$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Double Stack (Event #82)

Hand #79: Shulman open-shoved from the small blind and Darren Rabinowitz called all in for his final 5,800,000.

Darren Rabinowitz:   
Barry Shulman:   

Shulman was miles ahead with his pocket tens but Rabinowitz did catch a piece of the     flop. The   turn and   river didn't bring another six, though, and Rabinowitz was eliminated.

Freek Scholten	34,800,000	-2,500,000
Adam Hendrix	31,100,000	0
Philip Scaletta	26,500,000	0
Barry Shulman	22,600,000	7,300,000
Tom Koral	14,600,000	0
Darren Rabinowitz	0	-6,800,000

Hand #72: Philip Scaletta opened in middle position and took the blinds and ante.

Hand #73: It folded to Barry Shulman who limped in the small blind and Darren Rabinowitz called. On a     flop, Shulman bet 3,000,000 into the pot and Rabinowitz folded.

Hand #74: Tom Koral opened all in for 5,800,000 and everyone folded.

Hand #75: Scaletta opened to 2,000,000 blind versus blind and Adam Hendrix folded. Scaletta showed   .

Hand #76: Adam Hendrix raised 7,300,000 from the small blind, enough to set Koral all in and he folded.

Adam Hendrix	37,400,000	100,000
Freek Scholten	37,300,000	-500,000
Philip Scaletta	26,500,000	2,500,000
Barry Shulman	15,300,000	0
Darren Rabinowitz	6,800,000	-2,400,000
Tom Koral	6,300,000	500,000

Hand #70: Freek Scholten raised to 1,600,000 from under the gun and won the hand.

Hand #71: A walk for Scholten.

After the hand, the players went on a 15-minute break.

Freek Scholten	37,800,000	2,400,000
Adam Hendrix	37,300,000	-400,000
Philip Scaletta	24,000,000	0
Barry Shulman	15,300,000	0
Darren Rabinowitz	9,200,000	0
Tom Koral	5,800,000	-400,000

Hand #60: Freek Scholten shoved all in from the small blind and Barry Shulman folded the big blind.

Hand #61: Tom Koral shoved all in for 5,800,000 from the cutoff and everyone folded.

Hand #62: Scholten raised to 1,600,000 from the cutoff and won the hand.

Hand #63: Koral shoved again, this time for 7,800,000 from under the gun, and scooped up another pair of blinds and the ante.

Hand #64: Shulman raised to 2,000,000 from middle position and Philip Scaletta called on the button. The flop was     and Shulman bet 3,000,000, to which Scaletta folded.

Freek Scholten	37,700,000	3,600,000
Adam Hendrix	37,300,000	-2,000,000
Philip Scaletta	19,700,000	-4,000,000
Barry Shulman	17,300,000	2,000,000
Darren Rabinowitz	9,200,000	-2,000,000
Tom Koral	8,200,000	2,400,000

Hand #49: Adam Hendrix raised to 1,600,000 in middle position, Darren Rabinowitz three-bet shoved 9,200,000 from the big blind, and Hendrix folded.

Hand #50: Hendrix raised to 1,900,000 from under the gun and won the hand.

Hand #51: A walk for Hendrix.

Hand #52: Rabinowitz shoved all in for 11,200,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and ante.

Hand #53: Hendrix raised to 2,000,000 on the button and won the hand.

Hand #54: Down to just 3,800,000, Tom Koral shoved all in on the button but received no callers.

Adam Hendrix	39,300,000	2,400,000
Freek Scholten	31,700,000	-2,000,000
Philip Scaletta	25,700,000	-2,000,000
Barry Shulman	13,700,000	-1,600,000
Darren Rabinowitz	13,200,000	3,200,000
Tom Koral	5,800,000	0

Hand #46: Darren Rabinowitz limped in middle position and it folded round to Freek Scholten in the big blind who checked his option. On a     flop, Scholten elected to lead for 900,000 and Rabinowitz peeled. The turn was the   and it went check-check. The river was a   and Scholten lead for 4,000,000. It was Rabinowitz's turn to think now and after a couple of minutes, he let it go, leaving him with a stack of 10,000,000.

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Hand #47: Hendrix opened the cutoff to and Barry Shulman called from the big blind. On the     flop, Shulman check-raised Hendrix's 1,400,000 bet all in for a total of 9,900,000 and won the pot.

Hand #42: Adam Hendrix raised to 1,600,000 from middle position and won the hand.

Hand #43: Barry Shulman raised to 1,500,000 from the cutoff, Philip Scaletta three-bet shoved 6,980,000 from the big blind and Shulman folded.

Hand #44: A walk for Hendrix.

Hand #45: Darren Rabinowitz raised to 1,200,000 from the cutoff and Scaletta three-bet shoved 9,080,000 on the button. Rabinowitz asked for a count while considering his options. He then called it off to put Scaletta at risk.

Philip Scaletta:   
Darren Rabinowitz:   

The flop was    , adding the queens as outs to Rabinowitz' aces. The turn   opened up the backdoor flush draw as well, but the river   was save for Scaletta and he doubled up.

Adam Hendrix	39,900,000	1,500,000
Freek Scholten	32,300,000	0
Philip Scaletta	19,700,000	12,400,000
Barry Shulman	12,300,000	-1,500,000
Darren Rabinowitz	11,500,000	-10,600,000
Kunal Punjwani	7,700,000	6,900,000
Tom Koral	6,100,000	-1,500,000

Hand #32: A walk for Freek Scholten.

Hand #33: Adam Hendrix raised to 1,200,000 from the cutoff and Barry Shulman called from the big blind. The flop was     and Shulman checked. Hendrix bet 1,000,000 and Shulman folded.

Hand #34: Philip Scaletta raised to 1,200,000 from middle position and won the hand.

Hand #35: Punjwani shoved all in for 7,950,000 from the small blind and Darren Rabinowitz folded the big blind.

Hand #36: Hendrix raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun and Scaletta defended the big blind. The flop was     and Scaletta shifted gears by leading out for 1,300,000. Hendrix put out a small raise to 2,850,000 and Scaletta immediately gave it up.

Adam Hendrix	38,100,000	5,500,000
Freek Scholten	28,100,000	0
Darren Rabinowitz	23,300,000	-1,500,000
Barry Shulman	13,800,000	-2,100,000
Kunal Punjwani	9,200,000	-600,000
Tom Koral	8,800,000	-400,000
Philip Scaletta	8,200,000	-600,000

Hand #22: Kunal Punjwani limped in on the button and Philip Scaletta checked his option. The flop     and turn   were checked by both players. The river was the   and Punjwani finally moved with a bet of 1,300,000. Scaletta folded.

Hand #23: Punjwani raised to 1,000,000 in the cutoff, Scaletta three-bet shoved 7,780,000 from the small blind, and Punjwani folded.

Hand #24: Punjwani got involved for the third time in a row and raised to 1,000,000 from the hijack. Darren Rabinowitz was the only caller in the cutoff.

The flop was     and Punjwani checked. Rabinowitz bet 1,300,000 and Punjwani folded.

Hand #25: Punjwani raised again, to 1,000,000 in middle position this time, and Freek Scholten defended the big blind. The flop     saw two quick checks. Scholten bet 2,000,000 on the   turn and Punjwani called.

The river was the   and Scholten now bet 4,000,000. Punjwani considered it for around a minute before winging his cards into the muck.

Hand #26: Darren Rabinowitz raised to 1,000,000 from middle position and won the hand.

Freek Scholten	28,100,000	3,000,000
Adam Hendrix	27,800,000	-1,300,000
Darren Rabinowitz	27,500,000	3,300,000
Barry Shulman	16,200,000	-1,000,000
Tom Koral	10,300,000	-1,300,000
Kunal Punjwani	9,800,000	-3,700,000
Philip Scaletta	9,800,000	1,000,000

Hand #16: Kalyan Cheekuri raised to 1,200,000 in early position and Adam Hendrix defended the big blind. The flop was     and Hendrix checked. Cheekuri bet 1,000,000 and Hendrix check-raised to 2,800,000.

Cheekuri spent several minutes in the tank before he three-bet shoved all in for about ten million and Hendrix snap-called it off.

Kalyan Cheekuri:   
Adam Hendrix:   

Cheekuri got it in nearly dead with the underpair against Hendrix' flopped set of sixes, and the   on the turn was the icing on the cake. The river   was merely for the statistics and Cheekuri was eliminated in 8th place.

Freek Scholten	26,800,000	800,000
Adam Hendrix	26,800,000	11,450,000
Darren Rabinowitz	19,700,000	-350,000
Barry Shulman	18,500,000	50,000
Kunal Punjwani	15,300,000	-200,000
Philip Scaletta	12,300,000	-1,275,000
Tom Koral	10,600,000	50,000
Kalyan Cheekuri	0	-9,925,000