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Hal Klein wins the Eight-Game Mix Event

Hal Klein wins the Eight-Game Mix Event

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2024 Poker ShowdownSeminole Hard Rock Hotel & CasinoHollywood, FloridaEvent 39$1,100 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)Entries:  71Prize Pool:  $68,870April 15-16, 2024 Hal Klein Showdown Event 39 was a $1,100 buy-in Eight-Game Mix tournament. The  field ran up to 71 entries for a prize pool worth $68,870 with the final nine making the…
Event 39: Hal Klein Wins (,810); Chris Vitch – 2nd Place (,775)

Event 39: Hal Klein Wins ($23,810); Chris Vitch – 2nd Place ($13,775)

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$1,100 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)Structure | PayoutsLevel 24:  50,000/100,000 LimitsPlayers Remaining: 1 of 71 Hal Klein The last hand of the tournament came during the Omaha 8OB round with Chris Vitch getting all on a flop of for 110,000 after both players had contributed 200,000 each preflop. Hal Klein called to cover…
Event 39: Hal Klein Doubles Through Chris Vitch

Event 39: Hal Klein Doubles Through Chris Vitch

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$1,100 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)Structure | PayoutsLevel 23:  40,000/80,000 LimitsPlayers Remaining: 2 of 71 Hal Klein During a pot-limit Omaha hand, Hal Klein got all in for 495,000 with a 570,000 pot on the table and the board reading . Chris Vitch had him covered, so here is a look at their…
Event 39: David Prociak – 3rd Place (,440)

Event 39: David Prociak – 3rd Place ($8,440)

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$1,100 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)Structure | PayoutsLevel 22:  30,000/60,000 LimitsPlayers Remaining: 2 of 71 David Prociak David Prociak was all in during a hand of pot-limit Omaha with , and Chris Vitch had him covered holding . The final board read , and Prociak was eliminated in third place for a payout…
Chance Kornuth Wins the K Heads-Up Title for 3,000

Chance Kornuth Wins the $10K Heads-Up Title for $133,000

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2024 Poker ShowdownSeminole Hard Rock Hotel & CasinoHollywood, FloridaEvent 40$10,000 Heads-Up NLH (32 Max)Entries:  28Prize Pool:  $266,000April 15 – 16, 2024 Chance Kornuth Showdown Event 40 was a 10,000 buy-in Heads-Up tournament, the first time we’ve run this format since the 2016 SHRPO series and our first-ever $10K buy-in.…
Boban Marjanović Sacrifices the Over to Grant Basketball Fans Free Chicken Sandwiches

Boban Marjanović Sacrifices the Over to Grant Basketball Fans Free Chicken Sandwiches

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Earlier, we talked about the ongoing Jontay Porter betting investigation, so let’s cleanse our palettes and talk about a positive NBA story. Boban Marjanović, who stands 7 feet, 4 inches tall, is a treasure of a human being. From Serbia, Marjanović has been in the NBA since 2015 and…
Event 40: Chance Kornuth (3,000) Defeats Scott Baumstein (,500)

Event 40: Chance Kornuth ($133,000) Defeats Scott Baumstein ($66,500)

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$10,000 Heads-Up NLH (32 Max)Structure | Payouts Chance Kornuth Scott Baumstein limped his button for 4,000 and Chance Kornuth said “all in”. Baumstein called at risk for 64,600 and they were racing. Baumstein: Kornuth: Baumstein had two live cards to double up but needed to improve. Instead, it was Kornuth who…
Event 39: Tim Wong – 4th Place (,025)

Event 39: Tim Wong – 4th Place ($6,025)

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$1,100 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)Structure | PayoutsLevel 20:  20,000/40,000 LimitsPlayers Remaining: 3 of 71 Tim Wong Tim Wong got all in preflop during a hand of no-limit hold’em with in the hole, and Hal Klein called to cover him holding . The final board read , and Wong was eliminated in fourth…
Improving Poker Pattern Recognition – Common Patterns to Study and Why

Improving Poker Pattern Recognition – Common Patterns to Study and Why

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Poker is one part card luck and one part analysis and skill. We have no control over what cards are drawn in the flop, the cards other players get, and the cards we get in our hand. All we can do with our cards is try to make the…
Event 40: Chance Kornuth Pulls into Big Lead

Event 40: Chance Kornuth Pulls into Big Lead

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$10,000 Heads-Up NLH (32 Max)Structure | PayoutsPlayers Remaining:  2 of 28 Chance Kornuth With the flop reading , Chance Kornuth checked, Scott Baumstein bet 5,000 from the button and Kornuth called. The turn was , Kornuth checked, Baumstein continued for 17,000 and Kornuth called. The river was , Kornuth checked again,…