Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Gregor Sverko raised to 120,000 in the cutoff, Chris Vickrey three-bet to 400,000 in the big blind, and Sverko moved all in. Vickrey snap-called for 800,000.
Chris Vickrey: A?A?
Gregor Sverko: 10?10?
Vickrey showed a pair of aces and was poised for a double up, but the flop brought 10?J?4? to give Sverko a set. The rest of the board was K?Q? and Vickrey was sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gregor Sverko | 3,900,000 | |
Chris Vickrey | Busted |
Brian Battistone was all in against Raimondo Marcello.
Brian Battistone: Q?J?
Raimondo Marcello: 4?4?
The flop landed 8?Q?4? to crush Battistone as the board finished out 10?A?.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Raimondo Marcello |
1,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Brian Battistone | Busted |
Ori Hasson was all in against Gregor Sverko to his right.
Ori Hasson: A?9?
Gregor Sverko: 7x7x
Hasson couldn't win the flip as the board ran out 6?10?5?Q?10? to mark his elimination.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gregor Sverko |
3,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
Ori Hasson | Busted | |
|
Joshua Bergman put in his last 120,000 from the button as Carol Harmon had him at risk in the hijack.
Joshua Bergman: K?Q?
Carol Harmon: A?A?
The board ran out 7?2?3?7?9? and Harmon's aces earned her the pot and sent Bergman to the rail.
At another table, Alessandro Orefice was all in for 500,000 from the button and up against Chanelle Morimatsu in the small blind and Shyamsundar Challa in middle position.
The flop came 10?8?5? and Challa moved all in. Morimatsu folded to leave him heads-up with Orefice.
Alessandro Orefice: K?Q?
Shyamsundar Challa: 9?9?
Challa's nines stayed in the lead through the 6? turn and 5? river and Orefice was eliminated in 22nd place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shyamsundar Challa |
3,500,000
3,150,000
|
3,150,000 |
Chanelle Morimatsu |
3,300,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Carol Harmon |
1,600,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Joshua Bergman | Busted | |
|
||
Alessandro Orefice | Busted |
In a heads-up pot on a board of 6?J?2?, Shane Hall bet 100,000 and Leon Dejoras called. Hall then moved all in for around 800,000 on the 10? turn and was met with a snap-call from Dejoras, who had him covered.
Shane Hall: A?A?
Leon Dejoras: J?J?
Hall's aces had been outflopped and nothing changed on the 3? river to send him to the rail in 24th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Leon Dejoras |
1,800,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Shane Hall | Busted |
Ryan Wolfson moved all in for 550,000 in the hijack, Raimondo Marcello shoved in the cutoff, and Joshua Bergman called in the big blind.
Ryan Wolfson: K?10?
Raimondo Marcello: K?10?
Joshua Bergman: J?J?
Bergman was ahead with his jacks, but the K?Q?7? flop gave both Wolfson and Marcello a pair of kings. The rest of the board ran out 2?7? and Wolfson and Marcello chopped the pot.
At the same time on another table, Chanelle Morimatsu and Alessandro Orefice built a pot of around 800,000 as they went to the turn on a board of J?6?A?4?.
Both players then checked to the 9? river where Orefice bet 700,000. Morimatsu called and Orefice showed Q?10?. Morimatsu had J?9? for two pair as she took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chanelle Morimatsu |
3,800,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Ryan Wolfson |
1,200,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Raimondo Marcello |
1,200,000
1,120,000
|
1,120,000 |
Alessandro Orefice |
500,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
Joshua Bergman |
120,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
|
Charles Honkonen moved all in from the small blind and Chinchia Hsu called for 600,000.
Chinchia Hsu: A?5?
Charles Honkonen: Q?10?
Neither player connected with the 6?4?2?8?K? board and Hsu took the pot with his ace-kicker to double up.
Honkonen was left with around 120,000 and was eliminated shortly afterward.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chinchia Hsu |
1,200,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
Charles Honkonen |
120,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
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Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000