Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Steve O'Dwyer raised in early position and Gab Yong Kim defended out of the big blind.
Kim checked on the flop of ![]()
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and O'Dwyer bet 5,000. Kim called. The turn brought the
and Kim led out for 8,000, prompting O'Dwyer to raise to 23,000. Undeterred, Kim three-bet to 43,000 and O'Dwyer quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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150,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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105,000
5,000
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5,000 |
With roughly 30,000 in the pot on a ![]()
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board, Igor Pihela had two T-5,000 chips over the betting line in the small blind, and Andras Nemeth raised to 28,000 in the cutoff.
After some time, Pihela moved in his entire stack, and Nemeth quickly folded to concede the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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62,000
38,000
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38,000 |
Before blinds went up, Hassan Nashar limped in and Diego Gomez raised as the player next to act. The action folded to Sirzat Hissou in the big blind, who put in a small three-bet. Nashar took the opportunity to four-bet jam and Gomez called with a smaller stack of about 67,000, while Hissou folded.
Diego Gomez: ![]()
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Hassan Nashar: ![]()
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Gomez couldn't win the flip as the board ran out ![]()
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for the sixes of Nashar to stay ahead for an early knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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190,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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93,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000 | |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000 | |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
In a hand on Table 2, Joris Ruijs opened the hijack for 2,500 and Erik Seidel, from the big blind, was the only caller. Seidel then check called the 1,500 flop continuation bet on ![]()
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. The
on the turn saw Seidel elect to check once more and he swiftly folded to the 4,500 turn bet from Ruijs.
Seidel has not had the start he would have hoped for losing 30% of his stack in the first two levels whereas Ruijs, on the other hand, has had the opposite fortune and has grown his 100,000 starting stack to 180,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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71,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Artur Martirosian had 7,000 committed to the pot in the cutoff and was facing a raise to 22,000 by Ramiro Petrone on the button. Martirosian thought about it and called.
The dealer spread the ![]()
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flop and Martirosian check-called for 12,500.
The
landed on the turn, Martirosian checked, and Petrone moved in enough chips to cover his opponent's remaining stack of 53,000. Martirosian deliberated for a bit and ultimately put in his chips.
Artur Martirosian: ![]()
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Ramiro Petrone: ![]()
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Martirosian needed a nine, but the
completed the board and he made his exit from the table, while the Argentinian Petrone took the pot to shoot up the leaderboard early in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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215,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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Busted | |
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Robert Mizrachi opened from the cutoff and Sam Grafton defended out of the big blind.
Grafton checked on the flop of ![]()
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and Mizrachi fired a small bet of 1,000. Grafton called. Grafton checked again on the
turn and Mizrachi checked back.
The river brought the
and Grafton took a moment before betting 12,000 with less than that in the pot. Mizrachi laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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96,000
96,000
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96,000 |
PokerStars Ambassador Sam "SamSquid" Grafton has taken his seat and will be looking to continue his winning ways after taking down the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up online at PokerStars yesterday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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