David Tran opened to 36,000 in middle position, Mike Wattel three-bet shoved from the big blind for 218,000 and Tran called.
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, no help to Wattel, locking up the pot for Tran.
David Tran opened to 36,000 in middle position, Mike Wattel three-bet shoved from the big blind for 218,000 and Tran called.
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, no help to Wattel, locking up the pot for Tran.
Curtis Rystadt raised to 35,000 from middle position, Timur Margolin shoved for 290,000 from the small blind and Scott Blackman called all in for 239,000 from the big blind. Rystadt folded, and the cards were revealed.
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The shorter stack was in great shape to double until the ![]()
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flop shot Margolin into the lead with a pair of jacks. Neither the
turn nor the
river saved Blackman and he was eliminated.
From under the gun, Jonathan Aguiar moved all in for 216,000 and Brian Townsend made the call next to act.
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to see Aguiar double through to 474,000 while Townsend slipped to 858,000 in chips.
Dean Baranowski, who was very short yesterday as well, just found himself another double up. Baranowski was just all in for 121,000 chips and he was up against Kyle Bowker.
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and Baranowski fist-pumped as the river hit the felt.
These players earned $44,278 for their Main Event finish. For exact-place finishes, please check the payouts tab.
Picking up with the action on a ![]()
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flop, we found Zach Jiganti moved out a bet of 128,000. Bruno Politano called and the
came down on fourth street. Jiganti waited a moment before moving out 345,000 on fourth street. Politano called once more.
The
hit the felt on the river and Jiganti slowed with a check. Politano quickly rapped the table behind.
"You've got it," said Jiganti showing ![]()
for ace-high.
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for a pair of jacks and took down the pot. He now has about 2.62 million in chips while Jiganti has dropped to three million.