Niveau: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 2,400
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 2,400
Eli Elezra opened to 3,600 from middle position and received calls from a player on the button as well as Nick Pupillo in the small blind and Darren Elias in the big blind.
All four players took one card after which action checked around. Pupillo showed down 9x7x6x3x2x, good enough to finish ahead of his opponents and scoop the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Eli Elezra |
99,000
99,000
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99,000 |
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Nick Pupillo |
96,000
96,000
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96,000 |
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Darren Elias |
78,000
65,300
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65,300 |
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Brian Rast raised to 3,600 from late position and got called by Jason Mercier on the button and Cary Katz in the big blind as all three headed to the draw.
Katz took one with Rast and Mercier doing the same.
All three players checked through to showdown with Katz showing J♦9♥8♣3♦2♣. Rast quickly said, "I've got a jack-eight" only to immediately hear Mercier say, "I can beat that" before turning over 10♣9♣6♥4♣3♠ to win the pot.
Mercier is literally only a few hours removed from winning his sixth bracelet in the $1,500 buy-in of this exact game variant and won this very event in 2016, so it's safe to say that he is well-equipped and prepared to make a deep run here.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Cary Katz |
143,600
14,600
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14,600 |
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Jason Mercier | 92,000 | |
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Brian Rast | 72,500 | |
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Dario Sammartino opened to 4,000 from middle position before Ian Steinman defended out of the big blind.
Steinman took two to Sammartino's one after which he checked. Sammartino led out for 5,500 and was snapped off with Steinman showing down 9x8x6x4x3x for a winner to take some chips from Sammartino's still above average stack.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Dario Sammartino |
110,000
45,000
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45,000 |
|
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Ian Steinman |
51,000
10,600
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10,600 |
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Jason Mercier raised from late position to 3,200 and the player in the cutoff called.
Shawn Sheikhan three-bet from the big blind to 10,500 and both Mercier and the cutoff player put in calling chips to get to the draw.
Sheikhan stood pat as did Mercier with the cutoff player taking one.
Action checked through to showdown and Mercier turned over 10♣8♦7♥4♦3♦ for a ten-eight low which was good enough to take the pot down as both of his opponents quickly mucked.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Jason Mercier |
189,000
97,000
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97,000 |
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Players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the night. They will return to blinds of 800/1,600 with a 2,400 ante at which point play will continue for two more levels before the survivors bag for the night.
Niveau: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 3,000
Yuri Dzivielevski opened to 5,000 from the cutoff and then called after Wing Liu moved his short stack into the middle out of the small blind.
Liu took one, prompting Dzivielevski to stand pat, showing down Jx10x9x7x5x. Liu, meanwhile, held 10x6x4x3x but failed to best Dzivielevski's hand after peeling the Qx to send him out of the tournament late in the day.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Yuri Dzivielevski |
243,000
137,500
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137,500 |
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Wing Liu | Eliminé |
Brian Yoon raised to 5,000 from late position only to see Eric Kurtzman jam for close to 25,000 from the button.
Yoon called which got a, "I was hoping you'd fold!" from Kurtzman before Yoon drew one and Kurtzman took two.
After the draw, Yoon had 9♣6♥5♦3♥2♠ but Kurtzman was still drawing live. Unfortunately for him, the two cards he drew were the 10♣ and the 10♠, sending the pot to Yoon and Kurtzman to the rail.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Brian Yoon |
106,500
35,200
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35,200 |
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Eric Kurtzman | Eliminé |
Daniel Negreanu opened to 7,500 on the button and received a call from Robert Wells in the small blind.
Wells took one before leading out for 25,000 after Negreanu stood pat. After some thought, Negreanu called but mucked once Wells showed down 9x7x5x4x2x for a value hand paid off.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Robert Wells | 245,000 | |
Daniel Negreanu |
167,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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