25K Fantasy Draft pick Matthew Wantman has been nursing a middling stack for some time. He opened to 10,000 from the button and was called by the big blind.
The Q♠10♣3♠ flop checked through to the Q♥ turn. Wantman then folded to a bet of 8,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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79,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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With two players seeing a board of 3♣7♣9♠ and about 60,000 in the pot, Alex Orlov moved all in for 16,000 from early position and was called by Loni Hui who had him covered from middle position.
Alex Orlov: A♣Q♠5♦2♣ 
Loni Hui: A♥K♥10♥4♣
The rest of the board ran out 10♣8♥ giving Orlov the nut-flush and nut-low to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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195,000
195,000
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195,000 |
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102,000 | |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Leif Force and James Woods have been sitting next to each other all day and steadily building their stacks. Force got involved once again, limping in from under the gun. Action folded to Woods in the big blind, who checked his option.
Woods led out for 12,000 on the A♥Q♠5♥ flop and forced his opponent out of the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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275,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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200,000
12,000
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12,000 |
PokerNews pocast co-host Mike Holtz opened to 18,000 second to act. Remy Bhend defended his big blind.
The A♠K♠J♦ flop checked through to the 8♦ turn. Bhend bet pot (44,000), and Holtz wasted little time in calling.
The 10♥ completed the board and Bhend slowed down with a check. Holtz quickly checked back.
Bhend had it all with his K♦Q♥J♣10♦, which was good for Broadway. Holtz couldn't match the hand and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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278,000
278,000
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278,000 |
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125,000
-75,000
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-75,000 |
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A player from the hijack opened to 18,000 and Ren Lin defended from the big blind.
Both players checked the 9♣5♣4♥ flop leading to the 2♦ turn. Lin check-called a 25,000 bet from his opponent.
The river was the Q♣ and both players checked once more. Lin tabled A♠7♠4♣2♥ for two pair and a seven-low which was good enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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201,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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Big Stack Pei Li opened to 12,000 from under the gun and the big blind was the only caller.
On the Q♥9♦8♥ flop, the big blind check-called for his last 13,000 after Li put in a stack of T-5,000 chips.
Big Blind: A♣8♠8♣2♠
Pei Li: A♥5♠4♣2♥
The 6♦ turn and 5♥ river saw Li make a flush along with the nut low. The blind had the same eight-six to retain 25% of the pot.
The pot took Li over the 500,000 threshold, a feat that only appears to be matched by Daniel Lowery, who is encroaching on the 600,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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580,000
240,000
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240,000 |
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510,000 | |
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With two players seeing a board of K♦9♣8♦ and about 80,000 in the middle, Maria Ho was all in from early position for about 55,000 and up against a player on the button who covered her.
Maria Ho: A♦9♠5♦4♦
Opponent: A♥6♣K♣K♥
Ho was up against a set of kings but the 2♠ turn gave her a better low for half the pot and the 10♦ river gave her a flush to scoop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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185,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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Sean Troha opened to 13,000 from under the gun, and the player on his direct left called.
Troha fired out bets of 15,000 and 55,000 on the flop and turn, which were both called, to have the final board read 8♦8♣6♣Q♥K♥.
Troha sized up to 120,000 and his opponent quickly let go of his hand to award Troha the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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511,000
425,000
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425,000 |
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Players are now on a 10-minute break. 197 players remain. Play will continue after the break until just 192 players are left at which point all remaining players will advance to Day 2 and be in the money.
