Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
With 60,000 in pot and the board showing ![]()
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, Yucel Eminoglu bet 55,000 from the big blind, leaving 80,000 behind. Gary Whitehead in the cutoff jammed for 145,000 which sent Eminoglu into a spin.
Eminoglu interrogated his opponent, with his tanking going deep into the break. The verbal barrage did not stop and eventually the clock was called. "You can only have ace-queen, would you do this ace-king?" quizzed Eminoglu. "You must know I have two pair," Whitehead remained statuesque.
Eminoglu folded before the clock ran out and Whitehead tabled his ![]()
which erupted the onlooking players. Eminoglu said "I made a very bad fold," while Whitehead was congratulated by his table mates.
The players are going on their final 20-minute break of the day. The tournament clock shows 54 players remaining with the average currently 260,000.
The 500-value chips are also being raced off.
Yiannis Liperis was all in for 175,000 holding ![]()
against the ![]()
of Joshua Boulton.
There was no help for Liperis as the baord came ![]()
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and Liperis was eliminated.
Daniel Illingworth moved all-in for 27,000 and was called by the Jiaze Li cutoff. Illingworth had ![]()
and was up against ![]()
. Illingworth failed to connect on the tc4c3s7hkh] runout.
Ivor Sampson doubled with his ![]()
, besting Tina Bandyle's ![]()
after the ![]()
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On the opposite table Day 1a chip leader Renee Xie was all-in from the small blind for her last 500 chips. Gary Whitehead was in the big blind and they were off to a run out.
Renee Xie: ![]()
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Gary Whitehead: ![]()
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Whitehead would remain best after completed board displayed ![]()
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Sylvain Loosli was all in and at risk for 86,500 holding ![]()
against the ![]()
of Jiten Chauhan.
The flop ![]()
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quickly put Loosli in front and he held on the ensuing ![]()
runout.
The tournament chip leader appears to be Paul Trotter, and he sits at the same table as the pair of them.