Another two tables worth...
Another two tables worth...
Two tables worth...
Bryn Kenney opened from under the gun, Greg Jensen called on the button, and the dealer fanned ![]()
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. Kenney checked, Jensen tossed out 10,000, and Kenney check-raised all in for around 43,000. Jensen snap-called.
Jensen: ![]()
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Kenney: ![]()
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Jensen flopped the nuts, and held as the turn and river came
,
respectively. Kenney is eliminated, while Jensen moves close to the chip lead.
The players are now on another 15-minute break.
Sam Stein opened to 4,500, Vanessa Selbst called in position, and the flop fell ![]()
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. Stein led out for 5,700, and Selbst called.
The turn was the
, Stein led again - this time for 12,700 - and Selbst called.
The
completed the board, and Stein fired one last bullet worth 20,000. Selbst called, and Stein started to muck his hand.
Selbst tabled ![]()
, and Stein tossed his hand into the muck.
Daniel Alaei and Scott Seiver took a flop of ![]()
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. Alaei checked, Seiver fired 27,000, and Alaei called.
The turn was the
, Alaei checked again, and Seiver tossed out 47,000. Alaei again called.
The
completed the board, both players checked, and Alaei showed ![]()
for two pair. Seiver mucked.
As the field increases, we'll continue to provide an updated table and seat draw. Among those to take their seats recently are Nick Schulman and JC Alvarado
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur |
| 1 | 2 | Tobias Reinkemeier |
| 1 | 3 | Brandon Steven |
| 1 | 4 | Dan Shak |
| 1 | 5 | Sam Stein |
| 1 | 6 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier |
| 1 | 7 | Vladimir Troyanovsky |
| 1 | 8 | Vanessa Selbst |
| 2 | 1 | Tom Marchese |
| 2 | 2 | --empty-- |
| 2 | 3 | David Sands |
| 2 | 4 | Erik Seidel |
| 2 | 5 | Paul Newey |
| 2 | 6 | Andrew Lichtenberger |
| 2 | 7 | Jason Mercier |
| 2 | 8 | Jeff Gross |
| 3 | 1 | Nick Schulman |
| 3 | 2 | --empty-- |
| 3 | 3 | Eugene Katchalov |
| 3 | 4 | Jonathan Duhamel |
| 3 | 5 | Greg Jensen |
| 3 | 6 | Fabian Quoss |
| 3 | 7 | Ashton Griffin |
| 3 | 8 | Bryn Kenney |
| 4 | 1 | Cary Katz |
| 4 | 2 | Mike McDonald |
| 4 | 3 | --empty-- |
| 4 | 4 | Timothy Adams |
| 4 | 5 | Anthony Gregg |
| 4 | 6 | JC Alvarado |
| 4 | 7 | Jason Somerville |
| 4 | 8 | Bill Perkins |
| Feature | 1 | Steve O'Dwyer |
| Feature | 2 | Antonio Esfandiari |
| Feature | 3 | Phil Ivey |
| Feature | 4 | Mike Watson |
| Feature | 5 | --empty-- |
| Feature | 6 | Philipp Gruissem |
| Feature | 7 | David Benefield |
| Feature | 8 | Isaac Haxton |
| 6 | 1 | Tom Dwan |
| 6 | 2 | Olivier Busquet |
| 6 | 3 | --empty-- |
| 6 | 4 | Daniel Negreanu |
| 6 | 5 | Daniel Alaei |
| 6 | 6 | Scott Seiver |
| 6 | 7 | Justin Bonomo |
| 6 | 8 | Noah Schwartz |
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Tom Marchese opened for 4,800 from the cutoff and Paul Newey defended from the big blind. The ![]()
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flop saw the latter check-call a bet of 5,500, and then the dealer burned and turned the
. Newey checked once again, but this time he folded when Marchese bet 16,500.
The hand wasn't anything special, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on their stacks.
We're not sure of the preflop action, but we do know that Jason Koon got his last 52,000 all in with ![]()
only to run into the ![]()
of Mike "Timex" McDonald. The ![]()
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flop strengthened McDonald's hand and left Koon in need of running straight cards, but it was not meant to be as the
appeared on the turn followed by the
on the river.