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Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:31 PM Local Time
Dylan Linde raises from middle position and wins the blinds and antes.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:30 PM Local Time
Dylan Linde raises from the cutoff and Josh Reichard three-bets to about 57,000 on the button. Linde calls and they are heads-up to a flop of
. Linde checks, Reichard bets 42,000 and Linde folds.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:27 PM Local Time
Sean Yu gets a walk in the big blind.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:25 PM Local Time
Sean Yu raises to 23,000 under the gun and Josh Reichard calls in the big blind. They check all the way down and both players show for ace-queen high to chop the pot.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:24 PM Local Time
Sean Yu raises in middle position and wins the blinds and antes.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:23 PM Local Time
Dylan Linde raises to 22,000 under the gun and Alexander Lakhov defends his big blind. The flop is
and Lakhov checks. Linde bets and Lakhov calls. The turn is the
. Lakhov checks, Linde bets, and Lakhov folds.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:21 PM Local Time
Sean Yu raises on the button to 23,000 on the button and Jesse Cohen defends his big blind. The flop is
and Cohen checks. Yu bets and Cohen folds.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:19 PM Local Time
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:18 PM Local Time
Cards are in the air and play is underway. There is 14:23 left in the current level.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:10 PM Local Time
Players are in their seats and the television crew is putting the finishing touches on the set. Play should get underway shortly.
Thursday, August 10, 2017 12:37 AM Local Time
Alexander Lakhov
The final six players in the Global Casino Championship return today at 12 p.m. local time to play down to a winner on the televised stage at Harrah’s Cherokee. There were 124 total entries in the event, including nine direct buy-ins worth $10,000 each. The total prize pool reached $1,090,000 and all remaining players are guaranteed a payout of at least $52,274. The eventual winner will be taking home the top prize of $296,941 to go with a WSOP gold bracelet.
Alexander Lakhov starts the day as the chip leader with 1,463,000 and is the only player over a million. Lakhov got his free entry into the GCC by capturing the Casino Champion title at the WSOP International Circuit stop at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.
Sean Yu, who won the Main Event at Planet Hollywood to qualify, comes into the day second in chips with 935,000. A wide gap separates second and third, and it is Jesse Cohen with the third-largest stack. Cohen qualified for the tournament by winning Casino Champion here in Cherokee and has 489,000 chips at the start of the final day of play.
The three short stacks have between twenty and forty big blinds each. One of them is Jason Mercier, who is the only remaining player who paid the $10,000 buy-in to play in this event. Mercier qualified by finishing in the top 100 in the 2016 WSOP Player of the Year race, a race in which he finished first with his two WSOP bracelets, four final tables, and 11 cashes in last year’s WSOP. Mercier has the fourth-largest stack at the start of play today with 364,000 chips.
Joshua Reichard received his entry into the event by winning Casino Champion at Horseshoe Council Bluffs and starts the day with 261,000. Dylan Linde won the Main Event at Horseshoe Hammond to qualify and comes into the day as the short stack with 208,000.
Play will begin with 14:23 remaining in Level 19 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a 500 ante and will continue until a winner is crowned.