One of the satellites must have just ended as the field was bumped by more than two dozen entries at once. Some of the notables who joined can be found below.
One of the satellites must have just ended as the field was bumped by more than two dozen entries at once. Some of the notables who joined can be found below.
Only 70 players out of 72 entries remain as the first break of the day has commenced.
Aleksejs Ponakovs open-jammed for 4,046 and was isolated by Matthias Eibinger in the cutoff.
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and the diamond flush sent Ponakovs to the rail but he re-entered right away.
Russia's "jakedini" showed a big bluff with jack-six high after they had jammed the river and forced a fold from Jargo Alavali. "ULMFKR" also lost a big pot albeit without showdown against "jakedini" and up next there was an all-in showdown on the same table.
In a three-bet pot to the ![]()
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flop with 6,000 each invested, Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez engaged in a raising war with Aleksejs Ponakovs that got all the chips in the middle.
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The
turn locked up the double for Benitez and the
river didn't matter.
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 125
Arsenii Malinov made it 1,680 to go on the button and David Yan three-bet to 10,080 in the big blind, which Malinov opted to call. Yan led the ![]()
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flop for 15,945 to receive a call from Malinov and then check-folded the
turn to a bet worth 14,400.
Malinov won more pots after that and then took a flip against Christian Rudolph.
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The pair remained ahead on the ![]()
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flop and
turn. However, the
river improved Malinov and Rudolph snap re-entered into the same seat.
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov won a three-way three-bet pot against Nick Petrangelo and Seth Davis when he bet the ![]()
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turn successfully.
One hand later, Mike Watson took on Emelyanov with 2,000 invested to the ![]()
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flop. Watson bet 6,000 into 5,200 and Emelyanov check-raised to 14,600, which Watson called. On the
turn, Emelyanov bet 11,352 to force a fold and flashed ![]()
for a bluff.
Davies got some chips back off the Russian when he called down for 1,742 on the ![]()
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turn and 6,572 on the
river, Emelyanov flipped over ![]()
for bottom pair and Davies had the winning ![]()
for a pair of kings.
Throughout the last dozen hands, Daniel Dvoress scored several pots to boost his stack while Sam Greenwood lost almost half of his stack already on the same table.
Ravid "jerbi9999" Garbi then three-bet the button to 8,640 and initial raiser Guillaume Nolet folded, Dvoress called in the cutoff. They checked down the ![]()
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board entirely and Jerbi took it down with ![]()
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David Yan three-bet to 7,128 and was called by Fedor Holz in a battle small blind versus button. On the ![]()
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flop, Yan elected to check-call for 4,740 and did so again for another 20,103 on the
turn.
Yan also checked the
river and Holz jammed for 65,213. That proved to be too much, as Yan folded without using the time bank.
Two hands later, Yan raised and Laurynas Levinskas called on the button. Christian Rudolp ripped it in for 10,160 in the small blind and Yan was the only caller.
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board gave Rudolph a flush and he more than doubled.