Players in Day 1c of the $1,100 Eureka Main Event are heading for a 65-minute dinner break. Late registration remains open until the start of the next level. The tournament is set to resume at approximately 8:45 p.m. local time.
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 18th episode, Connor speaks with author and psychologist Maria Konnikova about her family leaving Russia to come to the US, writing her first story in kindergarten, being mentored by Steven Pinker at Harvard, meeting Erik Seidel for the first time and her 2020 bestseller The Biggest Bluff that explored her poker journey.
Konnikova, a PokerStars ambassador, also talked about her research for an upcoming book into cheating in poker and other games, as well as game integrity rule changes implemented at EPT Barcelona that Konnikova said needed to go even further.
"I think what PokerStars has done is amazing. I think you need to go a step further and not have any electronics anywhere on the table," said Konnikova. "Like, I think phones need to be on the floor, in your bag."
"I would actually also ban sunglasses because ... there's so much technology that (that can enable cheating)."
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Players have taken their seats and cards are back in the air!
Late registration is now closed for Day 1c of the $1,100 Eureka Main Event. There have been 716 entries to the flight, which will play down to 15 percent of the field, meaning 108 players are set to make it through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
253,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
233,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
220,500
220,500
|
220,500 |
|
|
190,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
184,500
184,500
|
184,500 |
|
183,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
176,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
175,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
174,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
161,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Hugo Delmaire-Sizes raised to 3,000 from early position and Zhipeng Yu shoved from the big blind for around 20,000. Delmaire-Sizes eventually flicked in the call.
Zhipeng Yu: K♣7♠ 
Hugo Delmaire-Sizes: 10♦9♦
Yu wanted to run the board without exposing his cards for a sweat, but the dealer didn't allow him to. The runout of 7♦4♣10♣5♠4♠ gave both players a pair, but Delmaire-Sizes had the bigger one with a pair of tens, and Yu hit the rail just as registration closed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
70,000 | |
|
Busted |
Marle Spragg opened to 3,500 from early position and Kevin Hasler defended his big blind.
Hasler check-called a 4,000 bet from Spragg on the 3♠9♥Q♦ flop and then both players checked down on the 8♠ turn and 6♣ river.
Hasler tabled K♥10♣ for just king-high and Spragg revealed 4♦4♠ to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
55,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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With around 13,000 chips in the pot on a board of 10♥5♦6♥Q♠, both Athanasios Kapetanios and Mauricio Sanchez checked, then Nikolai Mamut fired 6,500. Vladimir Troyanovskiy called, Kapetanios folded, and Sanchez called.
A J♣ landed on the river and Sanchez checked, then Mamut bet 22,000. Troyanovskiy quickly got out of the way, and Sanchez followed suit after a short time thinking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
55,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
50,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Akinobu Maeda and Jesse Spatuzzi were heads up on a flop of 4♣5♥Q♦.
Maeda checked to Spatuzzi from the big blind and Spatuzzi bet 2,500. Maeda then shoved for 18,500 total and Spatuzzi asked for a count before making the call.
Akinobu Maeda: 3♣2♣
Jesse Spatuzzi: 10♦10♣
Spatuzzi held the lead with his tens, but the A♥ turn immediately filled Maeda's straight draw and left Spatuzzi drawing dead.
An irrelevant 2♠ completed the board and Maeda doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
