Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
From early position, Niall Farrell shoved all but 10,000 of his stack in the middle.
From the cutoff, Jason Koon re-shoved his larger stack in the middle, which quickly folded out everyone and the action was back on Farrell who tossed in his remaining 10,000 for a total of 66,000.
Farrell held the against Koon's as everyone at the table confirmed that they did not fold a queen.
The board would be queenless as well as it ran out to keep Farrell alive and put Koon on fumes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Niall Farrell |
132,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
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Jason Koon |
25,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
With the action slowing due to hand for hand bubble play, Christopher Frank shoved his short stack of 43,000 from middle position. He got a call from Shannon Shorr who was under the gun.
After every other hand in the room finished, all attention turned to one table. Several players pulled out their phones to record the moment, most of them hoping for a bust.
They would need help though as Frank's were far ahead of the of Shorr.
The board ran out clean for the Frank as it came and he avoided the fate of being bubble boy for now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shannon Shorr |
320,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
||
Christopher Frank |
87,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
Shannon Shorr raised to 11,000 from early position and was called by Jai Singh in mid-position and Ben Heath in the big blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Heath check-folded when Shorr bet 13,000 and Singh called.
The river completed the board with the , Shorr checked for the last time and now Singh bet 25,000. Shorr tanked but called in the end and then mucked when Singh tabled .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shannon Shorr |
405,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
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Jai Singh
|
208,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
On a board that read Giuseppe Pantaleo had bet 30,000 on the river.
Niall Farrell had raised to 95,000 and Pantaleo was deeply considering what to do. He studied the deadly looking board and eventually called.
Farrell showed the which was beaten by Pantaleo's to create a sizable shift in chips at the table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Giuseppe Pantaleo |
280,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
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Niall Farrell |
140,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
Hand-for-hand play has now commenced.
Yang Zhang shoved from early position for 72,500 and so did Matt Berkey in middle position for 96,500. Action folded to Chen Dong in the small blind who called.
Yang Zhang:
Matt Berkey:
Chen Dong:
The board ran out for Zhang to hold and triple up while the remaining 24,000 of Berkey's stack was added to Dong's.
The tournament director instructed the dealer to complete the action on their tables with the bubble arriving now that 61 players are left in the field.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chen Dong |
269,000
-131,000
|
-131,000 |
Yang Zhang |
227,500
104,500
|
104,500 |
|
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Matt Berkey | Busted |
Farid Jattin raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Anthony Alberto shoved on the button for 148,000. Action folded back to Jattin who made the call.
Anthony Alberto:
Farid Jattin:
The board ran out for Alberto to hold with the higher pocket pair and double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anthony Alberto |
408,500
258,500
|
258,500 |
Farid Jattin |
162,000
-108,000
|
-108,000 |
The board read with around 60,000 in the middle.
Jason Koon had checked in the big blind and Marton Czuczor bet 28,000 from the cutoff. Koon contemplated for a while before making the call.
The river completed the board with the , Koon fired a bet of 30,000 over the line and now it was Czuczor's turn to tank. After a while, he opted to call to see Koon table so he could take the pot with for the flopped pair of kings.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marton Czuczor |
358,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Jason Koon |
95,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
Georgios Kitsios moved all in from the small blind and was snap called by Ognjen Sekularac in the big blind.
Sekularac showed what he woke up with the which dominated the of Kitsios.
The board stayed clean for the rockets when it ran out to eliminate Kitsios just a few spots before the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ognjen Sekularac |
295,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Georgios Kitsios | Busted |