Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kyle Montgomery | 80,000 | |
Pierre Calamusa | 40,000 | |
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James Woods | 20,300 | |
Chance Kornuth | Busted | |
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Keith Hinkle opened to 2,400 from middle position and MSPT Season 12 Player of the Year Kyna England three-bet to 7,700 from late position. Action folded back around to Hinkle, who went into the tank. "Why seventy-seven?" he queried, pondering his options. Eventually with a "Well I need chips", Hinkle moved the remainder of his stack into the middle to put himself at risk.
Keith Hinkle:
Kyna England:
Hinkle was well behind but did have an overcard. The flop brought little help though the turn did give Hinkle a gutshot. "I want a three just for the hell of it", said Hinkle prior to the river. That river was in fact the , giving Hinkle a wheel to survive and in doing so putting a large dent in a bemused England's stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kyna England |
32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
Keith Hinkle |
30,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Rex Clinkscales was heads up on the river with the board showing and facing a bet for his tournament life, having started the hand with around 55,000.
After several minutes, Clinkscales called and his opponent turned over for two pair. Clinkscales, though, had rivered a higher two pair with to double up.
"We've lost four players since I've been here," a tablemate said about the action at this table.
The next hand, there was another all in as Mitch Pettit doubled up a short stack, but he's still sitting behind a comfortable tower of chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mitch Pettitt
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130,000
130,000
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130,000 |
Rex Clinkscales |
115,000
115,000
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115,000 |
A player raised to 1,600 from under the gun and Thomas Diaz three-bet to 3,100 from one seat over. Action folded back around to the initial raiser, who made the call.
The under the gun player checked to Diaz on a flop of who continued for 1,800. Diaz's opponent made the call to send the two players to the turn.
Action was once again checked to Diaz on the turn and far from slowing down, Diaz fired off a bet of 6,000. The under the gun player thought for some time before releasing their hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Thomas Diaz
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32,000 |
Yufei Zhong, already with one WSOP final table in 2022, had Jeremy Wien all in for his last 12,000 and another player all in for 22,000 on a flop of .
Zhong showed for flopped two pair, Wien had , and the other all-in player had for top pair and flush draw.
The turn improved Zhong to a full house and left Wien drawing dead. The river was the and Zhong knocked out both players.
The next hand, Zhong three-bet from the button to 4,500. Greg Margers, in the big blind, initially tried to call the original bet before being informed Zhong had raised. He then tried to move all in.
The dealer told Margers he had already called and had to take back his all-in bet and all three players saw a flop of . Margers this time shoved for his last 8,500, the original raiser folded, and Zhong called with some hesitation.
Margers showed , while Zhong had and didn't improve with the turn and river, to double up Margers.
Margers' son Tavish, a WSOP circuit ring winner, is also in the field today and they made a last-longer bet for Father's Day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Yufei Zhong |
63,000
63,000
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63,000 |
Greg Margers
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29,000
29,000
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29,000 |
Jeremy Wien | Busted | |
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Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Fabrizio Di Santo is sporting a massive stack, and it was thanks to a cooler that sent two players to the rail.
According to Di Santo, he three-bet to 5,000 with and two players called. The flop came and the small blind jammed for 30,000.
The player under the gun called for his last 20,000 and Di Santo snap-called with his set of kings. The two all-in players showed and , having both flopped sets.
Neither could hit the miracle one-outer as Di Santo moved into contention for the chip lead.
On other tables, the tournament has come to an early end for Ryan Laplante, Maria Konnikova, and Michael Perrone.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Fabrizio Di Santo
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145,000
92,000
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92,000 |
Ryan Laplante | Busted | |
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Michael Perrone | Busted | |
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Maria Konnikova | Busted | |
Matt Lanoue opened to 1,200 from late position and was called by Humberto Brenes in the small blind. A player in the big blind then three-bet to 5,200. Lanoue made the call while Brenes folded to send action heads up to the flop.
The big blind player continued for 3,000 on a flop of . Lanoue responded with a raise to 8,000, which was called.
The turn saw the big blind slow down, checking to Lanoue who fired off another bet, this time a much meatier 10,000. The big blind player went into the tank but ultimately emerged having decided to let go of his hand to send a sizable pot Lanoue's way.
Elsewhere at the table, a player who "loves PokerNews" was under the false impression that popular poker pro Doug Polk purchased PokerNews earlier this year. That was in fact an April fool's prank.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matt Lanoue
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
Humberto Brenes |
15,500
15,500
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15,500 |
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Taylor Firebaugh and Frank Funaro saw a flop in a multi-way pot when Firebaugh bet out 700 in early position. Funaro raised to 2,000 and everyone else got of the way before Firebaugh called.
The turn came the and Firebaugh led out again, this time betting 2,500. Funaro took his time before calling as they saw the fall on the river.
Firebaugh put out another 2,500 and this time Funaro let his hand go.
"Everything about that was weird," Funaro said.
"How did you get all those chips," a new tablemate asked Firebaugh following the hand.
"From us," another player at the table responded. "This is a fun table."
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Taylor Firebaugh | 45,000 | |
Frank Funaro | 15,000 | |
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