Players are now on a 15-minute break. The 100 denomination chips are being colored up and play will resume shortly.
Players are now on a 15-minute break. The 100 denomination chips are being colored up and play will resume shortly.
In a pot of roughly 18,000 on a board showing ![]()
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, the small blind checked to James Romero in the hijack who bet 12,500.
The small blind elected to check-raise to 31,500 and Romero went deep in the tank. After several minutes of thought, Romero decided to shove all in for 71,900 total and the small blind snap-called.
James Romero: ![]()
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Small Blind: ![]()
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Romero was in bad shape against the top two of his opponent, until the river peeled off the
, turning the tables and giving Romero a better two-pair and the full double up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
243,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
185,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
146,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
143,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
127,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
120,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
105,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
77,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
53,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
53,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
27,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
88,000 | |
|
|
80,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
77,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
75,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
70,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
70,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
61,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
53,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
Niveau: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Chris Hunichen was all in preflop with a short stack of 13,000 holding the ![]()
against the ![]()
of Ren Lin.
The flop came ![]()
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to give Lin the set and Hunichen a pair. The turn was the
to give Hunichen a boat and the river only strengthened the hand further as the
hit to give him quads.
Lin, who had been animated during the run-out, put his arms around Hunichen's shoulders while laughing and saying "Too many Lady Gaga" referring to the queens, as he failed to eliminate the man on his right.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
212,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
In a heads up pot of roughly 5,000 on a flop of ![]()
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, Chino Rheem checked from the big blind and Kelvin Kerber bet 2,600 which was called.
On the
turn Rheem checked again and Kerber bet 8,000. Rheem made the call. The
completed the board and Rheem checked a third time. Kerber sized to 18,000 and without much thought Rheem tossed in chips for a call.
Kerber rolled over ![]()
for top pair and Rheem tapped the tabled and flashed a king before tossing his cards in the muck. Kerber's stack is one of the biggest in the field.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
43,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200

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| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
195,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
153,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
122,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
101,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
82,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
62,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
60,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
52,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |