The final eight players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.
The final eight players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Jules Dickerson raised to 125,000 under the gun and was called by both Dimitar Danchev in the small blind and Gregoire Auzoux in the big blind.
The trio checked the ![]()
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flop, but when the board double-paired on the turn with the
, Danchev checked again, and Auzoux bet 175,000. Dickerson called, but Danchev folded.
The river brought the
and Auzoux now checked. Dickerson bet 250,000 and got a call from Auzoux.
The chip leader tabled ![]()
and his french opponent tossed his cards to the muck.
After Steve O'Dwyer opened to 135,000 from middle position, Nick Petrangelo defended his big blind.
They inquired as to the size of each other's stack sizes then saw a flop of ![]()
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, which Petrangelo checked.
O'Dwyer bet 180,000 and Petrangelo called to see the
fall on the turn.
Again he checked, then called a bet of 360,000 from O'Dwyer, leaving himself a bit over 400,000 behind.
On the
river, Petrangelo checked a final time, then after using a time bank to contemplate his next action, O'Dwyer checked back.
Petrangelo tabled ![]()
for two pair which sent O'Dwyer's hand into the muck.
Juan Pardo raised to 325,000 from early position, leaving himself 50,000 behind. Pedro Marques then moved all in from the cutoff for an even 400,000. Action folded back to Pardo, who called.
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Pedro Marques: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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giving Marques a set of sixes on the turn, then filling him up on the river to send Pardo to the rail with the first payout of the day.
Dimitar Danchev limped his small blind and was met with a raise to 190,000 from Juan Pardo in the big blind. Danchev then moved all in for 1,410,000 and Pardo called to put the Bulgarian at risk.
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Juan Pardo: ![]()
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Danchev was in rough shape, but the ![]()
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flop changed everything, pairing Danchev's king.
The
on the turn gave Pardo straight possibilities, but the
on the river secured the double-up for Danchev, leaving Pardo with the shortest stack at the table.
Level: 19
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 100,000 in middle position and was called by Jules Dickerson in the big blind.
On the ![]()
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flop, Dickerson check-called a bet of 175,000 from O'Dwyer and a big pot was already brewing.
The turn was the
and Dickerson checked again. This time, O'Dwyer patted the table as well.
On the
river, after a bit of thought, Dickerson moved all in for O'Dwyer's final 840,000 and the EPT legend snap-called.
Dickerson tabled ![]()
for a flopped king-high straight, but O'Dwyer showed ![]()
for quad tens to double up and finally slow Dickerson's early momentum.
Pedro Marques raised to 400,000 in middle position, leaving himself 15,000 behind. Juan Pardo then moved all in from the big blind and Marques called.
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The flop came ![]()
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, pairing Marques' jack immediately. The board completed with the
turn and
river giving Marques a full house to win the hand and double up.
After winning a blind versus blind pot for 500,000 from Gregoire Auzoux, Jules Dickerson has taken a chunk from Nick Petrangelo.
Dickerson limped his small blind and Petrangelo checked in the big to see a flop of ![]()
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.
Both players checked to the
turn and Dickerson bet 50,000.
Petrangelo called and the
fell on the river. Dickerson now checked and Petrangelo bet 250,000.
Dickerson replied with a check-raise to 900,000, which Petrangelo quickly called.
Dickerson showed ![]()
for trip nines, which was the winner as Petrangelo mucked his hand, sending another pot to Dickerson who has built a substantial lead early in the day.
Nick Petrangelo raised to 110,000 from early position and was called by Gregoire Auzoux in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Auzoux check-called a bet of 60,000.
The players both checked the
turn, but on the
river, Auzoux led out for 285,000 which Petrangelo called.
Auzoux showed ![]()
, for a pair of fours while Petrangelo turned over ![]()
for a winning pair of eights.