Players are on a 10-minute break. The field currently stands at 147 entrants and 69 players remain.
One more hour-long level will be played after the break at which point the remaining players will bag their chips and advance to Day 2.
Players are on a 10-minute break. The field currently stands at 147 entrants and 69 players remain.
One more hour-long level will be played after the break at which point the remaining players will bag their chips and advance to Day 2.
A player from the cutoff opened to 4,000 and Andreas Christoforou three-bet to 15,000 from the button. Simone Pascucci four-bet to 45,000 from the big blind., the cutoff folded and Christoforou five-bet shoved for 164,500. Pascucci quickly called with a covering stack to put Christoforou at risk.
Andreas Christoforou: A♠Q♥
Simone Pascucci: A♦K♦
Christoforou spiked his queen on the A♠Q♥9♠ flop to take the lead and after the rest of the board ran out 8♥3♥ he secured a massive double up at Pascucci's expense.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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332,000
332,000
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332,000 |
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76,000
149,000
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149,000 |
In a preflop confrontation Victor Fryda had four-bet shoved for 118,500 from middle position and was up against a player in the big blind who had three-bet over some previous action and then called Fryda with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Victor Fryda: A♣5♣
Opponent: Q♣Q♦
The board ran out 10♠4♦10♣A♠6♠ giving Fryda top pair to secure the double up.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
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Georgios Tsouloftas min-raised from under the gun, Andrey Pateychuk three-bet to 9,000 from the next seat over and Tsouloftas made the call.
The flop came A♥10♣4♦ and Tsouloftas check-called a 2,500 bet from Pateychuk.
Tsouloftas led with a 5,000 bet on the 2♣ turn and Pateychuk called.
On the 5♣ river Tsouloftas continued for 8,000 and this time it was enough to get a fold from his opponent.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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466,000
20,500
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20,500 |
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28,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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In the 865th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio to talk about Ethan "Rampage" Yau admittedly getting scammed again! Find out what happened and what Rampage says he's going to do about it.
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Nivel: 8
Ciegas: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Maxim Chilaud opened to 3,000 from middle position and was called by a player on the button and Gihad Ismail in the big blind.
All three players checked the K♠6♠2♣ flop leading to the 3♦ turn. Ismail bet 6,000 and both opponents called.
Ismail checked the 6♥ turn and Chilaud moved all in for 21,500. The player on the button folded before Ismail called with a covering stack.
Chilaud turned over top full house with K♣K♥ and Ismail's hand hit the muck.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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122,000
46,900
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46,900 |
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72,500 |
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Nichan Khorchidian opened to 3,000 from under the gun and a player in the cutoff three-bet to 6,500. Felipe Ketzer called in the small blind while Khorchidian got out of the way.
The flop came K♦J♥5♥ and Ketzer check-called a 5,500 bet from his opponent.
Both players checked the 7♥ turn leading to the 7♠ river. Ketzer bet 55,000 and the cutoff quickly mucked.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
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465,000
155,000
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155,000 |
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430,000
125,000
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125,000 |