Level: 6
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Level: 6
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Ivan Luca, who finished 8th yesterday in the �25,750 High Roller, was down to just 12,900. He pushed all in from early position and action folded to big blind Martin Jacobson. The WSOP champion made the call and Luca was at risk.
Ivan Luca:
Martin Jacobson:
The board ran out and Luca doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Jacobson |
80,300
-19,700
|
-19,700 |
Ivan Luca |
29,200
16,300
|
16,300 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Walid Bou Habib |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Mike Watson |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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Connor Drinan |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Parker Talbot |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Paul Tedeschi |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Mark Radoja |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Martin Jacobson |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Nick Petrangelo |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
In a hand that played into the break, Senh Ung and Davidi Kitai got in a raising war that saw them each put in 25,000 and go heads up to a flop.
Ung fired out 25,000 and Kitai pushed in for a little more than three times that. Ung called with the and was in prime position to bust Kitai and his . The turn and river got the job done and Ung climbed up the chip counts on his second bullet today as Kitai hit the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Senh Ung |
260,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Davidi Kitai | Busted | |
|
The first 15-minute break for the 51 remaining players.
In the cutoff, Kevin MacPhee raised to 3,500. Action folded to Demetrio Barreca in the big blind and the Italian made the call.
Barreca check called a bet of 4,000 on and check called another 10,000 on the turn.
The river came the and Barreca checked for the third time. MacPhee casually tossed in 25,000 and Barreca went into the tank. After about 90 seconds, he made the call.
MacPhee showed for not much of anything, Barreca tabled for a mere pair of fours, and took down the sizable pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Demetrio Barreca |
250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Kevin MacPhee |
140,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
Sergey Lebedev is the third player to use his option to reenter. Ben Heath and Sam Chartier have been eliminated, but have not bought back in.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jared Jaffee | 100,000 | |
Sergey Lebedev | 100,000 | |
Pasi Sormunen | 100,000 | |
Davidi Kitai | 100,000 | |
|
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Sam Chartier | Busted | |
Ben Heath | Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Mike McDonald opened to 3,000 under the gun plus one. A few seats behind, Ivan Luca three-bet to 8,000 and when it folded back to McDonald, he four-bet, making it 19,000.
Luca called and they went heads-up to a flop where McDonald led for 12,000. Luca called and they both checked the turn. The river saw another check from McDonald, but Luca pushed all in, putting McDonald to the test for the remainder of his 42,000-chip stack.
McDonald took a minute to think it over, but made the call with just the . Luca showed the and McDonald's two pair were good. giving him the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike McDonald |
150,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Ivan Luca |
86,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |