The pictures are courtesy of Neil Stoddart
The pictures are courtesy of Neil Stoddart
Pedro Marques raised to 450,000 with the ![]()
and Piotr Nurzynski defended the big blind with ![]()
. On the ![]()
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flop, Nurzynski checked and called a bet of 350,000 by Marques.
Both checked the
turn and Nurzynski bet the
river for 2.0 million into a pot of 1.9 million. Marques double-checked his cards and
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,100,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
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|
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5,380,000
1,595,000
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1,595,000 |
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Piotr Nurzynski raised to 650,000 with ![]()
after the action folded to him in the small blind. Rodrigo Carmo was in the big blind and looked down at ![]()
.
Short stack Carmo opted to three-bet to 1.6m, and Nurzynski gave himself some time to think.
As his 30 seconds came close to running out, he announced all-in and got a quick fold from Carmo, who was left with 17 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,900,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
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|
|
3,400,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
Ognyan Dimov raised to 450,000 with the ![]()
and Piotr Nurzynski on the button called with ![]()
, Haoxiang Wang defended the big blind with ![]()
. The flop came ![]()
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and action checked to Nurzynski, who bet 600,000 and was called only by Wang.
On the
turn, both players checked and the
completed the board. Wang checked and Nurzynski bet 1.9 million into a pot of 2.85 million. That sent Wang into the think tank and he used a time bank before tossing in the chips.
Nurzynski claimed yet another decent pot and pulled away further at the top of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,600,000
3,700,000
|
3,700,000 |
|
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|
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13,700,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,150,000
3,150,000
|
3,150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
5,675,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
5,375,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
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|
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3,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Matthias Tikerpe raised from early position with ![]()
and saw Pedro Marques defend his big blind with ![]()
. The flop came down ![]()
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, and Marques opted to take the betting led and put 225,000 into the middle with his top pair. Tikerpe called and took the lead when the
hit the turn.
Marques checked and called a 500,000 bet from Tikerpe.
The river was the
and gave Marques a flush. Both players checked to a showdown, and Tikerpe saw the bad news.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,400,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
|
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|
|
4,750,000
925,000
|
925,000 |
Pedro Marques raised to 450,000 with the ![]()
and Matthias Tikerpe defended the ![]()
in the big blind. The flop of ![]()
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was checked and the
appeared on the turn. Tikerpe bet 350,000 and Marques cut out a raise to 1.25 million.
Tikerpe gave it some thought but folded and the Portuguese rail applauded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,300,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
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|
|
4,350,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Haoxiang Wang raised to 500,000 from the button with ![]()
and saw Ognyan Dimov defend his big blind with ![]()
.
The ![]()
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flop turned the tables on Wang as Dimov hit two pair. The latter checked, and Wang bet 700,000. Dimov then raised to 2m and Wang called.
The turn
put Wang back in front with a higher two pair combination, and Dimov checked.
Wang needed to use two time back cards to think through his decision with just a pot size bet left behind him. Wang opted to bet half his stack for 2.5m and Dimov called.
The
river didn't change anything, and both players checked to a showdown.
Wang took the 10m chip pot in the biggest hand of the day so far to move back up to 12.8m.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,800,000 | |
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12,800,000 | |
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8,800,000 | |
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7,550,000 | |
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4,250,000 | |
|
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2,550,000 | |
The remaining six players have gone on a 20-minute break.
Level: 33
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Pedro Marques raised to 550,000 with the ![]()
in the cutoff and Piotr Nurzynski called in the big blind with ![]()
. The flop came ![]()
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and Nurzynski checked before subsequently calling a continuation bet of 350,000 by Marques.
On the
turn, Nurzynski checked once more and Marques bet another 950,000. Nurzynski called and the
came on the river. Both players checked and Nurzynski pulled further ahead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,600,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
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|
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6,350,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
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