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Play has resumed after a 10 - 15 minute delay coming back from first break.
Today is the final flight for the $1,100 buy-in, $1,000,000 Guaranteed PokerNews Cup at Golden Nugget Las Vegas! Late registration will close at approximately 8:45 p.m. local time.
The tournament featured three starting flights and the surviving players from each flight will return at Noon on Monday, June 27 to play down to the final table, which will play out at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28.
PokerNews will be on-site throughout the duration to offer live updates, videos, social media content, and more.
The first break of the day is upon us. We'll come back to Level 4.
Already 2,081 entrants have taken seats in the Paris Ballroom.
One more 15-minute break will be after Level 6, before a 75-minute dinner break after Level 9.
It seems every event he plays this summer, he is chip leader at some point, Shaun Colquhoun is again at the top of the leaderboard in this ever-growing 2,000 player field.
In the latest pot Colquhoun had called an all in from his opponent on a flop of
Opponent:
Shaun Colquhoun:
The turn was a and river a , giving another big pot to the ex-military man, as he dodged the spade outs of his opponent.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Shaun Colquhoun |
208,000
90,000
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90,000 |
Ryan Schneider had limped in from under the gun when his opponent in the hijack raised to 1,200 chips. The cutoff, small blind and big blind all flat-called the bet, before Schneider moved all in for his last 25,900 chips.
The hijack player called, covering Schneider, and the other players folded.
Ryan Schneider:
Opponent:
The board ran out to give Schneider the runner-runner straight for the win.
The perhaps slightly embarrassed Schneider told PokerNews ''Really bad play gets super lucky''. Another player at the table said ''He thought he had Ace-Queen'' as the two laughed. The opponent who lost with the kings, wasn't very happy about the outcome, however.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Ryan Schneider |
55,600
55,600
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55,600 |
To a flop five ways with 6,000 chips in the pot, ZhaoLei Xu, also known as Leo, checked his small blind on a flop of . It was checked to the button who lead for 3,000, Xu and the big blind called.
The slowed everyone down, as it was checked through to the river.
A completed the board and Xu bet out 6,000 to which both the big blind and button folded.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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ZhaoLei Xu |
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Shaun Colquhoun | 118,000 | |
Loic Debregeas |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Alexandre Mantovani |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Barry Greenstein |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Niveau: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Shaun Colquhoun has busted a player already. He got the hand on video and showed PokerNews the footage. He was all in on a board of .
Opponent:
Shaun Colquhoun:
The river didn't help his opponent and the Las Vegas native has started well.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Shaun Colquhoun |
118,000
69,000
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69,000 |
Barry Greenstein was in the field but busted on the first level. Apparently, he got all his chips in preflop with against the of his opponent and the board didn't run out well for him.
The event allows for one reentry though, so Greenstein should be back on the felt shortly.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Barry Greenstein | Eliminé | |
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