Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
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Kenneth Johnson raised to 110,000 from middle position and Tyler Kolness defended his big blind bringing the two players heads-up to the flop.
Kolness check-called the 130,000 continuation bet from Johnson and the dealer dropped the on the turn. Kolness checked once again and then quickly folded after Johnson fired out 300,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,100,000
510,000
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510,000 |
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2,300,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Saad Ghanem open-jammed under the gun for 165,000 and action folded to Graham Beynon who called from the big blind.
Saad Ghanem:
Graham Beynon:
Ghanem waited patiently for the time to make a move and woke up with rockets but things took a turn after the flop gave Beynon top two-pair.
The turn left Ghanem drawing to an ace, eight or deuce but the
river made him the first final table casualty.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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|
2,500,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
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Busted |
Taylor Howard was all in preflop for 460,000 from the hijack and Tyler Kolness called from the big blind.
Tyler Kolness:
Taylor Howard:
Howard was dominated and unfortunately for the two-time MSPT Main Event Champion, the runout ended his tournament in eighth place for $12,864.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,800,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
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Busted |
It was a battle of the blinds between Nicholas Smith and Jason Crews with a board showing.
A series of raises saw Crews get his 1,200,000 stack in the middle and Smith snap-called.
Jason Crews:
Nicholas Smith:
Crews was ahead after flopping two-pair and was looking good to score the double until the dealer dropped the on the river, ending his tournament in seventh place for $16,465.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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|
3,100,000
2,275,000
|
2,275,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Joe Osterbauer raised all in for 290,000 from under the gun and Nicholas Smith isolated from the cutoff.
Nicholas Smith:
Joe Osterbauer:
Osterbauer was at risk needing help but nothing came on the flop.
The turn did give Osterbauer life with the nut flush draw but the
river was a brick and he was eliminated in sixth place for $21,096.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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|
3,400,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted |