Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Frank Bastow led from under the gun for 800. The hijack raised to 1,800. Nell White, from the button, made the call, as did Bastow. The table went three-handed to the flop, which came out . Action was checked through.
The turn came . Bastow led for 2,200. The hijack and White both called.
The river came . Action was again checked around, at which point White showed his
. Both opponents mucked their hands, giving White the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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82,000 | |
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41,400
-11,100
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-11,100 |
The flop read with 5,500 already in the middle. Frank Bastow checked the heads-up action from late position. The cutoff bet 2,000. Bastow made the call.
The turn came . Both players checked.
The river paired the board. Bastow bet 6,200 and received a quick call from his opponent. Bastow showed his
, giving him a full house. His opponent mucked his hand, and Bastow raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,500
52,500
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52,500 |
Marty Stephens raised a board of from the hijack after his opponent made it 6,000 to go. He pumped it up to 15,000 and got the call.
They were heads up to a river and Stephens sent a green 25,000 chip into the pot. His opponent said ''I think we have the same hand'', and called Stephens bet. He was not right this time and Stephens turned over
for flopped trips.
''Nice hand sir'', his opponent said with perhaps a hint of sarcasm. The man from Oregon moves close to the 100,000 mark after that big pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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92,000
92,000
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92,000 |
The chips were in the middle on a board of . The at-risk big blind tabled
for aces and queens, but Billy Casey rolled over
for trip aces to scoop in a large pot and eliminate his opponent.
Casey immediately took a photo of his stack and shared it with his virtual rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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89,200
89,200
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89,200 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Preflop action landed on Barrie Eget on the button after the hijack and cutoff called the blinds. Eget raised to 1,600. Both blinds folded, but each of the limpers called, coming along to see the flop, which read .
The table checked to Eget who continued, now for 3,200. After a hesitant call from the hijack, the cutoff got out of the way, leading to heads-up action on the turn, which came .
The hijack again checked to Eget, who fired his third and largest barrel yet, pushing 5,300 into the middle. The hijack quickly released his hand, giving Eget the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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57,500
57,500
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57,500 |
Scott Stewart was facing a 15,000 chip bet from the button on a dynamic board of . With already 8,000 in the middle, he chose to call the large bet and showed down his
for Broadway, to which his opponent said ''Nice call'' as they mucked their holding.
PokerNews staff noticed he won a couple of other big pots as the next few hands went Stewart's way. That will have put him among the early chip leaders.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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89,000
89,000
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89,000 |
The under-the-gun player led out for 600 and the player to his left called. Action folded to Roger Diaz in the cutoff, who also called. The button and big blind flatted as well, making it five players to the flop, which came .
A continuation bet from the under-the-gun player came in to the tune of 1,100. His immediate left again called, bringing action back to Diaz. After a moment, he tossed in a red 5,000 chip and announced his raise to 4,500. This barrel was too large for the rest of the table, as all four players quickly folded, giving Diaz a nice early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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53,000
53,000
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53,000 |
With the completed board reading , Steve Burke bet 8,000 from the button. The big blind mulled his decision before finding a call. Burke turned over
for trips and the big blind quickly mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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71,800
71,800
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71,800 |