Day 1b Nears 500 Entries
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Table 51 has already opened and currently plays short-handed. Among those seated there is Kully Sidhu, who opened to 500 in the cutoff. The button called and Frederic Delval then three-bet to 3,600 out of the big blind in order to force two quick folds.
Many more new faces have since emerged in the field as 470 players out of 480 entries remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | |
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32,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000 | |
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28,000 | 28,000 |
|
28,000 | |
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28,000 |
, Johan Storaakers check-called the 1,800 turn bet from David Dahan and the two players went to the river.
and Storaakers checked once more. Dahan counted out a bet of 4,200 and slowly pushed it over the line before Storaakers quickly called.
for a rivered full house which bested Storaakers' 
.
between Piotr Walenta and Juan Pardo. The former then opted to bet 2,500 only for Pardo to go into the tank and raise it up to 8,500. Walenta gave it some thought for 30 seconds, double-checked his cards and silently sent them into the muck.
. Guy Goossens in the big blind was the player to bet for 1,700 and Fiodor Martino the only caller on the button. The 
fell on the turn and Goossens bet another 4,500. This time, Martino sent his cards into the muck and the Belgian chipped up.
turn, Stanislavs Macugins checked and Tomoki Matsuda bet 1,200 for his opponent to call. Macugins checked again the 
on the river and Matsuda now bet 3,000. This sent Macugins into a brief tank, he shook his head and then folded the 
face-up.
river, Andrea Klasovic and Boaz Madhala checked to Erwann Pecheux, who made it 4,000 to go. Only Klasovic called and Pecheux tabled the 
for the nuts to win the pot.
