After a min-raise and a call, Gerald Casey Jr. opted to put in the required 2,000 chips as well and two other short-stacks moved all in for 12 big blinds each behind the American. The initial raiser and cold-caller mucked their cards, but Casey Jr. was priced in with a suited ace and went into the showdown with the .
The two short stacks held and to both hit the rail on a board of .
In the last hand before the break, Manuel Blaschke opened the action with a raise to 1,800 and was called by both players in the blinds. The Austrian, who had been on a slippery slope as of lately and dropped quite a few chips, made a continuation bet worth 3,400 on the flop.
Only the player in the big blind check-called and did so again after the turn for 5,500 before the fell on the river. Again the action was checked to the Austrian and he fired 28,000, an overbet to the pot. This did the trick, as his opponent looked very confused and ended up mucking his cards.
Another bigger stack at the same table is Min Soon Lim from Singapore.
It was no huge pot by any means that saw Mital Chandihok win more chips with for top pair in a battle small blind versus big blind for 4,000 chips on the board. The American also won the hand immediately after and then gave us a quick count as one of the bigger stacks in the room right now. Thus, it would be a waste not to use this information.
Out of the 325 entrants for Day 1b, only 162 are still in according to the screens and thus mean half of the field has been eliminated while level seven still holds another 20 minutes to go until the last break for tonight. This pace is very similar to the one of last night and should also result in bagging and tagging around 11 pm, just in time for the players party at the "Chaos" next door.
After a three-way flop of , Wally Sombero led for 4,000 out of the small blind and Seokchan Hwang called from one seat over. Initial preflop aggressor Marcuss Liow moved all in for another 13,200 on top and Sombero folded, later claiming in table chat that he had the .
Liow:
Hwang:
The turn was a blank and same applied for the river to send Liow to the rail. Hwang already had quite a few chips before and is now even deeper stacked.
Wally Sombero four-bet shoved with the and cracked the pocket kings of his sole opponent thanks to a board of . The all in was for 28,800 chips and the Filipino is back in the game with a stack well above average. "I was ready to leave," the local hero and godfather of poker in the region said.
At the same table, David Steicke previously busted with versus for 12 big blinds in a three-bet shove according to Ryan O'Donnell.
The sixth level has just ended with the ante moving up to three digits. Thus, the green T-25 chip denominations are no longer required for the rest of the tournament and the chip leader on each table has been asked to buy them off the opponents and ease up the chip race without taking any additional break.
Tournament direction has also confirmed 325 entries for Day 1b to boost the overall field to an impressive 585 entries.
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to both hit the rail on a board of 
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turn for 5,500 before the 
fell on the river. Again the action was checked to the Austrian and he fired 28,000, an overbet to the pot. This did the trick, as his opponent looked very confused and ended up mucking his cards.
for top pair in a battle small blind versus big blind for 4,000 chips on the 
board. The American also won the hand immediately after and then gave us a quick count as one of the bigger stacks in the room right now. Thus, it would be a waste not to use this information.
, flopped a straight and got it in when his opponent turned a set of jacks.
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turn was a blank and same applied for the 
river to send Liow to the rail. Hwang already had quite a few chips before and is now even deeper stacked.
. The all in was for 28,800 chips and the Filipino is back in the game with a stack well above average. "I was ready to leave," the local hero and godfather of poker in the region said.
for 12 big blinds in a three-bet shove according to Ryan O'Donnell.
