The field keeps shrinking at a rapid pace and among those waiting in the payout line were Irena Macesovic, Neel Murthy, Sonny Franco and Andrew Moreno. Around 550 players currently remain and that number will reduce significantly until it's time for bagging and tagging.
2021 World Series of Poker
Following the jam by a short stack for just 65,000, the small also moved all-in and Chung Ho called with the superior stack in the big blind.
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board kept the short stack in contention while the small blind bowed out against Ho after missing the flush draw.
Nível: 20
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
David Fairclough got his chips in with the ![]()
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. The very same player then three-bet and called the four-bet shove by Michael Zurn for 565,000 total.
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board delivered no upset this time and Zurn doubled.
Kevin Iacofano moved all-in for 205,000 when the action got to him. The player in the cutoff made the call.
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. Iacofano rivered a flush and cracked his opponent's pocket kings to stay alive.
Following an open raise and a shove by a player for 290,000, Matthew Gross called all-in for 265,000. The initial raiser folded the ![]()
face up and was then greeted by the initial jammer's ![]()
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flop but still needed another ace.
The
turn was a brick but the
river came to the rescue for Gross.
Thomas Patzner raised and then called the shove of a short stack for what appeared to be 165,000.
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flop. However, the
turn and
river completed an unlikely flush, and Patzner further chipped up.
Nível: 19
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
There are 730 players remaining going into the break. Dealers are now coloring up the 1,000 chips.