Blind level
Level 12: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
Entries
77/214
Total Chips
6,420,000
Average
83,377

Day 1D

TriciaTricia
12/20/2024, 5:58:43 AM

Mark Gruendemann Hidden Set Ships A Double And More

Level 3: 100 / 300 ante: 300
Mark Gruendemann

Utg+2 Francesco Dastici raised to 600 and found four callers to the flop 2 5 J . The crowd thinned on the next round that started with a 1500 c-bet by Dastici, lojack and Mark Gruendemann called, cutoff opted out first, big blind Chia Wei Kuo check-raised to a huge 8500 enough to push out two players while Gruendemann shoved to 12,000. Kuo snap-called.

PlayerHandChips
22
HJ
30,400(101 BB)
CW
25
BB
19,800(66 BB)
MP
36,600(122 BB)

No help came for Kuo on the turn 7 and with the river 6 , Gruendemann scored a double up.

TriciaTricia
12/20/2024, 5:26:33 AM

Mark Gruendemann's Ace High Is Good Enough

Level 2: 100 / 200 ante: 200
Mark Gruendemann

After losing a battle on his first deal, Mark Gruendemann recovered back to starting stack against Michael Lin. Following a min-raise, Gruendemann called, button called, then big blind Lin drove it up to 2200. Only Gruendeman stuck it out for a flop 4 4 3 . Lin continued 3000, Gruendemann called, then both check the runout 7 7 .

PlayerHandChips
A9
CO
30,100(151 BB)
JT
BB
24,100(121 BB)
Blind level
Level 12: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
Entries
37/90
Total Chips
2,700,000
Average
72,973

Day 1E

TriciaTricia
12/20/2024, 2:55:30 PM

Med Tseng Lucks Out

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000
Med Tseng

Mark Gruendemann raises 22000, finds one caller until button raises 5400. Two spots over big blind Med Tseng jams 21,000, Gruendemann joins the shove and successfully isolates with button opting to step aside.

PlayerHandChips
AT
UTG
8,200(8 BB)
J7
BB
51,100(51 BB)

With the board running 3 J K 7 9 , Gruendemann plunges to 8200 while Tseng soars to 51,100.