Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
We've played a level plus a bit, and the players are off for 15 minutes.
The board shows 49 players left.
Vanessa Selbst raised to 21,000 under the gun, and Frida Broberg defended her big blind to go heads up. Broberg check-folded to another 21,000 on the
.
That's not very interesting, but what is interesting is that with 49 players left, we still have three women going strong. And they're all seated at the same table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
205,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
175,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Jesus Cortes raised before the flop, and he found calls from both Johnny Lodden and John Duthie, the latter coming along from the blinds. He'd end up check-folding, though.
The flop came
, and Cortes continued out with 37,000. Lodden raised to 82,000, and Cortes didn't waste much time calling. The
came on the turn, and Lodden bet another 125,000. Cortes surrendered this time, not willing to go any further with Lodden.
The Team PokerStars Pro from Norway has squeaked over the million-chip mark now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,025,000
232,000
|
232,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
500,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
280,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
||
From middle position, Andrey Pateychuk raised to an unknown amount and Pedro Piazuelo three-bet to 53,000 from the cutoff seat. Pateychuk made it 91,000 with a four-bet and then Piazuelo reraised all in. Pateychuk called and put himself at risk for 360,000 with the 
. His opponent, Piazuelo, held the 
for two overcards.
The board ran out 



and Pateychuk's queens held up. His full house, tens full of queens, was good enough to double up to over 700,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
742,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
430,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Wow.
When we walked up to Table 1, there was a three-way all in going down. David Bach was showing up
, Johan Christopher Williamsson the
, and Jesus Cortes the
.
No sweat, Jesus. The
drilled the flop, and the
board gives Cortes the unlikely triple.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
625,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
200,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
175,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
We're down to 56 players left, and we've just broken the first table of the day. Four more to go.
Johnny Lodden was one of the players on the move, and he's gotten pretty unlucky with his seat card. He's joined Table 1, and there's now a murderers' row in the last four seats, including three of the four remaining Team PokerStars Pros:
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 5 | Johnny Lodden |
| 6 | David Bach |
| 7 | Lex Veldhuis |
| 8 | John Duthie |
From middle position, Chris McClung raised to 23,000. David Bach three-bet from the cutoff seat to 58,000. Action folded back to McClung and he reraised to 125,000. Bach gave it some thought, but then folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
560,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
Sergey Tikhonov checked the 

flop before Mustapha Kanit fired 33,000. Joseph Cheong called and Tikhonov folded after some time in the tank.
The
landed on the turn and Kanit bet 71,000. Cheong gave it up and Kanit won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000 | |
|
|
655,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
485,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Johan Christopher Williamsson raised to 22,000 from middle position and Chris McClung reraised to 51,000 from the button. Play folded back to Williamsson and he reraised all in for 199,000. McClung called.
Williamsson: 

McClung: 

The flop, turn and river ran out 



and Williamsson doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,125,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
410,000
410,000
|
410,000 |