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Lauren Roberts is the only woman in the field here at the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl. Over at Poker Central, Paul Oresteen has the scoop on her, including her usual poker digs and how she finds herself in this prestigious event.
Lauren Roberts is the only woman in the field here at the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl. Over at Poker Central, Paul Oresteen has the scoop on her, including her usual poker digs and how she finds herself in this prestigious event.
From under the gun, Daniel Negreanu opened to 4,000 only to have Jason Les three-bet the button to 12,000.
Negreanu called, and then checked the flop over to Les who checked behind.
The turn lands the and Negreanu leads out for 16,000 with Les calling as the
completes the board on the river.
Negreanu checked, Les bets 36,000, and Negreanu folds while dropping to below starting stack as Les moves to 365,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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365,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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285,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Matt Berkey raised, and Dan Smith defended his big blind. On a flop, Berkey bet 6,000 and Smith made it 23,000. Berkey called. He called another 40,000 on the
turn, and both players checked the
. Smith turned up
, but Berkey had
.
"I saw you wanted to three-bet preflop," Berkey commented after the hand.
"That's twice he's had aces," someone said.
"That we know of," Smith said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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440,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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339,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
From the button, Phil Hellmuth raised to 4,000 only to have Justin Bonomo three-bet to 16,000 from the small blind.
The action returns to Hellmuth and he called as the dealer spread a flop and Bonomo continued for 15,000.
Hellmuth responded with a raise to 40,000 and Bonomo called as the landed on the turn and he checked.
Hellmuth shuffled his chips and then cut out a bet of 60,000 only to have Bonomo move all in for 144,000 total as Hellmuth snap-called.
Hellmuth:
Bonomo:
With Bonomo at risk, but in the lead, he would need to fade the board pairing to stay alive, and when the dealer dropped the on the river, he doubled through to over 410,000 as Hellmuth dropped to just 88,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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410,500
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
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88,000
-225,500
|
-225,500 |
|
The action folded to Daniel Negreanu on the button, and he opened with a raise to 4,000. Tom Marchese called in the big blind and checked the flop.
Negreanu continued for 6,000 and Marchese called before both players checked the on the turn.
The river landed the and Marchese led out for 16,000. The full 30-second time allotment ticked away before Negreanu pushed his cards towards the muck and folded.
"In a cash game I would have paid just to see it!' laughed Negreanu as Marchese raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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325,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
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320,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
From under the gun, Kevin Hart opens the action with a limp before Bryn Kenney makes it 5,500 next to speak.
The action folds back to Hart and he calls as the flop falls and he checks.
Kenney bets out 7,000 and Hart calls as the on the turn is checked by both players.
The river lands the and Hart bets out 13,000 with Kenney quickly calling.
Hart tables his for a flopped straight and scoops the pot.
"Is that a straight?" asks Hart.
"You flopped it!" announces the dealer.
"Say that again," quips Hart to the dealer while he rakes in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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684,500
94,500
|
94,500 |
|
||
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355,500
55,500
|
55,500 |
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313,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
||
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307,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
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224,500
-75,500
|
-75,500 |
|
||
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214,000
-86,000
|
-86,000 |
Christian Christner bet 11,000 out of the small blind on a board. Byron Kaverman chased away David Peters with a raise to 28,000 in middle position, but Christner came along. He checked the
river after using one of his time extensions and thinking for a full 90 seconds, and he quickly folded when Kaverman bet 28,000 more.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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565,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
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48,500
-33,500
|
-33,500 |
From the button, Pratyush Buddiga raised to 3,500 and Jason Mercier called in the big blind.
The flop fell and Mercier check-called 3,000 as both players checked the
on the turn.
The river landed the and Mercier led out for 16,000 with Buddiga opting to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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360,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
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265,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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500,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
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500,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
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400,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
||
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390,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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375,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
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360,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
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333,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
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315,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
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310,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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310,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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295,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
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295,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
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290,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
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285,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
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285,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
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282,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
||
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280,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
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272,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
||
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265,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
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260,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
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255,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
||
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238,500
-61,500
|
-61,500 |
|
||
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220,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
||
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215,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
||
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187,000
-113,000
|
-113,000 |
The cards are back in the air for level three.