Another two levels have passed and the field has continued to grow for Day 1b of the $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event. Crossing the 200 entry mark, there are 179 players still battling on the felt. The players are taking another 15-minute break and will return to an 8,000 big blind when the action resumes.
With about 70,000 in the middle the turn read K♥J♣3♥7♥ and George-Bogdan Ana checked from the small blind before Hossein Ensan tossed a bet of 39,000 across the line next to act. Anatoly Filatov was in middle position and mucked his hand before Ana check-raised to 102,000. Ensan called.
The 9♣ completed the board on the river and Ana jammed for his last 100,000. Ensan called quickly to see the Q♥10♥ of Ana. He sighed as he rolled his 5♥2♥ onto the table and paid off the bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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474,000 | |
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452,000
452,000
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452,000 |
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32,000
-853,000
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-853,000 |
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Punnat Punsri raised to 18,000 in middle position and was called by Jesse Lonis in the cutoff. They went heads up to a flop of 10♣6♦4♣ and Punsri started with a check. Lonis fired out a bet of 20,000 and Punsri check-raised to 65,000, which Lonis called.
The turn was the 7♦ and Punsri slid out a bet of 100,000. Lonis jammed all in as the bigger stack and Punsri called off his stack of 369,000.
Punnat Punsri: K♣J♣
Jesse Lonis: 6♠6♣
Lonis flopped a set of sixes but was facing Punsri's flush draw with one card to come. The river was the 5♣ and Punsri spiked his flush to double through Lonis.
Just before the hand, Alan Keating also joined the table which includes Nacho Barbero and Matthew Wantman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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900,000
458,000
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458,000 |
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500,000 | |
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470,000
-435,000
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-435,000 |
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Alan Keating has been up to his old tricks by putting pressure on his opponents, often putting all of his chips in the middle preflop. This time, Espen Myrmo found out the hard way when Keating actually woke up with a hand, as all of the chips went into the middle preflop.
Espen Myrmo: 10♠10♣
Alan Keating: Q♥Q♦
Keating had the best of it this time with the better of the two pocket pairs and the A♠J♦7♣K♥2♦ board ran out clean to eliminate Myrmo.
"All in, all in, all in and then pocket queens," Nacho Barbero piped up. "I've seen that before."
"Ya, but usually they're a bit older," Jesse Lonis chimed in, which got a laugh from Keating.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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807,000
307,000
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307,000 |
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Busted |
Jeremy Ausmus opened to 18,000 in the hijack and Sean Winter raised to 68,000 out of the big blind. Ausmus called and they went heads up to a flop of A♣A♦4♦.
Winter continued with a bet of 33,000 and Ausmus called to see the J♥ on the turn. Winter slowed down with a check this time and Ausmus obliged by checking it back.
The Q♠ completed the board and Winter checked once more. Ausmus tossed in a bet of 110,000 but Winter check-raised all in as the bigger stack. Ausmus went into the tank for over two minutes, facing a decision for his last 205,000 chips, but eventually decided to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,300,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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205,000
-56,000
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-56,000 |
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In a heads-up pot on a flop of 9♠K♣8♥, Elie Nakache checked in the big blind and Santhosh Suvarna bet 20,000 in the hijack. Nakache called.
Nakache checked again on the J♥ turn and Suvarna checked back. Nakache then bet 54,000 on the 7♦ river and Suvarna quickly called.
Nakache showed 7♠6♦ for a pair of sevens as Suvarna turned over A♦K♦ to win the pot with a pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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600,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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500,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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Alejandro Lococo opened from middle position and was called by Jianwei Lin in the cutoff and Jordan Glazer in the big blind.
On the 10♦9♠4♦ flop, the action checked to Lin who bet 20,000. Glazer responded with a check-raise to 125,000. Lococo inquired about Glazer's stack size before he slid a stack of green T-100,000 chips forward to put both players at risk. Lin swiftly folded while Glazer snap-called off for around 300,000 effective.
Jordan Glazer: 10♣4♣
Alejandro Lococo: J♦9♦
Glazer was ahead with two pair but Lococo had middle pair and a flush draw. The 6♠ turn was safe for Glazer but the J♣ river gave Lococo a better two pair as Glazer hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,400,000
-16,000
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-16,000 |
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Busted | |
In a heads-up pot on a flop of Q♦5♠A♠, David D'Alessandro bet 60,000 from the cutoff and Fedor Holz raised to 120,000 from the hijack. D'Alessandro called.
D'Alessandro checked on the 6♥ turn and Holz bet 225,000. D'Alessandro check-jammed a stack of around 600,000, and Holz quickly called.
David D'Alessandro: A♣K♦
Fedor Holz: Q♥Q♣
D'Alessandro had top pair top kicker but was drawing stone dead against the German prodigy's set of queens. The K♠ bricked off on the river to mark his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,200,000
590,000
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590,000 |
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Busted | |
Jason Mercier was one of the short stacks at his table and ripped all in for his last 159,000 from the cutoff. Jim Collopy shoved all in for 412,000 on the button, and Jean-Noel Thorel asked for a count of both stacks. Thorel then moved all in for 605,000, and Justin Bonomo quickly got out of the way in the big blind.
Jason Mercier: 5♥5♣
Jim Collopy: A♣K♠
Jean-Noel Thorel: A♠J♣
Mercier was the favorite as the only player with a pair but had plenty of cards to fade. The Q♦4♦2♥ flop was so far so good, and the 7♠ on the turn left it that way. However, the J♠ on the river gave Thorel the only winning option and eliminated both of his opponents.
"Yes!" he exclaimed, banging the table with both of his fists. He looked to Bonomo and shrugged as they laughed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,185,000
710,000
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710,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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In a heads-up pot on a flop of 10♦6♦4♥, Lucas Greenwood bet 50,000 from the big blind and Diego Sanchez raised to 126,000 from the button. Greenwood called.
Both players checked on the 6♥ turn. Greenwood then bet 240,000 on the 7♥ river with just a single chip behind and Sanchez went in the tank before calling. Greenwood showed Q♣10♣ for a pair of tens and it was good to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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700,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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250,000
250,000
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250,000 |
