Level: 14
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
2024 FPN Step In The Ring National Championship
Main Event
Day: 1
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Chip Counts
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Level 13
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Ken Jarosz opened to 20,000 and then Dean Nelson moved all in for 43,000. The big blind thought about calling for a good while but seemed concerned that Jarosz was behind him and eventually decided to fold while Jarosz called.
Dean Nelson: A♦K♥
Ken Jarosz: A♠8♠
Nelson was in a good position to double with his superior holding, and the runout of K♦6♦J♥5♥4♦ gave him a pair of kings to seal his victory and he was awarded the pot.
Ironically, the very next hand, Jarosz moved all in with 7♠7♦ and Nelson called with A♥8♥, but the runout kept Jarosz's sevens in the lead and he received some of his chips back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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86,000
86,000
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86,000 |
|
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Greg Wilson moved all in preflop and another player shoved over the top for a successful isolation.
Wilson then flipped over A♠J♠ and his opponent grunted and shook his head as he tabled an inferior A♦10♣.
The board of Q♥6♥2♦6♣7♣ declared Wilson the victor with his ace-jack high and the pot was shipped his way for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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88,000
88,000
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88,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 12
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The players remaining in the Championship are now on an extended 40-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 6:37 p.m. PST.
Level 12
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Roy Winkelman opened to 23,000 under-the-gun and then a player moved all in for 47,500, followed by John Mizeur who called for less. When the action got back to Winkelman, he thought about it for a good while before he slid in the necessary chips to put both players at risk.
John Mizeur: Q♦Q♣
Opponent: 7♦7♠
Roy Winkelman: A♣Q♥
Mizeur was in a great place to score a triple with his queens, and the odds of that shot up dramatically as the flop came out 2♣Q♠6♠ to give him top set for a huge lead. The runout of 10♣5♥ changed nothing and he was shipped the main pot while Winkelman eliminated his opponent in the side pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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261,000
174,000
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174,000 |
|
210,000
210,000
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210,000 |
Level 12
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Earlier this month, thanks to an unfavorable city vote, Doug Polk was unsuccessful in his bid to open a massive poker room in a town near Dallas. But his team of investors, including poker vloggers Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen, are back and ready to take over what will soon become the largest card room in Texas.
Polk, who is playing in the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game this week, announced during Wednesday's HCL stream that his team has purchased Rounders Card Club in San Antonio. The group already owns The Lodge Card Club in Round Rock, a suburb of Austin, and that room is currently the biggest in the Lone Star State with over 70 poker tables.
Level: 12
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 11
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
414,000
414,000
|
414,000 |
|
|
270,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
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|
250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
|
|
212,000
212,000
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212,000 |
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
101,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
99,500
39,500
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39,500 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000