Level: 11
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 11
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The festival organizers are going around passing out caps to each table. The winner of the hand following the cap reaching the table wins the cap. On some of the tables, the thought of a free cap generated some action.
Dow Dani opened up for 7,500 before Ercan Olgun three-bet to 30,000. Henrique Oliveira three-bet jammed for around 300,000. Dani called off for about 175,000 and Olgun folded.
Henrique Oliveiro:
Dow Dani:
Dani was ahead preflop and maintained the lead in the hand after the came on the flop and after the came on the turn. The spiked the river and Oliveira not only won a massive pot, but also a free Golden Poker Series cap.
"I was only in the hand because of the cap," said Oliveira after the hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Henrique Oliveira
|
550,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
Dow Dani
|
Busted |
Andreas Puntigam bet 66,000 into a pot of 75,000 with the on the board. Ioana Apostol tanked for about three minutes before she made the call.
Puntigam turned over and won the hand after Apostol tossed her hand into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ioana Apostol
|
350,000 | |
Andreas Puntigam | 350,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Players are on their third break of the day. The action will resume in 10 minutes.
Vasileios Tsaknis opened for 6,000 before Jose Santana De Miranda three-bet to 14,000.
"OK," said Tsaknis and he made the call.
Tsaknis checked after the came on the flop and his opponent bet 7,000. Tsaknis raised to 22,000 and his opponent called.
Tsaknis checked again after the came on the turn. Santana De Miranda bet 22,000 and Tsaknis jammed for around 65,000. Santana De Miranda snap-called and turned over .
Tsaknis then showed the and five second later showed the .
"Ohhhhh," said Santana De Miranda in disappointment about his opponent having the same hand. The came on the river and the dealer chopped up the pot.
Meanwhile, on the same table, Kim Yuriy has one of the bigger stacks in the room with 480,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kim Yuriy
|
480,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
Jose Santana De Miranda
|
160,000 | |
Vasileios Tsaknis |
100,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The Day 1c field has grown to 217 entrants with 135 players remaining.
Mihai Ercuta checked with about 30,000 in the pot and the on the board before Serdar Demircan bet 12,000. Ercuta paused for two minutes before he raised to 27,000.
"You want me to call?" Demircan asked.
By this point Ercuta already had his shirt over his face and responded: "I can't see you."
The shirt came off his head and the two chattered a little before Serdar made the call.
The doubled paired the board on the river and Ercuta led out for 24,000.
There was a bit more chatter before Demircan raised it up to 75,000.
Ercuta appeared shocked and the chattered resumed for a few minutes.
"You can call if you want," said Demircan. "There is still time to reenter. What do you have, ace-queen?"
Eventually, Ercuta folded to put an end to a hand that took more than 10 minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Serdar Demircan |
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Mihai Ercuta
|
65,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000