threw in a bet of 5,700. His opponent thought for a brief moment and then called. Talbot turned over ![]()
which proved to be good enough to earn him the pot.