Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
After a short pause in the action, Level 10 has begun with blinds at 600/1,200 with an ante of 200. According to the big board, there are a total of 425 entrants in the tournament with about 225 still in their seats.
Finland's Aki Pyssing was down to under 40,000 in chips but now has more than double this stack.
Roland Luik opened to 3,200 before Pyssing three-bet to 10,000. Luik four-bet jammed for about 180,000 and Pyssing wasted no time in calling his stack of 39,100.
Pyssing:
Luik:
Both players held premium hands, however, Luik needed a ton of help as a 4:1 underdog in order to continue his momentum and eliminate his opponent.
Instead, Luik began counting out his chips after the flop came to give Pyssing a set. The
on the turn and the
on the river made things official and Pyssing doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
|
141,000
52,100
|
52,100 |
|
82,000 |
Kim Christensen entered the day as the chip leader. This is no longer the case as there are a few stacks around the room at 200,000 or great while Christensen's stack has become smaller.
He just shook his head in frustration after he lost a small pot against Anders Stai.
Christensen bet 5,000 into a pot of around 8,000 on a board. His opponent quickly called and Christensen turned over
.
Stai shouted king-six and a moment later showed he wasn't misrepresenting his hand when turning over for two pair and the pot.
Despite Christensen bleeding some chips, he still has a good stack of around 125,000, which is more than 100 big blinds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
|
125,000
-65,900
|
-65,900 |
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Gatis Reigass lost some of his stack but just got it back. He opened the button to 2,600 and Roope Tarmi called from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop before Tarmi led out for 4,200 after the
appeared on the turn.
Reigass called and then called a bet of 9,200 from his opponent after the completed the board on the river.
Tarmi turned over for a pair which was good until the river when Reigass snagged a better pair with
.
Reigass who has been chatting away both yesterday and today was unusually quiet after the hand. Instead it was tablemate Patrik Backlund who spoke up.
"Easy peasy," laughed Backlund before he added, "Nice river."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
|
57,000
5,100
|
5,100 |
Day 2 has gone the opposite for Kim Christensen than Day 1b did. He entered the day as the chip leader and now is on scraps.
With the board reading , Terje Bremseth jammed for 50,100. Christensen with not too much more behind called.
Bremseth:
Christensen:
The check mark was already with Bremseth with Christensen drawing dead. the completed the board on the river and Christensen was down to under 8,000 in chips.
Christensen was able to win the next hand against the
held by Borge Dypvik in an all-in preflop pot to bring his stack to around 25,000 as the break was coming in.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
|
25,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Players are on their first 15 minute break of the day.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Kyosti Allan Isberg is in the chip lead with 270,000 in chips followed by Alf Johannes Jacobsen 244,000 in chips. Here is a look at some of the other major stacks.
*Photo courtesy of Juhani Tyrisevä.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
|
270,000
244,200
|
244,200 |
|
244,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
166,100
52,500
|
52,500 |
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158,400
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
157,300
72,300
|
72,300 |
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155,400
59,300
|
59,300 |
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155,000
76,900
|
76,900 |
|
151,600
95,400
|
95,400 |
|
148,400
90,300
|
90,300 |
|
147,000
120,900
|
120,900 |
|
144,500
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
144,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
143,400
72,400
|
72,400 |
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140,900
89,200
|
89,200 |
|
138,500
138,500
|
138,500 |
|
137,400
25,900
|
25,900 |
|
135,600
27,100
|
27,100 |
|
131,200
101,600
|
101,600 |
|
129,000
29,200
|
29,200 |
|
128,900
23,700
|
23,700 |
|
128,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
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127,000
20,900
|
20,900 |
|
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
121,500
50,500
|
50,500 |
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118,400
30,600
|
30,600 |