The remaining players were just sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
The remaining players were just sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Shahar Levi, chipleader at the beginning of the day, just lost the majority of his stack in a few hands against Mark Liedtke.
On the last hand, Liedtke opened in the cutoff to 15,000 and Levi made the call. The flop came ![]()
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and Liedtke check-called a bet from Levi for 27,000. The same action happened on the turn
, this time for 38,000.
The river fell a
and both players checked. Liedtke tabled ![]()
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for two pair and Levi sent his cards into the muck.
On a three-way pot, the flop showed ![]()
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when Dimitri Holdeew in the small blind, Brock Parker in the big blind and Nikolai Sears on the button checked.
The turn was the
and went check as well. The
fell on the river and Holdeew bet 20,000, called by Sears who showed ![]()
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. Holdeew mucked his cards.
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flop was already on the board and Scott Castelluccio put his last chips in the middle against Frederic Normand. Normand was behind with ![]()
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against the ![]()
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of Castelluccio.
The turn was the
and Castelluccio was calling for low cards but the river was the
and Normand won the pot with just a pair of queens.
Right after the bubble had burst, Jean-Marc Thomas was all in for his last 51,000, holding ![]()
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, and was facing Julien Sitbon with a better hand, ![]()
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The board fell ![]()
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, improving Sitbon's hand into a full house and Thomas made his way to the cashier.
Barny Boatman limped under the gun when they were on the money bubble and action folded to small blind Mike Matusow. Matusow raised to 24,000 and Boatman was up when Kenny Hallaert folded. Boatman ended up calling after he thought about it for a while.
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flop was dealt and Matusow pushed all in. Boatman almost beat him into the pot. They had to wait until all other hands had completed before they continued.
Matusow then opened up ![]()
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and he had Boatman's ![]()
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crushed.
The dealer dealt an
turn and the
river to end Boatman his tournament on the bubble. The other players are guaranteed to win at least $2,248.
With 184 players remaining, the tournament is now being played hand-for-hand. The next player to bust will be out of the tournament on the bubble.
Mike Matusow opened to 11,500 and after some thoughts, Kenny Hallaert three-bet to 42,000. It folded back to Matusow who called.
Things heated on the flop ![]()
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. Matusow tossed a pile of 5,000 chips in front of him, putting Hallaert at risk for his last 22,500 and the latter snap-called.
Kenny Hallaert: ![]()
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Mike Matusow: ![]()
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The rest of the board fell
and
and Halalert's pair of aces held to give him the double up.