The remaining 421 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
The remaining 421 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
After a pair of limps in early position and a raise to 800 from Carole Zerbib, Sergio Benso three-bet to 2,000, which was met with a four-bet from Jan Mach.
The blinds, limpers, and Zerbib all folded before Benso five-bet all in for a little under 10,000, which Mach called.
Sergio Benso: ![]()
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Jan Mach: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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, chopping the pot and adding a bit to Benso and Mach's stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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102,000
102,000
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102,000 |
|
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36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Harwin Schreijmen raised to 500 from middle position and action folded around to Michael Matar, who called from the big blind.
The flop was ![]()
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and Matar checked. Schreijmen bet 400 and Matar check-called.
The turn was
and both players checked to see
on the river. Matar checked and Schreijmen bet 1,300. Matar got away from it without much hesitation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,900
35,900
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35,900 |
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29,700
29,700
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29,700 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
With around 5,000 in the original pot and ![]()
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on the board, floor staff was in the process of resolving the hand after a three-way all in.
Vincenzo Cotturri had ![]()
tabled for the flush while Oleg Bessaev was showing ![]()
. Carmen Zainescu had mucked the losing hand and was out of the tournament. Bessaev had called Cotturri's shove, but there was some question as to the exact amount that Cotturri would be owed.
It took a moment, but floor staff determined that Cotturri was owed 11,500 from Bessaev, and he dragged a pot to nearly triple his stack early in Day 1a action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
|
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25,500
25,500
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25,500 |
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Busted |
With a big pot in the middle and ![]()
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on the board, Gilles Silbernagel checked from the small blind and Maurizio Maiorano bet 10,200. After thinking it over for a moment, Silbernagel tossed in a single chip to call.
Maiorano turned over ![]()
and took the pot with jacks over eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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51,000
51,000
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51,000 |
|
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38,500
38,500
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38,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Jonas Lauck has re-entered the tournament after his set ran into a rivered straight just as the tournament got under way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
A player in the cutoff raised to 300 and the button called. Willem De Jong came along from the small blind and Nick Fu tossed in calling chips from the big blind.
The flop was ![]()
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and De Jong bet 800. Fu raised to 2,500 and that sent the cutoff and the button into the muck. De Jong called and the turn was
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De Jong checked the turn and Fu bet 3,500. De Jong slid a large stack into the middle for a big raise and Fu spent a few moments in the tank before he got away from it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
38,000
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38,000 |
|
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10,500
10,500
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10,500 |
With 800 in the pot and ![]()
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on the board, the small blind checked and Jan Christoffersen bet 400. The small blind check-called and the turn was
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The small blind checked once again and Christoffersen bet 900. The small blind called again and the river was
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It was check once more for the small blind and Christoffersen fired 3,100. Christoffersen took the pot as his opponent tossed his hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,500
43,500
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43,500 |