Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez opened to 28,000 from early position before he called a three-bet jam by Eder "BlueMoon" Campana from the big blind.
Eder "BlueMoon" Campana: ![]()
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Francisco "VaPaCooler" Benitez: ![]()
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Campana won the flip to double his stack after Benitez failed to connect with the ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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275,554
83,098
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83,098 |
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169,790
533,450
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533,450 |
George Wolff jammed for 135,654 from early position. Aleksei Barkov called from middle position before Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot jammed for 876,856. Barkov folded and Wolff and Chalot went to a showdown.
George Wolff: ![]()
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Benjamin "Geraaaard" Chalot: ![]()
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The ![]()
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ran out on the board and Chalot's cowboys were enough to eliminate Wolff on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,183,164
426,233
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426,233 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Dan Smith opened for 28,000 from the button before he called a three-bet jam of 377,552 by Johan Haugen from the small blind.
Johan Haugen: ![]()
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Dan Smith: ![]()
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Haugen won the flip against Smith and he doubled up with a full house on the ![]()
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board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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783,104
783,104
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783,104 |
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749,581
749,581
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749,581 |
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263,817
448,682
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448,682 |
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Busted | |
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Connor Drinan opened for 30,800 from under the gun. Wiktor Malinowski three-bet jammed for 146,035 from the small blind and Drinan called.
Wiktor Malinowski: ![]()
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Connor Drinan: ![]()
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Things went from bad to worse for Malinowski with Drinan hitting a set on the ![]()
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flop. Malinowski was drawing dead after the
appeared on the turn and it was made official after the
landed on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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668,598
371,035
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371,035 |
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Busted | |
Luigi "shadinho94" Shehadeh was once again the chip leader to start the penultimate level of Day 1a. Here is a look at the top five stacks with 55 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,766,485
79,750
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79,750 |
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1,083,758
7,514
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7,514 |
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975,606
405,799
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405,799 |
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954,964
322,090
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322,090 |
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914,717
87,950
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87,950 |
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Level: 21
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
Eder "BlueMoon" Campana jammed for 167,326 from early position and got a call from Aleksei Barkov in the small blind.
Eder "BlueMoon" Campana: ![]()
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Aleksei Barkov: ![]()
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The ![]()
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board was a safe one for Campana and he doubled up off Barkov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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419,818 | |
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358,652
70,551
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70,551 |
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176,404
11,502
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11,502 |
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Aram "Pusha T" Zobian got it in with ![]()
suited and wasn't able to get there against the ![]()
held by Timothy Adams. The table broke straight after the completion of this hand to leave just 56 hopefuls remaining on Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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544,216 | |
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Busted | |
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Dan Smith opened for 26,400 from middle position before he called a three-bet jam by "GCashG" from the cutoff to 206,394.
GCashG: ![]()
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Dan Smith: ![]()
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"GCashG" was ahead but that didn't last long with Smith improving to a pair on the ![]()
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flop. Neither the
turn nor the
river helped "GCashG" get back into this hand to hit the rail late on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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712,499
119,144
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119,144 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |