2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2024 The Commerce Casino Hold'Em Series

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$87,315
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$542,850
Entries
517
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
80
Players Left
8

Roca Takes Down Queens, Twice

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up with two players all in and the board showing 9J8.

Rey Roca: 99 All in
Nestor Hernandez: QQ All in
Young Song: QQ

Roca was able to crack both players pocket queens for now, but he would need to fade a ten which would give both players a straight. The 2 on the turn and 2 on the river were clean for Roca, as he tripled up with his full house, nines full of deuces.

Player Chips Progress
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Young Song
48,000
18,900
18,900
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Nestor Hernandez
42,000
-39,400
-39,400
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Rey Roca
33,500
33,500
33,500

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Cruce Fades Hearts and Doubles Up

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up with a pot brewing between Sarah Cruce and her opponent. The board was showing 392 with 14,100 in the pot.

A player in middle position checked to Cruce on the button, and she bet out 10,000. Then her opponent raised her all in for her stack of 37,100, which she quickly called.

Sarah Cruce: QQ All in
Middle Position: J7

Cruce was ahead with her pocket queens, but would need to fade the flush draw of her opponent to stay in the tournament. The board ran out 6 on the turn and 5 on the river, and Cruce's pocket queens held up, to give her the double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Sarah Cruce
91,100
91,100
91,100

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Roca Turns a Straight to Eliminate a Player

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with 3,000 in the pot the board showing 578 and a player all in for 6,500, and Rey Roca calling to put him at risk.

All in Player: 108 All in
Rey Roca: A6

The all in player was ahead with his top pair, but after the board ran out 9 on the turn, and 2 on the river, Roca improved to a straight, to eliminate his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Rey Roca
73,000
39,500
39,500

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Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Chung Makes a Bigger Flush to Knockout Prager

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A player from middle position raised to 2,000, and he was called by Gie Chung on the button. After the small blind folded, Joshua Prager three-bet all in for 19,800. The original raiser folded, and Chung called to put Prager at risk.

Joshua Prager: K5 All in
Gie Chung: AQ

Prager tried to squeeze from the big blind, but Chung had a big hand and called to put him at risk. Once the board ran out J2942 both players made a flush, but Chung had to nut flush to take the pot and eliminate Prager.

Player Chips Progress
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Gie Chung
85,000
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Joshua Prager
Busted

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Bartal Spikes the River to Stay In It

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up with Gabriel Bartal all in for 8,000, and Sarah Cruce calling to put him at risk.

Gabriel Bartal: A3 All in
Sarah Cruce: J10

Cruce had two live cards against the ace high, and after the 2JQ flop Cruce took the lead with her pair of jacks. The 6 on the turn was no help for Bartal, but the A on the river allowed him to double up with his pair of aces.

Player Chips Progress
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Sarah Cruce
85,000
-6,100
-6,100
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Gabriel Bartal
18,300
-33,100
-33,100

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Nguyen Flops the Joint

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Dylan Nguyen raised to 1,600 from the button, and the big blind Marc Spitaleri made the call.

The flop came 10AQ and after Spitaleri checked to Nguyen, he bet out 2,000. Spitaleri then raised to 6,000, which Nguyen called.

The turn brought the K and Spitaleri bet out 8,000, before Nguyen raised all in for the last 22,400 of Spitaleri, which got him ti muck Ax10x face up. Nguyen then showed KxJx for a flopped Broadway Straight as he took in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Dylan Nguyen
68,700
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Marc Spitaleri
22,400
22,400
22,400

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