Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
Level: 31
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
Players are going on a short 10-minute break.
Chinchia Hsu raised to 400,000 in middle position and Shyamsundar Challa moved all in from the hijack. The table folded back to Hsu who tossed in his last 50,000.
Chinchia Hsu: K?J?
Shyamsundar Challa: K?Q?
Hsu found himself dominated and received no help on the 10?5?8?3?A? board as he became the first casualty of the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shyamsundar Challa |
2,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Chinchia Hsu | Busted |
Daniel Samson raised to 250,000 in middle position and Gregor Sverko called in the big blind.
Both players checked to the river on a board of 8?7?6?10?8?. Sverko then bet 525,000 and Samson called.
Sverko then turned over Q?8? for trip eights. "You have no idea how lucky you got," Samson said as he mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gregor Sverko |
6,500,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Daniel Samson |
5,700,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gregor Sverko | Croatia | 5,900,000 | 49 |
2 | Eric Siegel | United States | 1,800,000 | 15 |
3 | Chris Johnston | United States | 4,450,000 | 37 |
4 | Victor Paredes | United States | 1,800,000 | 15 |
5 | Daniel Samson | United Kingdom | 6,700,000 | 56 |
6 | Alexandro Tricarico | Belgium | 8,500,000 | 71 |
7 | Chanelle Morimatsu | United States | 4,200,000 | 35 |
8 | Chinchia Hsu | Taiwan | 450,000 | 4 |
9 | Shyamsundar Challa | United States | 2,000,000 | 17 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandro Tricarico | 8,500,000 | |
Daniel Samson |
6,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Gregor Sverko |
5,900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Chris Johnston |
4,450,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Chanelle Morimatsu |
4,200,000
-1,500,000
|
-1,500,000 |
Shyamsundar Challa |
2,000,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |
Eric Siegel |
1,800,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
||
Victor Paredes |
1,800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
Chinchia Hsu |
450,000
-910,000
|
-910,000 |
Colton Blomberg raised to 1,000,000 on the button as action went on Alexandro Tricarico in the big blind. "If it was one higher it would've even be a decision," Tricarico said as he tanked for a minute. He eventually moved all in and Blomberg called for 1,800,000.
Colton Blomberg: A?3?
Alexandro Tricarico: 6?6?
Blomberg needed an ace to stay alive but he missed the K?4?8?4?7? board and was eliminated on the final table bubble.
The remaining nine players are drawing for seats at the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandro Tricarico |
8,500,000
2,500,000
|
2,500,000 |
Colton Blomberg | Busted |
Chris Johnston led out for 250,000 from the big blind on a flop of 8?4?2? and Victor Paredes called in the cutoff.
Johnston bet another 300,000 on the J? turn and Paredes raised to 850,000. Johnston called and the 10? fell on the river.
Johnston then moved all in for 1,400,000 and Paredes quickly folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Johnston |
4,200,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
Victor Paredes |
1,700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
Leon Dejoras open-jammed a stack of around 900,000 and Gregor Sverko called in the small blind to put him at risk.
Leon Dejoras: A?8?
Gregor Sverko: A?A?
Dejoras was in trouble and couldn't pull ahead on the runout of Q?5?8?9?3? despite flopping an eight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gregor Sverko |
5,600,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
Leon Dejoras | Busted |
Chris Johnston moved all in for 1,070,000 under the gun and Victor Paredes called in the cutoff. Jim Paulus then reshoved for 1,700,000 and Paredes called.
Chris Johnston: 9?8?
Jim Paulus: A?K?
Victor Paredes: A?7?
The flop came 7?5?4? to give Paredes the lead with a pair of sevens, while Johnston caught the 8? on the turn to make a pair of eights. The river was the Q? and Paulus ended up third-best as Johnston tripled up, while Paredes took the side pot to send Paulus to the rail in 12th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Johnston |
3,300,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Victor Paredes |
2,000,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
||
Jim Paulus | Busted |
Alexandro Tricarico opened to 240,000 in early position and Quang Vu three-bet jammed a stack of around 2,000,000 behind him. Tricarico called.
Quang Vu: 10?10?
Alexandro Tricarico: J?J?
Vu was pipped and nothing changed on the runout of Q?2?2?3?K? to mark his elimination in 13th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandro Tricarico |
6,000,000
4,350,000
|
4,350,000 |
Quang Vu | Busted | |
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