Nivel: 12
Ciegas: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Nivel: 12
Ciegas: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Pratyush Buddiga opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and Christoph Vogelsang called from the big blind.
The flop came down ![]()
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and both checked to see the
turn where Vogelsang bet 40,000. Buddiga called, the
river completed the board and Vogelsang bet 80,000.
Buddiga called, but mucked when Vogelsang tables ![]()
for a pair of kings.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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115,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
Keith Lehr was under the gun and he opened with an all in raise to 141,000. Action folded over to Talal Shakerchi who flatted from middle position. The rest of the table folded and the hands were exposed.
Lehr: ![]()
Shakerchi: ![]()
The dealer fanned a ![]()
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flop which kept Shakerchi's sevens out in front. That all changed in a flash, however, after the
rolled off on the turn. Suddenly it was Shakerchi who needed to improve in order to win the hand. He was unable to do so with the
on the river and Lehr secured himself a double up. He now has about 295,000 while Shakerchi has dropped to 740,000.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
740,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
295,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Jason Mercier shoved from under the gun for 165,000 and Sam Greenwood called from the hijack.
Mercier: ![]()
Greenwood: ![]()
The board ran out ![]()
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, giving Mercier aces and threes to double up.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
710,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
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|
|
352,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
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Christoph Vogelsang opened to 24,000 from early position only to have Olivier Busquet three-bet all in from the next seat over for 252,000. Action folded over to Bryn Kenney who thought for a brief moment before moving all in over the top. The remaining players quickly folded back to Vogelsang who opted to kick his cards into the middle as well.
Kenney: ![]()
Busquet: ![]()
The flop fell ![]()
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, keeping Kenney's ladies in the lead. Busquet picked up outs to make a wheel with the
on fourth street, but ultimately was eliminated from play after the
completed the board. With this pick up, Kenney's stack has escalated to about 1.28 million.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,280,000
241,000
|
241,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
During the first day of the PCA $100,000 Super High Roller, we saw Mike McDonald attempt to do 350 push-ups to win a bet against Bill Perkins. We got the full story for you right here, as McDonald managed to fall just 27 short.
David Peters raised from early position and Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind.
The flop fell ![]()
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and Negreanu checked to Peters who continued for 20,000. Negreanu check-raised all in for about 115,000 and Peters called immediately with ![]()
. Negreanu trailed with ![]()
and failed to improve as the
turn and
river locked up the pot for Peters.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,015,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
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Eliminado | |
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200 hours of television footage, 200,000 hands...behind the numbers of the PCA with the PokerStars Blog.
Sorel Mizzi was all in and at risk before the flop against Noah Schwartz. The two tabled their hands to reveal that they were flipping for Mizzi's tournament life.
Mizzi: ![]()
Schwartz: ![]()
The flop came down ![]()
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, pairing Schwartz's queen and giving him the lead in the hand. The
rolled off on the turn, meaning that Mizzi needed to catch one of the two remaining nines in order to stay alive. The deck was on Mizzi's side, though, as the
drilled the river to give him a winning set of nines. Mizzi took down the pot and now has about 295,000 to his name. Schwartz, on the other hand, has dropped to 125,000.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
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125,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
Nivel: 11
Ciegas: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000