A Full Orbit With the Defending Champ

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Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Koray Aldemir knows what it takes to take down the Main Event, he did it last year. You may not have shared a table with him, but we spent an orbit with the champ to give you a glimpse of the action.

Hand #1 (small blind): Action folded all the way to Aldemir. He raised it up to 9,500 from the small blind. Aaron Steury folded the big.

Hand #2 (button): Erikas Laugzemys raises to 5,500 from middle position. Roberto Bendeck three-bet to 15,000 from the cutoff, forcing Aldemir and everyone else to fold back to Laugzemys, who made the call.

The flop came . Bendeck bet 12,000 when checked to and Laugzemys made the fold.

Hand #3 (cutoff): Action folded to Roberto Bendeck in the hijack who raised it up to 6,000. Aldemir folded, as did the rest of the table.

Hand #4 (hijack): Aldemir folded, as did the rest of the table until DJ Buckley raised the button to 6,000. Jacob Connelly three-bet to 19,000 from the big blind and Buckley folded.

Hand #5 (middle position): Aldemir folded, as did everyone else until Eric Greenwood raised to 6,000 on the button. For the second hand in a row, Jacob Connely three-bet to 19,000. Greenwood called.

The flop was , Connely continued for 17,000 and Greenwood called.

Both players checked the turn. On the river, though, Connely led for 37,000, eliciting a fold from Greenwood.

Hand #6 (utg+2): Aldemir opened to 5,500. For the third hand in a row, Jacob Connely three-bet, this time to 17,000 from his button. Aldemir let it go preflop.

Hand #7 (utg+1): Roberto Bendeck raised to 6,000 from under the gun and the entire table folded.

Hand #8 (utg): Aldemir opened to 5,500 and only found one caller, Erikas Laugzemys on the button.

The flop came out . Aldemir thought for a bit before continuing for 5,000. Laugzemys wanted nothing to do with it and let his cards go.

Hand #9 (big blind): The entire table folded, giving Aldemir a walk in the big blind.

Bonus hand #10 (sb): Roberto Bendeck opened the button to 6,000. Aldemir three-bet from the small blind to 25,000. Bendeck folded to the champ.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Bendeck	470,000 217,500	217,500
Erikas Laugzemys	404,000 -32,000	-32,000
Nir Cohen	305,000 25,000	25,000
Koray Aldemir	275,000 19,500	19,500

Jacob Connelly	215,000 59,500	59,500
Aaron Steury	166,000 -11,000	-11,000

DJ Buckley	100,000 -25,500	-25,500
Sarah Wasch	97,500 -187,000	-187,000
Eric Greenwood	85,500 -47,000	-47,000