Ben Ward was back on top of the leaderboard at the third break. Here is a look at the top ten stacks with the field at 227 entrants with 172 players remaining.
Ben Ward was back on top of the leaderboard at the third break. Here is a look at the top ten stacks with the field at 227 entrants with 172 players remaining.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
The tournament is on its third break. Blinds will increase to 1,200/2,400 with an ante of 300 when the action resumes.
Amichai Barer opened to 4,200 from the hijack and got called by Daniel Dvoress in the cutoff and "INeedMoneyy" in the big blind.
"INeedMoneyy" checked the ![]()
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flop. Barer bet 5,663. Dvoress folded and "INeedMoneyy" called.
The
came on the turn and "INeedMoneyy" check-called a bet of 12,789 from Barer.
"INeedMoneyy" checked again after the
completed the board on the river. Barer jammed for 28,767 and "IneedMoneyy" called. "INeedMoneyy" held ![]()
for top pair and Barer won the pot to double-up with two pair holding [jshs].
Shyngis Satubayev opened to 4,400 from the hijack and was called by Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind.
Muehloecker led out for 7,491 after the ![]()
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were dealt on the flop and Satubayev called. Muehloecker fired out again for 16,731 after the
came on the turn and once again got a call.
The
completed the board on the river and Muehloecker bet 15,061. Satubayev made the call and won the hand when his ![]()
for top pair was more than good to beat Muehloecker who missed his draws holding ![]()
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Daniel Dvoress opened to 4,600 from the hijack and Joakim Andersson defended his big blind.
Andersson check-called a bet of 4,000 after the ![]()
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came on the flop before he check-called a bet of 12,000 after the
landed on the turn.
The
paired the board on the river and Andersson checked for a third time. Dvoress fired out for 21,975 and Andersson called.
Dvoress held ![]()
for two pair and lost the pot to Andersson who turned a flush with ![]()
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The field has grown to 204 entries with 169 players actively in their seats to start Level 8.
"Gynecologist" was in the chip lead with Daniel "TheFarmer" Ghionoiu and Stoyan "UncleToni" Obreshkov also holding stacks above 300,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 250
Aleks Trofimov opened to 3,375 from early position. Bryan Paris three-bet to 10,400 from the hijack. Trofimov four-bet jammed for 62,780 and Paris called.
Aleks Trofimov: ![]()
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Bryan Paris: ![]()
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Trofimov's cowboys held strong with the ![]()
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running out on the board to double-up against Paris.
A total of 10 players have re-entered the Main Event on Day 1a with two of those re-entries belonging to Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov.
His third bullet was lost as follows. Emelyanov opened to 3,200 before he called a three-bet by Shankar Pillai from one seat over for 8,800.
Emelyanov check-raised the ![]()
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flop from 7,200 to 25,200 and Pillai callled. Emelyanov then jammed for 49,125 after the
landed on the turn and the players turned over their cards after Pillai called.
Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov: ![]()
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Shankar Pillai: ![]()
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Emelyanov was behind and needed a spade to stay alive. Instead the
completed the board to give Pillai the pot and send Emelyanov to the rail for a third time. Emelyanov will give it a fourth try and is back in with a fresh stack of 100,000.