After a preflop betting war, Gabriel Podovei got it all in against two other players, whom he covered.
Player 1: 10♠10♥
Player 2: A♠K♠
Gabriel Podovei: K♥K♦
Podovei was in great shape with his pocket kings, and the board had a clean runout of 8♣7♦J♦5♦3♥ to score him the pot while both of his foes hit the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
296,000 |
Two players headed to a flop of 4♣10♣K♥ with approximately 67,000 in the middle.
Ryan Malesis, in early position, checked the action to the player to his left, who moved all in for 60,000. Malesis made a quick call.
Opponent: 3♠3♥
Ryan Malesis: A♥A♣
The Q♦ turn and 7♦ river couldn't save Malesis' opponent and they were sent to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
230,000
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230,000 |
Upeshka De Silva, who was under the gun, found himself all in for his last 29,000. Arnulfo Peralez, in the hijack, had called off the bet for his effective stack of 19,500 and the button had both players at risk.
Arnulfo Peralez: A♥A♦
Upeshka De Silva: A♣J♣
Button: K♣K♦
The board ran out 3♠Q♦2♣3♦2♦; Peralez' aces held to win him the sizeable main pot. De Silva lost the side pot and his seat in the tournament.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Short-stacked Preston McEwen opened to 7,000 from his 8,500 stack and the action folded to David Chen, who thought long and hard about it but decided to fold, and then James Weilbacher moved all in for around 28,000 right behind him.
The action then folded to the big blind who shoved for more and McEwen thought about it for two seconds before he shrugged and got the rest of his chips in as well.
Preston McEwen: A♠9♠
James Weilbacher: 9♣9♦
Big Blind: A♣K♦
"Oh man, I'm in pretty bad shape," McEwen chuckled as he sipped his drink, "Come on, spades!"
Sure enough, the flop came out 2♠10♠4♣ to give him the nut flush draw for a big sweat, but the runout of 3♣10♣ failed to get him there and Weilbacher scooped with his nines.
"Agh, well at least it was a sweat!" McEwen said as he made his way towards the exit while Chen was kicking himself for folding pocket threes.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
|
46,000
46,000
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46,000 |
|
Eliminé |
After a preflop betting war with a fellow big stack, all of the chips found their way into the middle between Joseph Bahranipoor and another player, with Bahranipoor covering.
Player: A♣K♠
Joseph Bahranipoor: K♣Q♣
Bahranipoor needed some help to come out ahead with his dominated hand, but the deck found a way as the flop came out Q♦Q♥9♥ to give him a huge lead with trip queens. Only a running straight or aces could save the at-risk player, but the turn 3♦ left him dead in the water and the 4♥ sent him shaking his head all the way to the exit.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
178,000
87,500
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87,500 |
Dan Olsen raised to 2,400 from early position, the player sat to Olsen's direct left three-bet to 5,500 and Olsen called.
The 5♥7♦10♣ flop saw Olsen play out of flow, leading for 6,600. Olsen's opponent moved all in for approximately 18,000 in a snap and Olsen made the call.
Opponent: J♥J♠
Dan Olsen: 9♥9♦
Olsen was behind, however, the 8♠ turn and J♣ river gave him running cards to make a straight, sending his opponent to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
54,000
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54,000 |
A short-stacked player moved all in for his last 8,000 and the action folded around to the blinds. The small blind player thought about it for a bit and eventually decided to lay it down, but Jihad Louali quickly called from the big blind to put the player at risk.
Player: 8♠8♣
Jihad Louali: A♠10♠
The flop of Q♠5♠Q♥ gave Louali a ton of outs with his flush draw, but he didn't even need it once the turn was the A♥ to put him in the lead. The river was the blank 7♥ to score him the pot while his opponent tapped the table and made his exit.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000 |
On a heads-up flop of 9♣2♠8♣, all the chips found their way into the middle between Jeff Madsen and another player, with the former covering.
Player: 10♦10♠
Jeff Madsen: A♣2♣
The at-risk player was ahead with his pocket tens, but Madsen still had one over and a flush draw with two tries to get there. Sure enough, the turn was the J♠ but the river was the 5♣ to give him the nut flush to scoop the pot and send his opponent to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
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| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
116,500
52,500
|
52,500 |
|
|
51,000 | |
|
50,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
42,000 | |
|
|
35,000
10,900
|
10,900 |
|
33,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
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|
26,500
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
18,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
8,500
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
After some back-and-forth betting, Jonah LeBranch moved all in and was quickly called by the big blind, who put themself at risk.
Big Blind: K♠J♦
Jonah LeBranch: J♥J♠
"Good luck," his opponent said, which was ironic as he was the player who was behind and at risk of elimination.
The runout of Q♣5♥6♣9♦5♠ meant LeBranch held with his pocket jacks to scoop the pot while his opponent headed towards the exit.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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56,000 |
