Patrick "pads1161" Leonard is enjoying a purple patch of form, one that has seen the popular British superstar secured back-to-back WCOOP titles. Leonard won the WCOOP #08-H: $5,200 NLHE 8-Max PKO on August 24, and followed that up with victory in the WCOOP-15-H: $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw 7-Max event.
Leonard’s victory came after he navigated his way through a star-studded field of 70 players in the $1,050 buy-in NL 2-7 Single Draw 7-Max tournament.
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois opened with a raise to 3,600,000 and "CrazyLissy" called from the small blind while Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger came along from the big blind.
The flop was and all three players checked.
The turn was . "CrazyLissy" and Loeliger checked before Lefrancois bet 3,093,750. "CrazyLissy" got out of the way and Loeliger called his last 1,523,078. Lefrancois showed for a pair of eights and Loeliger had .
The river was with no jack for Loeliger and the Day 2 chip leader was out of the tournament in eighth place.
"necgaidziai" raised to 3,600,000 from middle position and Stevan "random_chu" Chew three-bet to 8,280,000 from the button. Action folded around and "necgaidziai" shoved for 28,419,821. Chew made the quick call.
"necgaidziai":
Stevan "random_chu" Chew:
The board ran out and the kings held to score the elimination for Chew.
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"necgaidziai" raised from under the gun to 3,200,000 and action folded around to "CrazyLissy" for a call from the big blind.
The flop was and "CrazyLissy" checked. "necgaidziai" bet 1,920,000 and got the check-call.
The turn was and "CrazyLissy" checked again. "necgaidziai" continued for 7,200,000 and "CrazyLissy" made another check-call.
The river was and "CrazyLissy" checked for a third time. "necgaidziai" bet 19,200,000 and "CrazyLissy" tanked for nearly 2 minutes before finally making the call and turning over for the full house. "necgaidziai" showed for the losing flush and "CrazyLissy" jumped up the leaderboard.
Tyler "Juicy_J_93" Jardine shoved from middle position for 7,621,005 and "Rebel FishAK" re-shoved for over 53 million. The rest of the table got out fo the way and Jardine was at risk.
Tyler "Juicy_J_93" Jardine:
"Rebel FishAK":
The board ran out with no spades to help Jardine and he was eliminated from the tournament in ninth place.
Action folded around to "CrazyLissy" in the small blind for an open-shove to 18,225,759. Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger made the call from the big blind.
"CrazyLissy":
Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger:
The board ran out and the aces held for a big early double.
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Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois raised to 2,000,000 from middle position and Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger came along from the big blind.
The flop was and Loeliger checked. Lefrancois bet 1,687,500 and Loeliger made the check-call.
The turn was and Loeliger checked again. Lefrancois cointinued for 10,800,000 and Loeliger made the check-call after using some of the time bank.
The river was and Loeliger checked for a third time. Lefrancois fired 21,420,000 and Loeliger made the call. Lefrancois showed for the rivered straight and Loeliger mucked his cards.