John Cipriano opened to 100,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 600,000. He then went all in and his opponent called.
John Cipriano: QxQx
Opponent: AxKx
His opponent spiked an ace on the turn and Cipriano would hit the rail in 19th place after a great run.
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William Slovinsky was eliminated in 20th place after his A?2? could not hold against his opponents J?J?.
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Busted |
Action folded all the way to Michael Dorff in the small blind who went all in with pocket nines and was called by the big blind's ace-seven off suit. The big blind would spike an ace on the turn.
Dorff hit the rail in 21st place.
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Andrew Merola was eliminated when he went all in with Kx10x and his opponent called with QxJx and spiked a jack on the river.
He exited in 22nd place after an incredible run.
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Busted |
Jonathan Luchin went all in from middle position for his last three big blinds. It folded to a player in the small blind who called and the cards hit their backs.
Jonathan Luchin: A?3?
Small Blind: 8?8?
The full board ran out 9?K?K?6?Q? and Luchin was eliminated in 23rd place.
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James Hearty Zaragoza was eliminated after his A?9? could not improve against his opponents 4?4?. He hits the rail in 24th place.
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Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
The PokerStars Summer Series continues at Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia. Don’t miss out on the next two events with even larger guaranteed prize pools!
Event #2 runs from August 31-September 3, with a buy-in of $1,100 and a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000!
| Date | Day | Starting Time |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31 | Day 1a | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 1 | Day 1b | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 2 | Day 1c | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 3 | Day 2 | 11:15 a.m. |
Event #3 runs from September 7-10, with a buy-in of $2,200 and a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000!
| Date | Day | Starting Time |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 7 | Day 1a | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 8 | Day 1b | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 9 | Day 1c | 11:15 a.m. |
| Sept. 10 | Day 2 | 11:15 a.m. |
Players are now on a 40-minute Dinner Break and will return at about 6:23 p.m. local time.
Action was opened in early position to 80,000. It folded to Alesandro Jimenes in late position who three-bet to 200,000. Hengzhen Zhang was in the small blind and went all in. The original raiser folded and Jimenes called.
Hengzhen Zhang: K?K?
Alesandro Jimenes: A?A?
The board ran out jack-high and Zhang hits the rail in 25th place.
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