Hand-For-Hand on the Bubble
Players have reached the bubble and the tournament director has announced they are in hand-for-hand play.
Players have reached the bubble and the tournament director has announced they are in hand-for-hand play.
Action picked up on the flop with Philip Marsico going all in for 184,500. Scott Smile quickly made the call on the button.
The board showed .
Marsico had flopped the nuts, but Smile was actually favored.
The turn was a blank, but Smile hit the for the king-high straight flush on the river to eliminate Marsico and add a nice stack of chips to his stack.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Scott Smile |
550,000
268,000
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268,000 |
Philip Marsico | Eliminé |
Niveau: 12
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 2,500
Action picked up with David Peters moving all in for about 230,000 over a raise from Sean Winter preflop. The all in was only slightly more than Winter's raise.
"I know you're bluffing, show me the bluff," Winter said jovially as he called.
Sean Winter:
David Peters:
Peters was in about as good of shape as you can be in short deck. The flop came out , giving Winter top pair. The river brought some straight chops outs, but the river gave Winter the winner.
Peters was eliminated in the same fashion, aces versus ace-king, in this year's $250,000 Super High Roller event.
Nearby, Bin Weng was seen heading to the rail as well.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Sean Winter |
530,000
268,500
|
268,500 |
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David Peters | Eliminé | |
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Bin Weng | Eliminé | |
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In a three-way limped pot, the dealer fanned the flop of . The action checked to Sean Winter on the button who threw in a bet of 11,000. David Eldridge called and they went heads-up to the on the turn.
Eldridge checked again and Winter counted out a bet of 30,000 this time. Eldridge still called and the completed the board. With four cards to a straight on the board, both players tapped the table. Eldridge showed for two pair and Winter slung his cards to the muck.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Sean Winter |
261,500
-56,500
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-56,500 |
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David Eldridge |
238,000
147,000
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147,000 |
Jonathan Depa limped from early position and Brian Rast did the same from the cutoff. Ben Yu moved all in for 117,000 from the button. Jonathan Depa also decided to moved in for 228,000.
Rast went into the tank and thought about the situation. He had both players covered, but it represented a large portion of his stack.
"You know what?" and he slammed down a stack of chips for the call.
Brian Rast:
Ben Yu:
Jonathan Depa:
"Yes, that's what I thought," said Rast, seeing the good spot he was in.
The board ran out safe for Rast with a couple of aces and no trouble for his queens. He knocked out two players and became one of the new chip leaders.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Brian Rast |
660,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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Ben Yu | Eliminé | |
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Jonathan Depa | Eliminé |
Picking up the action on the flop with the board reading , Shota Nakanishi tossed in a bet of 17,000 into a pot of around 35,000. Pieter Aerts check-called and the rolled off on the turn.
With four clubs on the board, that slowed the action as both players checked to the on the river. Aerts led out with a bet of 30,000 this time and Nakanishi gave it some thought before he called. Aerts tabled but Nakanishi held a bigger two pair with .
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Shota Nakanishi |
440,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
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Pieter Aerts |
160,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Alex Foxen limped under the gun and one other player did the same. Leroy Fan moved all in for about 60,000 from middle position. Foxen made the call and everyone else got out of the way.
Alex Foxen:
Leroy Fan:
The board ran out to give Foxen the better pair of aces and eliminat Fan.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Alex Foxen |
262,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
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Leroy Fan | Eliminé |
Shota Nakanishi saw a few limps in front of him before he raised to 24,000 from the button. Only Mike Watson made the call to the button's left.
The flop came . Watson checked to Nakanishi who bet 33,000. Watson made the call after thinking for about 20 seconds.
On the turn, Watson checked to Nakanishi again. Once more, Nakanishi bet, to the tune of 50,000. Watson thought for a bit before letting his cards go.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Shota Nakanishi |
407,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
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Mike Watson |
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Sean Winter just called from the cutoff and Jonathan Depa checked his option on the button. The flop came and Winter check-called a min-bet of 2,000 from Depa.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Winter led out with a bet of 13,500 on the river and Depa snap-called. Winter turned over for trip eights and Depa sent his cards to the muck.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Sean Winter |
318,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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Jonathan Depa |
291,000
2,000
|
2,000 |