Nível: 26
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 0
Nível: 26
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 0
Ka Kwan Lau and Robert Mizrachi had tangled in several smaller pots after the two table redraw and Lau came out on top of the latest confrontation.
Both invested 240,000 in a battle of the blinds to see the flop on which Mizrachi checked and folded to a bet of 200,000.
James Chen then chopped with Mizrachi when they both had ace-king on a board of to see Mizrachi drop below three million in chips.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ka Kwan Lau |
3,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
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Robert Mizrachi |
2,900,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
Stephen Chidwick opened to 180,000 and Alex Epstein three-bet to 600,000. Matthew Gonzales tanked and then was all in for 920,000. Chidwick folded and Epstein called.
Alex Epstein:
Matthew Gonzales:
The flop gave Gonzales both straight and flush draws in addition to his aces. The turn was the and the river the as Gonzales doubled up.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alex Epstein |
4,300,000
-1,400,000
|
-1,400,000 |
|
||
Matthew Gonzales |
2,100,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
Alex Epstein raised the button to 200,000 and Ben Tollerene got his stack of 650,000 in from the big blind. Epstein glanced over his shoulder to check the tournament info screen, shrugged and made the call.
Ben Tollerene:
Alex Epstein:
While Tollerene hit top two on the flop, Epstein had picked up the nut flush draw. Sure enough, the followed on the turn and Tollerene was in need of an ace or king. The river was a blank and Epstein scored the second knockout in quick succession.
"I am on team get there," Epstein said in table chat while he raked in the pot. Tollerene was eliminated in 11th place for $92,102 and the field will combine to one table once they have nine players remaining.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alex Epstein |
5,700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
Ben Tollerene | Eliminado |
Veselin Karakitukov was left with under ten big blinds after the last hand and he got it with against the of Alex Epstein.
Epstein flopped a flush draw on . The turn gave Karakitukov straight and flush draws also, but the river completed Epstein's flush and Karakitukov was eliminated.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alex Epstein |
5,000,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
Veselin Karakitukov | Eliminado |
Veselin Karakitukov opened to 180,000 and got called by Alex Epstein. Wasim Korkis was on the button and raised to 800,000. Karakitukov folded and Epstein called.
On a flop Epstein checked, but snap-folded to another pot-sized bet from Korkis.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Wasim Korkis |
4,400,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Alex Epstein |
4,300,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
||
Veselin Karakitukov |
750,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |
James Chen raised first to act to 240,000 and Erik Seidel defended the big blind. On a flop, Seidel checked and Chen continued for 240,000. After some consideration, Seidel announced pot and slid forward a raise to 1,000,000.
Some discussion broke out on the table on how much the check-raise could be, which happened to be 1,200,000, and Chen eventually shrugged and tossed in the chips.
Technically, Seidel was not all in yet but they tabled their cards anyway.
Erik Seidel:
James Chen:
The turn and river were no threat and Seidel doubled his stack of 1,290,000 to put a dent into Chen's steamrolling performance as of lately.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
James Chen |
9,400,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
||
Erik Seidel |
3,060,000
1,160,000
|
1,160,000 |
|
Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind against a raise by Alex Epstein and they checked the flop. Chidwick bet the turn for 240,000 and Epstein called before the river was checked. Chidwick tabled for two pair and won the pot.
Epstein got the chips back soon after when he raised the button to 200,000. Wasim Korkis and Ben Tollerene in the blinds came along and they checked the flop to Epstein, who bet 175,000 and forced two folds.
Tollerene dropped to around 450,000 and then raised the pot twice to build his short stack again.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick |
7,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
Alex Epstein |
4,950,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Wasim Korkis |
3,400,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Ben Tollerene |
675,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Ka Kwan Lau opened to 200,000 and Evan Krentzman three-bet to 680,000 with 40,000 behind. The action was on Matthew Gonzales who stood up and eyed the other table.
"Clock," said James Chen and after a brief back and forth, with Robert Mizrachi pleading Gonzales' case, he was allowed some more time.
"He's usually quick," Mizrachi explained to Chen. Eventually, Gonzales folded and Lau moved all in. Krentzman called.
Ka Kwan Lau:
Evan Krentzman:
Krentzman flopped two pair on the flop. The turn was the and Krentzman clapped his hands together in apparent celebration after the river. He leant forward wiggling his two pair on the table.
However, Lau had made a full house - sixes full of deuces - and Krentzman was eliminated.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ka Kwan Lau |
3,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Evan Krentzman | Eliminado |
Stephen Chidwick opened to 180,000 from under the gun and Anson Tsang called in the next position.
The flop was and Chidwick bet pot or 480,000. Tsang moved all in and Chidwick called.
Stephen Chidwick:
Anson Tsang:
The turn was the and the river the which gave Tsang a flush, but Chidwick a surprise house.
"Jesus Christ," said tablemate Alex Epstein. "Got to have those danglers!"
The start of day chip leader takes home $74,083.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick |
7,600,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
||
Anson Tsang | Eliminado | |
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