Players are in the midst of their final 20-minute break of the night.
Players are in the midst of their final 20-minute break of the night.
Having lost the previous hand to Dan Smith, Linus Loeliger kept at it and raised to 6,500, which was called by Smith in the small blind and Dario Sammartino in the big blind. The flop brought ![]()
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and the action checked to Loeliger, who bet 10,000 and was called both ways.
On the
turn, Smith and Sammartino opted to check once more and Loeliger bet 30,000, only Smith called this time around and checked the
on the river. Loeliger fired a third barrel for 100,000 and Smith gave it some thought before calling.
Loeliger rolled over ![]()
for a set and raked in a big pot on his second bullet for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
330,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
260,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
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Sergio Aido lost almost half of a stack when Pascal LeFrancois hit a full house with pocket kings and the Canadian then took on Wai Leong Chan for a shot to chip up further.
Joining the action on the ![]()
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turn, Chan bet 21,000 in the hijack and LeFrancois on the button called. The
appeared on the river and Chan now fired a bet of 60,000. LeFrancois used one time bank and called to get shown ![]()
for king-high, LeFrancois claimed the next decent pot with ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
275,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
135,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Sean Winter opened and Luc Greenwood three-bet all in for 65,000. Winter called.
Sean Winter: ![]()
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Luc Greenwood: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and despite both players pushing their cards towards the board in hope of hitting, ace-king was good enough for Winter and he eliminated Greenwood.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
385,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The cards were almost rushed away and Timothy Adams was spotted on his way out of the tournament area, his ![]()
still visible. In a battle of the blinds, he was all in and at risk after a ![]()
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flop against the ![]()
of Wai Leong Chan and the board completed with the
turn and the
river.
In the meanwhile, Benjamin Pollak has joined the field and taken a seat over on table four to bring up the field size to 38 entries.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Luc Greenwood moved all in for 34,000 from under the gun. Anthony Zinno called in the small blind and Sean Winter open-folded ![]()
in the big blind.
Luc Greenwood: ![]()
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Anthony Zinno: ![]()
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Winter slammed the table in frustration and the flop came ![]()
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. The
came on the turn and Greenwood got to his feet just as the
came on the river giving him the win.
Greenwood sat back down.
"Perfect timing," said Bryn Kenney sitting to is direct left "That was skill!"
"It's uncanny how much it works!" said Dan Smith who was watching the action from a neighbouring table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
75,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
420,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
305,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
285,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
240,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
35,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
A bigger pot was brewing over on table two and the flop of ![]()
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brought a bet of 28,000 by Wai Leong Chan in the cutoff and a call by David Peters on the button. On the
turn, Chan continued for another 60,000 and Peters came along to see the
on the river. Chan checked and Peters bet 275,000, which had the remaining stack of Chan easily covered.
The Malaysian let his shot clock run down to three seconds and folded.
One hand later, Michael Soyza got his last 28,500 in preflop and Chan called in the hijack, all other opponents folded.
Michael Soyza: ![]()
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Wai Leong Chan: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop saw Soyza tap the table and grab his belongings, but he leaned back after the
turn to see if the runner runner miracle would happen. It didn't as the
river was a blank.
"Guess it's time for round two," Soyza said on his way out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
565,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
215,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Sam Greenwood defended his big blind from a Nick Petrangelo open and the pair checked the ![]()
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flop. Greenwood bet 15,000 on the
turn and Petrangelo called.
The river was the
and Greenwood bet 50,500 leaving himself just 500 behind.
"You got king-five Slammy?" asked Petrangelo. "That's about all I beat."
Petrangelo used up a time extension before folding. Greenwood turned over the
.
"I f*cking knew it," said Petrangelo. "If you had king-five you'd have to show it right?"
"No," said Greenwood, "I'd just keep you guessing!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
385,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
325,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
270,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
260,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |