The players are now on another 20-minute break as the clock shows 182 players remaining.
The players are now on another 20-minute break as the clock shows 182 players remaining.
Samuel Ju opened to 6,500 from middle position and was called by Victor Ilyukhin to his left. Thomas Gibson followed with a three-bet to 22,000, which was called by Ju with Ilyukhin stepping aside.
Ju checked the ![]()
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flop and called a bet of 17,000 from Gibson to see the
turn. Ju checked again, and Gibson immediate announced all in. Ju mucked his hand, and Gibson took down the sizeable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
212,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
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107,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
74,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
David Lopez Llacer jammed for 20,500 from early position. Alex Goya called in middle position. Julien Loire re-jammed for 57,500 from the cutoff. Goya toiled over the decision before eventually he called.
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Alex Goya: ![]()
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Goya would need to fit a six if he was to score the double knockout. The flop came ![]()
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, the turn was the
and the river came the
to bust Lopez Llacer and give Loire a big pot while Goya was damaged.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
126,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
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Busted |
Richard Harrison raised on the button and Bryn Larkman defended his big blind to see the ![]()
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flop. Harrison continued for 4,000 with a check-call from Larkman, and the action repeated with a 6,000 bet after the
turn.
Both players tapped the table on the
river, and Larkman mucked as Harrison turned over ![]()
and added the pot to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
252,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
|
|
124,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
Action came in on the river as the board read ![]()
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. Phillip Joyce bet 13,500 from the button into a meaty pot of around 70,000. Ghassan Bitar was in the small blind and considered it for some time before he called.
Joyce tabled the ![]()
for the rivered set of nines which was good as Bitar mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
167,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
|
|
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
Sam Grafton moved in for his last 22,000 for early position and found folds around the table until [Removed:510], who committed his larger stack leaving the hand heads up.
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Grafton was trailing from the start, and the ![]()
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changed nothing leading to an early exit for the PokerStars Ambassador.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
248,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Alessandro Smittarello raised to 4,500 and called a three-bet from Cristian Mihu to 10,000 after the action folded around the table.
Smittarello checked the ![]()
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flop and called after Mihu continued for 12,000. Both players then checked the
turn, and Smittarello led out for 11,500 on the
river. Mihu instantly tossed in a raise to 65,000, putting the pressure on Smittarello.
After taking some time, Smittarello slid his hand into the muck and Mihu let out a sigh of relief as he scooped up the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
Three players were in a hand on the flop that read ![]()
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. From the button, Ion Gori bet 8,000. Nello Rodolpho Giongo Neto raised all in from the small blind which got the big blind to fold swiftly. Gori thought for a few moments before he called.
Gori had the lead with the ![]()
top pair while Neto had the ![]()
for the draw. The turn was the
and the river came the
to miss Neto and secure a double for Gori.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
114,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Andreas Christoforou raised from early position and found a call from Chris Da Silva in the big blind. The rest of Da Silva's stack went in after the ![]()
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flop, followed by a quick call from Christoforou.
Chris Da Silva: ![]()
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Andreas Christoforou: ![]()
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Da Silva's draw was trailing until the
turn completed his straight, and the
river changed nothing. Da Silva doubled his stack late in Level 12.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
246,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
44,000
101,000
|
101,000 |