Players Series

Mark Gruendemann

Ireland

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.

Player	Hand	Chips
MG Mark GruendemannIreland	2♣2♦ HJ	30,400(101 BB)
CW Chia Wei KuoTaiwan	2♠5♠ BB	19,800(66 BB)
FD Francesco DasticiItaly	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♠ .

Player	Hand	Chips
MG Mark GruendemannIreland	A♦9♦ CO	30,100(151 BB)
ML Michael Lin (2)Taiwan	J♣T♣ 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.

Player	Hand	Chips
MG Mark GruendemannIreland	A♥T♠ UTG	8,200(8 BB)
MT Med Tseng	J♥7♣ BB	51,100(51 BB)

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