Some Early Photos
Courtesy of PokerStars Blog's Carlos Monti.
Courtesy of PokerStars Blog's Carlos Monti.
We missed the action unfold in Sergio Aido's elimination hand, but we do know a few specifics. It appeared as if the Spaniard got his stack in on the turn with the board reading .
Aido held a pair of kings with but Chidwick had flopped a set with the . The river was of no consequence and Aido hit the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stephen Chidwick |
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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Sergio Aido | Busted | |
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After Dario Sammartino raised to 4,000 under the gun and Erik Seidel called from the small blind, Ben Tollerene three-bet jammed for 50,600 from the big.
Sammartino paused for a few beats before making the call, and that prompted Seidel to get out of the way.
Sammartino:
Tollerene:
Tollerene was pipped and needed to improve to stay alive. That didn't happen though as instead the board ran out an unhelpful . Tollerene is out, but we're guessing he'll exercise his single re-entry option in due time.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dario Sammartino |
160,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
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Ben Tollerene | Busted |
Five players have busted so far today, and all but Sergio Aido have decided to reenter.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Orpen Kisacikoglu |
100,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Ben Tollerene |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
David Dayan | 100,000 | |
Mike Watson |
100,000
36,500
|
36,500 |
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Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Leo Fernandez raised to 5,000 from early position and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 14,000 from the button. Justin Bonomo then four-bet all in for roughly 90,000 from the big blind and Fernandez ditched his hand. O'Dwyer made the call and the cards were turned up.
O'Dwyer:
Bonomo:
Both players held the same hand, but there were still flush considerations. They disappeared though on the flop. The meaningless and were run out on the turn and river respectively, and the two players took back their chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve O'Dwyer |
155,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
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Justin Bonomo |
90,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
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Action folded to a short-stacked Paul Newey on the button and he moved all in for 15,700. Justin Bonomo called from the small blind, Dan Colman did the same from the big, and then both active players checked it down as the board ran out .
Bonomo:
Newey:
Colman:
Newey rivered the straight and that was good enough to score the triple.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dan Colman |
205,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Justin Bonomo |
74,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
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Paul Newey |
50,000
34,400
|
34,400 |
Players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Right before the break, Rafael Moraes opened to 4,000 under the gun out of a 33,000-stack. He got called in two spots: small blind Mustapha Kanit and big blind Igor Kurganov.
All of them checked the flop of and the hit the turn. Kanit lead for 6,000 and Kurganov called before Moraes moved all in. Kanit folded, Kurganov called.
Igor Kurganov:
Rafael Moraes:
The river was a blank and Moraes departed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Igor Kurganov |
189,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
Rafael Moraes | Busted | |