Level: 13
Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000/6,000, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2.000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion 6,000-12,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 3,000 Ante, 1,500/3,000 Blinds
Level: 13
Limit Flop/Draw: 3,000/6,000, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,500 Ante, 2.000 Bring-In, 6,000 Completion 6,000-12,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 3,000 Ante, 1,500/3,000 Blinds
Stud Hi-Lo
Ivo Bartoletti: XxXx/3?9? - folded fourth street
Tobias Hausen: XxXx/J?Q?7?5?/Xx
Benjamin Pollak: XxXx/A?2?10?8?/Xx
Ivo Bartoletti brought in and Tobias Hausen called. Benjamin Pollak then completed and got both Bartoletti and Hausen with him to fourth street,
Pollak tossed in a bet, which got Bartoletti out of the way. Hausen called, after which Pollak checked fifth street. Hausen took the opportunity to bet and Pollak called.
Pollak also check-called sixth street before leading on seventh street. Hausen sighed and called, but mucked his cards when Pollak tabled 10?4?2? for tens and twos.
Ivo Bartoletti: XxXx/3? - folded third street
Dongwoo Ko: A?8?/4?7?7?4?/2?
Tobias Hausen: K?4?/A?6?7?10?/10?
Benjamin Pollak: XxXx/5?A?8?9? - folded sixth street
The next hand, Bartoletti once again brought in. Dongwoo Ko completed, after which Hausen tossed in his final 1,000. Pollak called and Bartoletti mucked his cards.
The side pot was checked to sixth street, where Ko bet with two pair on his board. Pollak quickly mucked to let Ko and Hausen show down.
Hausen needed a low card to stay in the tournament, but he received the 10? instead to mark the end of his 8-Game run.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dongwoo Ko |
165,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Benjamin Pollak |
102,000
77,500
|
77,500 |
Ivo Bartoletti |
99,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Tobias Hausen | Busted |
Seven Card Stud
Jiaming Zhao: XxXx/2?5?3?10?/Xx
Mike Watson: XxXx/10?Q?4?6?/Xx
Jiaming Zhao completed and Mike Watson raised. The action folded back to Zhao, who put in a call.
Zhao went on to call bets on fourth and fifth streets before both checked on sixth.
Watson checked again on seventh street, after which a bet followed from Zhao. Watson reluctantly called and quickly mucked his cards when Zhao tabled J?J?J? for three of a kind.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jiaming Zhao |
145,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Mike Watson |
110,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
Pot-Limit Omaha
Dzmitry Urbanovich was all in for his last 21,500 against Dongwoo Ko.
Dzmitry Urbanovich: A?J?10?10?
Dongwoo Ko: K?J?5?5?
The board ran out A?9?6?5?8? and Ko made a set and then rivered a flush to eliminate Urbanovich.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dongwoo Ko |
158,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | Busted | |
|
Level: 12
Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500/5,000, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,500 Bring-In, 5,000 Completion 5,000-10,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,500 Ante, 1,000/2,500 Blinds
2-7 Triple Draw
Benjamin Pollak limped in under the gun, leaving himself 3,500 behind. Jiaming Zhao then raised his button and Mike Watson called in the big blind.
Pollak tossed in his final chips and drew four cards, while Watson and Zhao both needed two.
Watson then made a bet into the side pot and was called. Watson stood pat on the second draw before his opponents took two cards each.
Another bet and call followed, after which Watson stood pat a final time. Pollak and Zhao drew one card, and Watson bet. Zhao folded and Watson showed 9x6x5x4x2x.
However, Pollak had drawn the nuts with his 7x5x4x3x2x and tripled up to a stack of three big bets.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Watson |
175,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Jiaming Zhao |
145,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Benjamin Pollak |
24,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
Razz
Dzmitry Urbanovich completed, Ivo Bartoletti called, and Dongwoo Ko defended his bring-in.
"I heard it's a good idea to play kings in this game," Ko elaborated.
Dongwoo Ko: 3x2x / Kx7x6xAx / Xx
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx / Ax3xJx8x / Xx
Ivo Bartoletti: XxXx / 7xQxKx - folded on fifth street
Urbanovich led on fourth and both opponents called. Urbanovich check-called a bet from Ko on fifth while Bartoletti folded.
Urbanovich check-called on sixth and on seventh. He got the bad news as Ko had made a seven to leave Urbanovich on fumes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dongwoo Ko |
126,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich |
10,000
-72,500
|
-72,500 |
|
The �5,200 8-Game received 18 total entries. Four players will receive at least �10,500 for their efforts, while the eventual winner will walk away with �37,550 and a PokerStars trophy.
Place | Prize |
---|---|
1 | �37,550 |
2 | �23,550 |
3 | �15,700 |
4 | �10,500 |
Stud Hi-Lo
Benny Glaser was the bring in, Benjamin Pollak limped, and Jyri Merivirta limped behind.
Benjamin Pollak: XxXx / J?Q?8? - folded on fifth street
Jyri Merivirta: XxXx / K?A?A?7? / Xx
Benny Glaser: K?4?3? / 3?3?3?8?
The action checked through on fourth. Glaser led on fifth with trip treys showing and only Merivirta called showing a pair of aces.
The action checked through on sixth and Merivirta called a final bet from Glaser on seventh. Glaser announced that he had quads and he scooped a big one.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benny Glaser |
130,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Jyri Merivirta |
55,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Benjamin Pollak |
13,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Omaha Hi-Lo
Ivo Bartoletti limped in from the small blind and Dongwoo Ko raised in the big blind. Bartoletti called to the J?A?6? flop, where he bet. Ko raised and Bartoletti called.
On the 4? turn, Bartoletti check-called a bet from Ko, and he did the same on the 2? river. Ko showed A?8?6?4? for aces-up and an eight-low.
Bartoletti tabled A?10?7?6? for the same two pair but a better low and received his own money back plus half of what Ko had bet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dongwoo Ko |
85,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Ivo Bartoletti |
80,000
10,000
|
10,000 |