The tournament is now down to the final 300 and hand-for-hand play has begun.
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Alexandre Gomes in 2008. Andre Akkari in 2011. Yuri Dzivielevski in both 2019 and 2020. And now Joao Simao has added his name to the rich and storied history of Brazilians at the World Series of Poker.
The former PocketFives world #1-ranked online poker player won his first bracelet in the GGPoker WSOP Online taking down Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares for $206,075.
The remaining 303 players will now be taking a five-minute break and will return to pop the bubble.
Bert Stevens three-bet a pot that contained around 17,000 in it, making it 32,450 to go. Only Noam "silverplat" Makavy called to see the ![]()
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flop where Stevens led out, betting 25,196.
Makavy called and a
flipped over as the turn card. Stevens continued to fire with a bet of 41,825 an Makavy called once more.
A board-completing
fell and Stevens jammed for more than enough to cover his opponent. The timebank button was hit by Makavy but ultimately, he put in his 125,712 stack, tabling ![]()
for a flopped dime.
Stevens rolled over the bad news, showing ![]()
which gave him a higher two pair after turning a johnnie. Makavy was eliminated just shy of the money and Stevens took the lead heading into the break with the bubble looming.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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674,750 | |
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Eliminé | |
The tournament is now drawing near to the money, having just 312 runners left of the 2,053 entry field, and the top 296 will be hitting the money.
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 1,750/3,500
Ante: 450
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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570,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
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513,000
184,500
|
184,500 |
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435,200
383,200
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383,200 |
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419,800 | |
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412,200 | |
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398,000 | |
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Erwann Pecheux opened to 6,000 on the button and Kubanychbek "KuvasiK" Abakirov pushed his 79,432 stack into the middle. Pecheux called, putting Abakirov at risk.
Kubanychbek "KuvasiK" Abakirov: ![]()
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Erwann Pecheux: ![]()
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Pecheux was out for vengeance on Abakirov who just took a pot from him and the ![]()
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flop helped, hitting his jack.
An
turn and
river sealed it for Pecheux who took down the hand, eliminating Abakirov in the process of doing so.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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502,000
173,500
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173,500 |
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Eliminé |
Niveau: 17
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 350
Erwann Pecheux opened to 8,750 from the small blind and Kubanychbek "KuvasiK" Abakirov defended their big to see an ![]()
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flop fall on the felt.
Pecheux continued, betting 6,369 Abakiroc called, bringing an
turn card to light. Pecheux check-called a bet of 8,010 on the turn and a
completed the board.
Both tapped the table and the ![]()
of Abakirov took down the pot after Pecheux tabled ![]()
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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328,500 | |
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174,900 |