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2018 World Series of Poker
Ken Kao opened to 44,000 from the hijack and Allan Vrooman called his remaining 42,000 from the cutoff. Jordan Young stuck around from the small blind and the flop fell .
Action checked to Kao who moved all in and Young folded. The remaining two players peeled over their hands, Kao showed for kings up and Vrooman tabled for aces up.
The turn was the and Vrooman now had his opponent drawing dead to the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Allan Vrooman |
175,000
175,000
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175,000 |
The small blind was all in preflop and Jack Duong was in early position and was bounty hunting, moving all in for over 200,000. It folded all the way around and the cards were turned over.
Jack Duong:
All-in player:
The board ran out with the all-in player calling for a seven on the river to make his straight. It didn't come and he was eliminated shortly before the three-table redraw.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jack Duong | 290,000 | |
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Michel Leibgorin shoved all in from the small blind and was snapped off by Spencer Baker in the big blind. The players then turned over their hands with Leibgorin at risk of elimination.
Spencer Baker:
Michel Leibgorin:
The board ran out and Baker's kings held on for the pot, eliminating Leibgorin in the process.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Spencer Baker |
955,000
370,000
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370,000 |
Jake Bazeley open-shipped around 50,000 from early position and Jack Peterson made the call from the small blind. The players then flipped over their hands and Bazeley was at risk.
Jack Peterson:
Jake Bazeley:
The board flop came down and Bazeley moved ahead with his nines. The turn reverted that as the hit the felt and the river was a blank. Bazeley was eliminated and Peterson added another bounty chip to his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jack Peterson | 300,000 | |
Jake Bazeley | Busted |
The following players cashed for $2,497:
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Taejin Uhm | Busted | |
Brandon Petersen | Busted | |
Hendrik Latz | Busted | |
Lachezar Petkov | Busted | |
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Anthony Cicali | Busted | |
David Urban | Busted | |
Karel Kratochvil | Busted | |
Jordan Polk | Busted | |
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Jeff Madsen | Busted | |
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Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Will Berry got his last 60,000 chips in before the flop against Spencer Baker, who had him covered by a wide margin.
Will Berry:
Spencer Baker:
Baker had the preflop edge with the higher pocket pair and Berry needed to improve to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out and Baker made quad jacks to take the pot and collect Berry's bounty chip.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Spencer Baker |
585,000
285,000
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285,000 |
Will Berry | Busted |
It folded to the player in the small blind who moved all in for just under 120,000. Lynn Lowery was in the big blind and snap-called with . His opponent turned over
Lowery celebrated the king in the window of a flop and although there was a minor sweat on the turn giving his opponent a gutshot, the river was the and Lowery sent his opponent to the rail.
Also at his table is former chipleader Jens Thomsen who has lost a chunk of his stack mid-way through Level 23.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lynn Lowery |
970,000
650,000
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650,000 |
Jens Thomsen |
310,000
-420,000
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-420,000 |
The hijack shoved all in for around 110,000 and Pablo Mariz called from the big blind. The players then turned over their hands and his opponent was at risk.
Pablo Mariz:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Mariz's queens held on for the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pablo Mariz |
455,000
144,000
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144,000 |
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