Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Siriwan Sukmekerd was at risk for 14,700 and both hands were already face up.
Siriwan Sukmekerd:
Opponent:
Sukmederd was looking to dodge the overcard of her opponent as the flop came , giving her an open-ended straight draw to go with the jacks.
The hit the turn and the landed on the river, improving Sukmekerd to a flush as she collected the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Siriwan Sukmekerd | 33,000 |
The hijack raised to 3,000 and Blair Hinkle jammed for 15,500 from the small blind. The big blind quickly folded and the hijack made the call.
Blair Hinkle:
Hijack:
Hinkle was a slight underdog but the run out gave him a pair of kings to double through his opponent.
"That's a tough one to get," joked Hinkle as he pointed at his bounty chip.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Blair Hinkle | 34,000 | |
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Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Yifei Yang raised to 2,700 in the hijack and only the button made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of and Yang continued for 2,500. The button made the call.
The paired the board on the turn and Yang checked to the button that jammed for roughly 14,000. Yang snap-called and both hands were tabled.
Yifei Yang:
Button:
Yang had turned trip queens and the fell on the river completing the board as Yang collected his second bounty chip of the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Yifei Yang | 112,000 | |
Drew Gonzalez |
42,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
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Michael Perrone |
9,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
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Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rania Nasreddine |
78,000
35,400
|
35,400 |
Melanie Weisner | 68,200 | |
Rhett Stensrud
|
47,000
27,600
|
27,600 |
Chris Sims
|
43,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Lexy Gavin | 40,400 | |
|
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Gabriel Ramos |
23,800
1,800
|
1,800 |
Ryan Phan | 21,000 | |
Andrew Cooper |
18,700
-17,300
|
-17,300 |
Kelly Minkin | 18,400 | |
Ryan Depaulo |
17,200
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
|
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Michael Perrone | 7,500 | |
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A player in early position raised to 3,300 and Jianming Sun called in the cutoff before the big blind came along as well.
The dealer fanned a flop of and the big blind jammed for 6,700. The preflop raiser folded and Sun made the call.
Big blind:
Jianming Sun:
The big blind flopped an open-ended straight draw and Sun had top pair. The board completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Sun's pair of aces to hold as he collected his opponents' bounty.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jianming Sun
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61,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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