With roughly 230,000 in the middle on a ![]()
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completed board, Jake Schindler bet 190,000 in the small blind. Loni Hui faced a decision in early position as the television cameras awaited her move, and she ultimately folded to concede the pot, although she still holds a stack of around 2 million.
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Albert Hoekendijk was all-in from the big blind for 345,000 and was up against the ascending Koray Aldemir.
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Aldemir continued his run good and paired up on the ![]()
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flop. The
hit the turn to give the Dutchman outs to the straight but the
river secured the pot for the defending champion.
Brant Jolly opened to 35,000 from under the gun and a player in middle position three-bet to 100,000. The action folded back to Jolly who called to see a flop of ![]()
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Jolly checked to his opponent who continued with a bet of 60,000 and Jolly called. The turn was the
and Jolly led out with a bet of 130,000. His opponent released his cards and Jolly raked in another pot.
A player in middle position, Kristen Deardorff, and Jonathan Rosa in the small blind were in a three-way pot with about 255,000 in the middle on a ![]()
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board.
Rosa bet 110,000 and Deardorff called. Rosa raised to 350,000 and the middle-position player shoved with for 570,000 total. Deardorff folded and Rosa called.
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Rosa had the full house while the middle position player needed the case ace, a six, or a king in order to survive.
The river came the
and Rosa scored the elimination, taking his chip stack to 1,650,000.
Alex Keating was in position in a heads-up pot on a board of ![]()
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The opponent checked on the flop and Keating fired for 35,000. The opponent check-raised to 100,000 and Keating called.
The opponent checked on the
turn and Keating checked back. The opponent then led out for 150,000 on the
river and Keating tried to get a read on his opponent.
"Hey, Miami? Do you have a good hand or a bad hand?" Keating asked. "I think you may have hit that queen."
Keating eventually tossed in a call and it was the right move as the opponent showed ![]()
for king-high, while Keating had the winner with ![]()
for ace-high.
"Is that one going to be on PokerNews?" Keating asked with a smile after raking in the pot.
Some interesting statistics were brought up on the PokerGO live stream. The biggest stack in the room in big blinds is 364 while the shortest stack is a single big blind.
Six Main Event Champions started the day which included Koray Aldemir, Damian Salas, John Cynn, Ryan Riess, Greg Merson and Chris Moneymaker. However, only Aldemir and Salas remain.
John Esposito's run to Day 4 also marked his ninth WSOP Main Event Cash.
A player in middle position opened and Ali Imsirovic raised to 80,000 and was called by the original raiser.
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and Imsirovic continued for 50,000. His opponent called.
The turn came the
, putting two flush draws on the board. Both players checked.
On the
river, the player checked once more and Imsirovic fired for 155,000. The player thought about it for about 30 seconds before letting his cards go.
With the win, Imsirovic took his tally to nearly four million.
After an early position raise and a call, Artem Suhak moved all in from the button for around 300,000. Steven Buckner then moved all in for more from the big blind. The early position players folded and Suhak was at risk versus Buckner.
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The flop came ![]()
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, giving Buckner an open-ended straight draw to go along with his pair of jacks.
The
on the turn changed nothing, but the
fell on the river, sending Buckner into a tirade, bemoaning his bad luck and criticizing his opponent's squeeze, which ended up working out for him.
Buckner is currently chewing a little harder on his trademark unlit cigar to quell his frustration as he now has to focus on rebuilding his stack.