2018 WSOP International Circuit The Star Sydney
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Blake Lockwood had committed his chips preflop and was all in and at risk against Belgium's Xavier Mangano.
Xavier Mangano: ![]()
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Blake Lockwood: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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improving Mangano to a set and giving Lockwood a flush draw.
"Come on spade," cheered James Broom, who was hoping his mate could survive in the tournament.
Unfortunately the
on the turn gave Mangano and unbeatable full house resulting in the demise to Lockwood.
The
completed the board and Mangano raked in the pot to see him cruising early in proceedings.
Luis Pampliega raised to 650 from under the gun and was called by the players in middle position, the cutoff as well as Ben Richardson in the big blind.
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flop before the
dropped on the turn.
Richardson led out for 2,000. Pampliega raised to 5,100. The two other players snap-mucked. Richardson called.
The
completed the board and Richardson checked. Pampliega bet 3,500. Richardson then raised to 14,775 leaving 5,000 behind. Pampliega went into the tank for several minutes as he stared at the board. He eventually started talking to himself and shaking his head before he finally opted to muck.
Zhi Ma limped in under the gun for 300 and Luke Norval was next to act. He made it 1,300. He was called by the button as well as the small blind and big blind. Ma called as well creating five way action.
The flop was ![]()
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and action checked to Norval. He put out a bet of 3,650. Action folded back to Ma who called.
On the
turn, Ma checked. Norval bet again, making it 5,500. Ma called once more to see the river.
On the
river, Ma checked. Norval checked it back and Norval showed his ![]()
for a broadway straight. Ma mucked his hand.
"Very lucky," Ma said after the hand.
After taking down the pot, Norval moved to around 80,000 chips.
Luke Norval raised to 600 from middle position before the action folded to Akshay Kapoor in the big blind. He moved all in for around 8,000 in chips. Norval pondered for a minute before releasing his hand to the muck.
"This will be a great comeback," Kapoor said, before stacking up his chips.
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Dan Smith checked from under the gun as did the player in middle position. The next player across bet 4,000. Smith called. The other player folded.
Both player checked the
on the turn before the
completed the board.
Smith checked before his opponent moved all in which had Smith covered.
Smith deliberated for a moment before deciding to hold onto his stack of 13,500 in chips.
Jack Efaraimo raised to 700 from middle position and was called by John Thomson in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Thomson checked. Efaraimo continued for 650. Thomson thought for a second and mucked his hand.
After preflop action, Johnathan Hargrave faced off against Michael Fraser for a pot worth about 3,000.
The flop is ![]()
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and Hargrave checked from the small blind. Fraser checked back from middle position.
On the
turn, Hargrave put out a bet of 1,100. Fraser called.
The river was the
and Hargrave made another bet, this time for 2,600. Fraser thought it over for a bit, then folded his hand, allowing Hargrave to take down the pot and chip up to about 18,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25