PokerStars Team SportStar Ronaldo was forced to fold to a river shove from Zhao Ziyang but is still doing well of 44,000.
The Brazlian limped in from under the gun and picked up four players en route to s flop. He bet 1,300 and Ziyang was the only caller to the turn where he check-called another 2,600. The board completed with the and Ziyang snap shoved for 14,575. Ronaldo got a count but then admitted defeat with a fold.
Dario Sammartino is having a much better level 5 than he had in level 4. The room is very cold today and the Italian was just wearing a white t-shirt (as pictured). Then he disappeared and came back wearing a top with a Superman logo on the front, most probably bought form the Super Hero store located in the City of Dreams. Coincidence? I don't think so.
He opened with pocket sevens and the four-bet shoved after Steve O'Dwyer three-bet him. O'Dwyer called with ace-king and flopped a king, but a seven appeared on the turn to lock a double for Sammartino.
The number of entrants for Day 1B has risen to 145, for a tournament total of 255. Registration will stay open until the end of Level 8, which is 90 minutes into Day 2 tomorrow.
The latest player to buy in is Bryn Kenney. The American looked a little sleepy and he told PokerNews that, due to jet-lag, he only woke up at 6pm today. Not to worry as the ACOP Main Event structure is so good, he will sit down to a 75 big blind stack.
Aaron Lim raised to 900 and Ivan Luca reraised to 2,500 preflop. Lim called and the two players were heads up to the flop. Lim checked and Luca bet 3,400. Lim called. Lim check-called the turn as well for 7,100. The river was the and Lim checked for a third time. Luca wasted no time before going all in for his remaining 14,100 chips. Lim tanked for somewhere around two minutes before calling. Luca turned over for two pair. Lim mucked his hand, but because he had called Luca's all in bet, the dealer had to turn over his hand and showed .
When two players in the blinds have pocket tens and ace-king, you'd expect a lot of preflop raising but Bryn Kenney and his opponent showed level heads just now.
Kenney raised to 1,100 and his opponent called to see a flop where the American continued for 1,200. The big blind raised to 3,100 and Kenney called to turn where both players checked. The river was the and Kenney led for 1,200 and opened when called. His opponent had got there though with and raked in the pot.
The action folded to the player in the small blind who min-raised to 1,000. Isaac Haxton called from the big blind.
The flop came and the raiser c-bet the flop for 1,200, Haxton called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and the raiser bet 2,300.
Haxton called and the raiser reluctantly showed . Haxton showed and won the pot with trip queens.