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In regards to the man known as "Gags," he has been playing poker professionally for a decade and has amassed more than $2 million in live tournament cashes. That includes a career-best $448,463 for winning the 2016 World Series of Poker Event #25: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, good for his first bracelet. He also finished third in the 2017 WSOP Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed for $210,139.
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According to his website, "before poker he worked in an elementary school, which has given him a great background to become a premier poker instructor. Coaching for more than seven years he has helped more than 50 students from all over the world improve their game. These students have gone on to win multiple championships including the WSOP Main Event. Michael has also worked as a consultant for several major casinos and online poker sites to help them improve their product and better serve their customers."
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In Level 20 with blinds at 800/1,600, "spinach_kale" opened for 4,000 on the button and "StellaParks" three-bet to 8,000 from the big blind, "spinach_kale" called.
The flop came , "StellaParks" lead out and "spinach_kale" raised all in for 57,400, "StellaParks" called.
"spinach_kale":
"StellaParks":
"StellaParks" was ahead with their pair of aces but "spinach_kale" still had outs to win the hand.
Unfortunately for "spinach_kale", the turn and the river weren't the cards they wanted to see ending their tournament run,,.
The add-on period has closed and the final numbers have become official. The guaranteed prize pool of $10,000 will be paid out to the top six finishers, with the winner taking home $4,000.
In the last Level before registration closes with blinds at 600/1,200, there are 24 players remaining out of the 46 entries and "KNIEM7" holds the top stack with 193,345 in chips.
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In Level 16 with blinds at 400/800, "Flawlessbinkage" opened under the gun for 1,600 and was called by "DylDyl" from the cutoff along with "SuppppaStar" from the big blind.
The board was checked down to the river where "SuppppaStar" took down the pot after they lead out for 3,200.
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