2023 Poker Dream Manila
Edwin Dela Cruz limped the button with the A?6? and Alessandro Taranto checked with the 8?7?. The 6?5?5? flop saw Taranto check-call for 120,000 as both knuckled down the 3? turn. Taranto bet the 9? river for 600,000, the size of the pot.
Dela Cruz paid it off and then showed some visible frustration during the live stream session.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz | 11,200,000 | |
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Alessandro Taranto | 3,800,000 |
Several limped pots followed during which Alessandro Taranto chipped up some.
He then check-called a K?10?9? flop for 120,000 with the J?2? when Edwin Dela Cruz got active with the Q?3?. They checked the 6? turn and Taranto bet the A? river to avoid a showdown loss.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz |
11,200,000
-1,700,000
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-1,700,000 |
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Alessandro Taranto |
3,800,000
700,000
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700,000 |
The next limped pot saw Edwin Dela Cruz on the button with the 10?3? and Alessandro Taranto had the K?9? in the big blind. They checked to the A?K?10?J?K? river on which Taranto's bet of 350,000 was paid off by Dela Cruz.
The next pot was sent over to the Italian, who leaped out of the danger zone.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz |
12,900,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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Alessandro Taranto |
3,100,000
300,000
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300,000 |
Alessandro Taranto got two button jams through, the latter of which was with the A?4?, as he leaped back above 10 big blinds.
Edwin Dela Cruz then raised the button and called the shove by Taranto for 1,320,000 total.
Alessandro Taranto: A?Q?
Edwin Dela Cruz: Q?9?
The K?10?7?J?8? board gave Taranto broadway and he doubled once more, now to more than 20 big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz |
12,200,000
-1,700,000
|
-1,700,000 |
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Alessandro Taranto |
2,800,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
Down to a mere 480,000, Alessandro Taranto jammed the button
Alessandro Taranto: 8?3?
Edwin Dela Cruz: 7?2?
The suited seven deuce picked up a flush draw but the Q?9?5?Q?A? board ensured the double-up for the Italian, who remains below ten big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz | 13,900,000 | |
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Alessandro Taranto | 1,100,000 |
Yet another limped pot saw the A?J?8? flop get checked through. Alessandro Taranto bet the 3? turn for 150,000 with the 7?4? and Edwin Dela Cruz called with the Q?8?. They checked the 10? river and Dela Cruz won yet another pot.
Taranto check-called the A?Q?8? flop for 150,000 with 8?7? as Dela Cruz only had the 6?4?. Both checked the Q? turn and the 7? fell on the river.
Taranto checked again and then folded to a shove.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz |
13,900,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
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Alessandro Taranto |
1,100,000
-900,000
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-900,000 |
Edwin Dela Cruz limped in with the A?Q? Alessandro Taranto raised to 400,000 with the Q?J?. The limp-shove by Dela Cruz followed and Taranto folded.
Taranto then limped from the button with the Q?J? and Dela Cruz checked the J?2? as both players had a piece of the Q?3?2? flop. Dela Cruz check-called for 120,000 and the 2? fell on the turn. Having improved to trips, Dela Cruz checked once more and Taranto bet 400,000 only to get check-jammed.
Taranto was in visible agony and he sigh-folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz |
13,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
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Alessandro Taranto |
2,000,000
-1,000,000
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-1,000,000 |
A limped pot all the way to the 8?5?4?7?6? river, Edwin Dela Cruz bet just 150,000 with the 9?4? and Alessandro Taranto raised to 600,000 with the Q?8? as he played the board. Dela Cruz called and won the next pot.
Taranto then limped the Q?4? and folded to a shove by Dela Cruz with the A?10?.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz |
12,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
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Alessandro Taranto |
3,000,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
At the start of the new level, Edwin Dela Cruz with the K?6? flopped trips in a limped pot on K?K?J? but was never getting any value out of eight-high by Alessandro Taranto.
He then 9?2? and folded when Taranto raised it up to 400,000 with the K?J?.
Taranto raised his next button to 240,000 with the 6?2? and Dela Cruz raised it up with the K?K?.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edwin Dela Cruz |
11,200,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
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Alessandro Taranto |
3,800,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |