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Deeb KO’s Ajayi to continue chip leading dominance

Blinds are 1000 and 1500 with a 1500 ante as action folds to Shaun Deeb on the button. Sitting on a big stack, Deeb opens to 3000. In the small blind Adedapo Ajayi responds by moving all in for 20000 total. The big blind releases and Deeb calls instantly, creating a pot of 23000 before the flop with both players now committed for Ajayi’s tournament life.

Deeb reveals 8♥7♠ while Ajayi tables A♠4♥. Ajayi holds the superior ace high hand preflop as the dealer spreads the flop 8♣6♣2♣. Deeb pairs his eight and moves into the lead while the monotone texture offers back door straight potential but no made draw for Ajayi.

The turn comes 6♥ which pairs the board and strengthens Deeb’s position as his two pair now plays against Ajayi’s ace high. With no further chips to wager the river card is delivered cleanly. The 3♠ completes the runout and offers no improvement to Ajayi.

Deeb’s pair of eights holds to eliminate Ajayi and the pot pushes his stack upward to 250000 as the next hand is prepared.

Player
Current Stack
Stack Change
Shaun Deeb
250,000
22,000
Adedapo Ajayi
0
-20,000
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Lonis Wins a Big One

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Jess Lonis

Four players move all in before the flop with a massive pot at stake. Jesse Lonis tables A♣Q♦. Guy Laliberte reveals 9♣2♣. Luis Rizental shows K♥T♥. Jennifer Tilly turns over A♠8♦. The pot is already towering as the dealer fans the flop. It comes Q♥7♠4♦, giving Lonis top pair top kicker and pushing him firmly into the lead. The board texture offers no flush draws and only back door straight possibilities for the others.

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Jennifer Tilly

Action is frozen with all players already committed as the turn card falls J♣. It brings a gutshot possibility for Rizental but no made hand improves. Lonis remains ahead with his pair of queens. Tilly holds ace high with a weaker kicker while Laliberte’s suited connectors have fully missed.

The river brings the final card 3♥. No player improves and Lonis’s A♣Q♦ stands strong. His pair of queens with top kicker secures the entire multiway pot. Chips are pushed his way as he surges into the lead. Tilly, failing to connect with the board, remarks that this will be her last rebuy before the next hand is dealt.

 

Player
Current Stack
Stack Change
Jesse Lonis
100,000
60,000
Guy Laliberte
0
-20,000
Luiz Rizental
0
-20,000
Jennifer Tilly
0
-20,000
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Jon Orlando Wins One Early

3coin one drop charity poker resorts worldBlinds are 100 /200 when Mr. 3 coin himself, Randy Sadler, opens to 400 from early position. Derek Adamian in the cutoff calls, James Rice completes from the small blind, and Jon Orlando defends the big blind. Four players take a flop of 4♠ A♣ 6♥. Rice checks and Orlando leads for 600. Sadler folds and Adamian makes the only call, sending the hand heads up to the turn.

The turn is the 8♦. Orlando slows down with a check. Adamian takes over the betting lead and fires 1000. Orlando thinks briefly and calls. The river is the J♣ and once again Orlando checks. Adamian places a final wager of 3000 into the middle. Orlando considers the situation only briefly before making the call.

Adamian tables 5♦5♠ for a small pocket pair that remained unimproved. Orlando reveals J♠7♠ for top pair on the river and wins the pot.

Player
Current Stack
Stack Change
Jon Orlando
28,000
5,800
Derek Adamian
18,000
-5,000
Mixed Game Festival, Mixed Game Festival XII

Kento Watanabe Wins the Mixed Game Festival O/E Tournament

In the final hand of the Omaha Eight or Better tournament, Kento Watanabe began on the button with 320,000 in chips and the blinds at 5000 and 10000. Joseph Hallock, crippled after a run of bad rivers, defended the big blind when Watanabe opened the action with a raise, calling all in for his last 10,000.

The cards were tabled immediately. Hallock revealed 3♦ K♦ 9♠ J♣, giving him a high-only hand with a suited king. Watanabe showed 5♦ J♦ Q♦ 7♥. Even against strong high-only hands, a hand with low possibilities is in good shape. Hallock’s hand would not be considered strong. Watanabe had to feel confident.

The flop was 4♠ 2♣ K♣ giving Hallock top pair with his K♦, but also gave Watanabe a low draw that would give a split if it hit. The turn came with a 7♣ that paired Watanabe’s seven and gave him some outs for high to go with his low draw. The river delivered the decisive Q♠, giving Watanabe two pair queens and sevens and the tournament victory.

Watanabe earned $1,862 for his win, Hallock collected $1,150, and Awad Hani finished in third place for $988.

Player
Current Stack
Stack Change
Kento Watanabe
324,000
20,000
Joseph Hallock
0
-20,000
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Joseph Hallock In Trouble

Though he played strongly throughout the tournament and entered heads-up play with the chip lead, Joseph Hallock is in trouble in his heads up battle against Kento Watanabe. He had just stacked up a little after three-betting Watanabe off of an O8 flop. But then he took several O8 hands to the river where he was forced to fold, probably because there was no low possible. Watanabe now outstacks him by nearly 10-1 and the end might be in sight.

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The Bubble Bursts

With blinds at 1500 and 2500 on the final table bubble of the Omaha8/Stud8 event, we saw a blind on blind confrontation. Fumihiro Yasishima was extremely short, holding only 1500 behind after posting his big blind. Joseph Santagata, in the small blind with a healthier stack, chose to limp. Yasishima checked his option, and the two saw the flop heads up.

The dealer spread 4♥ 2♠ J♣, and Santagata led out. Yasishima called all in for his remaining 1500, putting his tournament life at risk. The cards were revealed: Yasishima showed 2♥ 4♣ 8♠ 9♦ for bottom two pair and some backdoor low potential, while Santagata tabled K♠ Q♠ J♥ 6♥, pairing his jack on the flop.

The turn brought the 3♦, failing to improve Santagata while giving Yasishima a draw at the low. There were a lot of cards that could fall to allow him to remain in the tournament, but the river came the J♠, pairing the board and giving Santagata trips. With no qualifying low and only two low pair for the high, Yasishima was eliminated and the remaining players advanced to the final table.

Player
Current Stack
Stack Change
Joseph Santagata
24,000
5,500
Fumihiro Yasishima
0
-4,000
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We Are On the Final Table Bubble

With ten players left and a nine-handed final table, we are one player away from the final table. Unfortunately for those who make the final table, with this small field only the top three get paid. Even at the final table, there is a lot of work yet to be done.

The players are playing five-handed at two tables, meaning the blinds are coming around fast in the O8 rounds. And with less people, even in the stud rounds the likelihood of getting the bring-in a few times in a row goes up. With stacks dwindling fast, it won’t be long till someone is forced to make a stand — possibly their last of the day.

We’re watching the two tables closely to make sure we get the final table bubble hand on video. We will post it when it happens.

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