With blinds at 600/1,200 (150 ante), David "Chinoloco" Lu opened for 2,750 from the hijack and Calvin "projector52" Anderson three-bet jammed for 26,025 from the small blind, Lu called.
David "Chinoloco" Lu: 
Calvin "projector52" Anderson: 
Anderson was ahead and nothing changed after the 
runout securing his double-up.
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With blinds at 500/1.000 (125) ante, Alexandre "Apalexpex" Moreira opened under the gun for 2,812 and "S_Dot_BBH" three-bet to 4,624 from middle position. Action folded around to Ray "marriedAmilf" Medin who called from the small blind and Moreira came along as well.
The flop came 
and action was checked to "S_Dot_BBH" who moved all in for 62,404. Medin folded while Moreira called for less holding 26,025.
"S_Dot_BBH": 
Alexandre "Apalexpex" Moreira: 
Moreira made the correct call but the board finished with running nines 
to counterfeit his pocket aces, eliminating him from the tournament.
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At the beginning of the month, Iowa’s Matthew “Michmeister” Mich had just $3,344 in live tournament earnings, nearly half of which came from two small WSOP cashes, one in 2018 and the other in 2019.
What those paltry numbers don’t reveal is his experience and success online, which has been on display here in the 2020 WSOP online bracelet events as he’s cashed in all three events thus far. It started when he took 19th in Event #1: $500 NLH Kickoff, and on Thursday he final tabled Event #2: $1,000 NLH 8-Handed Deepstack for $15,628. In Event #3: $400 NLH, he placed 298th for a $602.20 min-cash.
Mich, a former poker dealer, traveled to Las Vegas with Taylor Howard, a Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) champ who finished in 26th place in the aforementioned kickoff event.
“He was only planning on being out here a couple weeks, but now I think he might stay with me and chase the leaderboard,” Howard said of his friend.
Mich, one of the breakout performers of the online series thus far, is in action today looking to go four for four.
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With blinds at 300/600 (75 ante), action folded around to Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth who limped in from the small blind and David "Chinoloco" Lu raised all in for 29,850 from the big blind. Hellmuth snap-called and the two players tabled their hands.
David "Chinoloco" Lu: 
Phil "Lumestackin" Hellmuth: 
Hellmuth got sneaky with aces and it paid off as the board ran out 
to secure his double-up.
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With blinds at 180/360 (40) ante, "Innate9" opened for 788 from late position and found three callers that saw a 
flop.
Action was checked to "johnurpsis12" who fired out 2,880 from the big blind and "Innate9" called along with Mike "mouth123" Matusow from the cutoff and Philip "Chairman99" Tom from the small blind.
The 
appeared on the turn and Philip "Chairman99" Tom lead out for 7,496. "johnurpsis12" called, as did "Innate9" and Matusow raised all in for 22,572. Tom came over the top for 94,409 and "johnurpsis12" called for less holding 49,112 while "Innate9" folded.
"johnurpsis12":
Philip "Chairman99" Tom: 
Mike "mouth123" Matusow: 
Matusow held the worst hand until the board paired with the 
on the river to secure him the massive pot.
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The short-stacked Owais "Oerockets" Ahmed, who won the 2011 WSOP Event #47: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better for $255,959 and a bracelet, moved all in for 3,158 from the lojack and Nabyl "Nabyl89" Simmons isolated with a three-bet to 10,374 from the cutoff. The rest of the players folded and the hands were turned up.
Owais "Oerockets" Ahmed:
Nabyl "Nabyl89" Simmons: 
The flop didn't do Ahmed any favors, but the 
turn did give him an up-and-down straight draw. Unfortunately for him, the 
river was a brick and he watched the pot pushed to Simmons.
Ahmed opted to rebuy straight away and reloaded to the 30,000 starting stack.
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