Down to 43
We're down to 43 players and that means the current average stack is 470,930 or 58 big blinds.
We're down to 43 players and that means the current average stack is 470,930 or 58 big blinds.
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree just recapped some of the action we missed after she lost a hand against PokerStars SportStars Fatima Moreira de Melo.
Boeree raised before the flop, Moreira de Melo three-bet and Boeree made the call. On the flop popped up and Boeree check-called another bet.
We picked up the action on the turn when the hit and Boeree check-called 70,000.
The river completed the board with the and Boeree checked again after which Moreira de Melo moved all in for her final chips. Boeree snap-folded and Moreira de Melo showed .
"I had jacks," Boeree added as she dropped down quite a bit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fatima Moreira de Melo |
490,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
Liv Boeree |
378,000
-117,000
|
-117,000 |
Martijn Ardon moved all in for about 140,000 ove the top of Joao Vieira's initial 16,000 raise. The Portuguese player thought for a minute before electing to call.
Ardon :
Vieira:
The board ran out to make Vieira a flush and he moved above the one-million mark.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joao Vieira |
1,105,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
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Martijn Ardon | Busted |
Johnny Lodden was down to his last 108,000 and moved all in preflop, Jakub Mroczek got a count, tanked and then made the call.
Lodden:
Mroczek:
The flop came and Mroczek moved into the lead.
"Give him two pair," said the Norwegian.
The on the turn made no difference and Mroczek made a straight on the river. The Polish player has increased his chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jakub Mroczek |
1,575,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Johnny Lodden | Busted | |
Christopher Wood open-shipped all in from early position for his last 125,000. It folded all of the way around to Benny Spindler in the big blind who instantly dropped forward chips and turned over his cards.
Spindler exposed for a lead over Wood's . The flop was about as dramatic as it could be, giving Spindler top set of kings while Wood made four to a diamond flush. The on the turn gave Wood even more outs, allowing him to make Broadway on the river with any ten. Alas for Wood, the completed the board and he was eliminated from play. Spindler added to his growing stack which now sits right around 780,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benny Spindler |
780,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Christopher Wood | Busted |
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Daniel Erlandsson limp-called a raise from Joao Vieira in a blind-on-blind battle. The pair saw a flop where Erlandsson check-called a 51,000 bet. The pattern was repeated on the turn, but this time to the tune of 73,000.
Erlandsson also checked the river and Vieira tanked for about two minutes before opting to check back on the end. Erlandsson showed and won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joao Vieira |
950,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
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Daniel Erlandsson |
750,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Jonas Lauck raised to 16,000 under the gun plus one and PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo three-bet from the button to 35,000. The action folded back to Lauck and he made the call.
The flop came down and Lauck check-called a bet of 36,000.
On the turn the hit and Lauck checked again to Moreira de Melo who threw out 70,000. Lauck tanked for quite a while but eventually he made the call.
The river was the and both players checked. Lauck showed and he raked in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonas Lauck |
600,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
Fatima Moreira de Melo |
300,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zachary Korik | Busted | |
Joseph Grech | Busted | |
Ramey Shaio | Busted | |
Marek Uharcek | Busted |
After a series of bets and raises before the flop, PokerStars Team Online member Christian Favale found himself all in and at risk for his last 141,000 against Alexander Trevallion.
Favale:
Trevallion:
The board ran out , keeping Favale in the lead with ace-king high. He scored a double late in the evening and is now flirting with a 300k stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Trevallion |
320,000
-163,000
|
-163,000 |
Christian Favale |
295,000
158,000
|
158,000 |