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Aleks Brkovic just cracked two black aces with the to send his stack soaring to 120,000. The board ran out after all the money went in preflop.
Aleks Brkovic just cracked two black aces with the to send his stack soaring to 120,000. The board ran out after all the money went in preflop.
Just as players went to break, Inwook Choi was lucky enough to receive a double courtesy of an all in preflop clash.
Choi:
Opponent:
The board ran out to see Choi's flopped set hold as he moves to 50,000 in chips.
The cards are back in the air for the final level of the day.
Currently, just on 100 players remain in the tournament, with 80 from the previous two flights already through to Day 2.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 75
The remaining players are now heading on a 10-minute break.
Facing two limps ahead of him, Yann Pauchon limped in also before the hijack bumped it to 2,500.
The blinds and limpers passed, but Pauchon made the call to see a flop with both players committing 3,000 each as the spiked on the turn.
Pauchon too the lead with a bet of 8,500, and after his opponent tanked for over three minutes, he released his hand to see Pauchon collect the pot to move to 70,000 in chips while tabling his for a flopped set.
Team PokerStars Pro Tony Hachem has seen better days. At least for this one, it's over and he doesn't have to endure anymore pain. His day didn't end though without one last beat.
Hachem was all in preflop with the against last year's sixth-place finisher Andrew Hiscox who held the . The board ran out and with the seven on the flop, Hachem was sent out the door.
Bruno Portaro found himself all in against local player Michael Tran.
Tran:
Portaro:
The board ran out to see Portaro double to 41,000 as Tran slips to 9,000.
With the board reading , one player fired 2,700 before Roland de Wolfe was to act. De Wolfe put in a raise to 8,000 with one player still to act behind him before action got back to the original bettor. The player behind de Wolfe tanked for a bit and then made the call. The original bettor folded.
The river completed the board with the and de Wolfe fired 13,000. His opponent folded and de Wolfe improved to 65,000 in chips.