Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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6,500,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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5,800,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
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3,400,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
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2,900,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Parx Big Stax XXXI

Rafael Yaraliyev shoved on the button for about 900,000. Big blind Grigoriy Shvarts took some thinking time then announced a call.
Rafael Yaraliyev:
Grigoriy Shvarts:
With rapid speed, the dealer fired out a board of . Yaraliyev took the lead on the turn but went bust when Shvarts paired up on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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6,480,000
880,000
|
880,000 |
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Busted |
AJ Jamil defended big blind and check-called 175,000 from Grigoriy Shvarts on . Both players checked the
and Jamil bet 375,000 on the
river. Shvarts thought briefly and called, and his
was good against
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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5,600,000
960,000
|
960,000 |
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2,805,000
-1,195,000
|
-1,195,000 |
It looked like Grigoriy Shvarts bet 200,000 from the big blind on , and Hal Rotholz called from under the gun. Shvarts bet 400,000 on the
river and Rotholz slid in a raise to about 900,000. He wasn't even done moving the chips in before Shvarts' cards were in the muck.
Rotholz showed with a chuckle.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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4,640,000
-1,085,000
|
-1,085,000 |
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2,400,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
On a board of , Hal Rotholz got his last 400,000 in against Grigoriy Shvarts. Rotholz had flopped the nuts with
and had it locked in against Shvarts'
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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5,725,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
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1,500,000
425,000
|
425,000 |

After a raising war, Peter Ippolito was all in on the button with against Thomas Parkes'
from the small blind. The
had Parkes in need on the river but the dealer delivered with the
.
Stacks were counted down and Ippolito's 2.7 million or so was covered by Parkes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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6,100,000
2,655,000
|
2,655,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Peter Ippolito opened for 110,000 in the cutoff and both blinds called. They checked to him on and he continued for an unknown amount, called by only Grigoriy Shvarts in the small blind. Shvarts check-called 325,000 on the
and then tanked awhile before checking the
river. Ippolito bet 450,000 and won the pot in short order.
Players are now on break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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6,325,000
-975,000
|
-975,000 |
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2,885,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
Hal Rotholz doubled up with against the
of Thomas Parkes, flopping a queen and holding to get up to 500,000. Then, he shoved in the cutoff only to run into the
of Peter Ippolito in the big blind.
Rotholz had and flopped a flush draw on
. The
turn brought the flush in and the
river didn't fill Ippolito up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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2,300,000
-420,000
|
-420,000 |
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1,075,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
Hal Rotholz raised to 110,000 and Peter Ippolito shoved in the small blind. It was 1,310,000, and Rotholz took more than two minutes to think it over before flicking in a chip. He immediately regretted it as Ippolito showed . Rotholz was crushed with
, and the
board left him with naught but eight-high.
Left with 75,000 Rotholz got it in multi-way next hand and survived.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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2,720,000
1,745,000
|
1,745,000 |
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300,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |