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flop, Rishabh Vekaria checked and Bernie Stang shoved all in for about 190,000, which looked to be at least double the pot. Vekaria snap-called with ![]()
for a set and was far in front of ![]()
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turn opened chopping outs for Stang but Vekaria just filled up on the
river.
2020 Aussie Millions
Dingxiang Ong raised to 17,000 from under the gun and was called by Thibaut Klinghammer in the big blind. On a ![]()
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flop, Klinghammer check-called a bet and check-raised from 45,000 to 150,000 when the
appeared on the turn. Ong made the call and Klinghammer jammed the
river for 110,000, Ong snap-called.
Klinghammer tabled ![]()
for the flopped ace-high straight while Ong had ![]()
for a flush.
The fortune of Ong lasted just a few minutes when he got it in for an effective 234,000 in a battle of the blinds with Kan Lin.
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board improved Lin to a pair of sixes to secure the double.
In a battle of the blinds it was Jeremy Pekarek that ended up at risk with the ![]()
and Tomas Ribeiro that put him at risk with the ![]()
out of the small blind.
Ribeiro predicted a flop with all clubs while Pekarek was hoping for the king of hearts. Neither prediction would come true on the ![]()
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flop, and the
turn and
river were clean for Pekarek.
Steve O'Dwyer had 20,000 in front of him on the button, with Manig Loeser having three-bet to 80,000. Big blind Michael Sideridis slid in 200,000. O'Dwyer moved all in covering everyone. Loeser wasted little time before calling off. Sideridis needed over a minute then just laughed and folded.
The two high rollers showed down:
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board sent the pot and the overall chip lead to Loeser.
Nino Ullman opened from middle position and Joel Cohen three-bet all in from the big blind for around 50,000. Ullman called.
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Ullman flopped the nut flush on ![]()
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giving him a commanding lead. The turn was the
and the river the
giving Cohen a full house and keeping him alive in the Main Event.
Matthew Wantman was all-in and at risk against Dingxiang Ong, who had just arrived to his immediate right.
Wantman tabled the ![]()
and Ong was trailing with the ![]()
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flop gave Ong an additional gutshot which he hit on the
turn. But Wantman had the last word as the
river improved him to a flush.
Quan Zhou opened to 18,000 and then four-bet jammed for 243,000 over a three-bet from Jordan Tentori.
Quan Zhou: ![]()
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Zhou was the player at risk and he picked up an ace on the ![]()
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flop. However, the turn
saw Tentori hit his one outer to send Zhou to the rail. The river was the
and Tentori moved back above average.
The next all-in showdown over on table seven did not involve Simen Gulbrandsen much to the surprise of almost everyone and instead it was Randy Lew and Maria Lampropulos that got their chips into the middle. Lampropulos was the player at risk for 162,000 and it was a classic flip.
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board kept the pocket pair in the lead and Lampropulos became the next casualty while Lew moved up to nearly a million and snapped another picture of his growing stack for social media purposes.
Alan Friedmann managed one double after being down to a nub but then got his remaining 69,000 in smashed with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Steven Miller blind versus blind. The ![]()
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left him dead to the river.
Liam Doyle chopped when he was at risk with ace-nine versus ace-nine and he ended up all-in and at risk soon after, again facing the hot-running Simen Gulbrandsen.
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There were chop outs on a board of ![]()
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but Doyle eventually came up short to bow out in 61st place. Gulbrandsen returned from the previous break to a stack of 250,000 and has now knocked out three opponents in fewer than 15 minutes to more than double his stack.