Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The players are off on a 10-minute break and will return to play hand-for-hand on the money bubble with the start of Level 20.
Dealers have been asked to hold up as the money bubble is here and hand-for-hand play is expected to commence shortly.
Alex Rivera joined one limper into Jeffrey Joseph's big blind and the small blind came along before Joseph raised it to 28,000 total.
The first limper called and Rivera joined in before the small blind decided to pass. Joseph checked the queen high flop, but when the original limper led, Rivera shoved for less. Joseph folded and it turned out Rivera had flopped a set of sixes against for top pair.
A jack on the turn gave him a sweat, but Rivera faded all trouble to more-than double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Rivera |
190,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Nick DiPalma turned a full house with Travell Thomas and a third player both holding trips.
With a massive pot being shipped his way as a result, DiPalma is now the chip leader.
"Easy game when that happens," he told PokerNews. "No stroke of genius."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick DiPalma |
490,000
316,900
|
316,900 |
Travell Thomas |
160,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Joseph D'Antuono is on a massive heater right now.
"I've picked up a ton of big hands," he told PokerNews.
In fact, D'Antuono has had big slick four times in just the first few levels here today, on the way past the 300,000-chip mark and into a spot among the leaders as Level 18 comes to a close and the money bubble is fast approaching.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph D'Antuono |
340,000
281,700
|
281,700 |
Nick Walker's uncanny ability to flop Broadway has him up near the top of the counts again.
This time he did it holding on an flop, ultimately getting paid off by Alex Rivera on .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick Walker |
370,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Alex Rivera |
100,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Peter DeSantis ran big slick into David Battaglia's pocket queens for a massive chip-leading pot and came out the other end broke.
Battaglia now leads as not just the only player over 300,000, but the only one over 400,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Battaglia |
420,000
208,900
|
208,900 |
Peter DeSantis | Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500