Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
Brandon Smith has brought Andros Ioakimides down to earth.
Smith flopped a set of eights, then got all his chips in once Ioakimides turned an open ender.
The river bricked and Smith doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
52,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Tim Vance got a much needed double up with a set of queens against a set of deuces to get off life support for now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
With registration closed, the prizepool information has been released.
The prizepool reached a total of $173,000 from which 15 spots will get paid. A minimum cash is worth $3,287, but the big money is up top with $48,440 reserved for first.
Below are updated counts for the big stacks and early leaders:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
122,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
121,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
75,000
14,900
|
14,900 |
|
|
75,000 | |
|
|
74,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
74,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
73,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
36,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
27,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
19,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Registration and re-entry has now closed with the start of Level 7.
TD Bill Bruce just informed PokerNews the total number of entries reached 173.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
With six full levels now in the books the remaining players have been sent off on a 60-minute dinner break.
Play will resume little after 6:30 p.m. local time with plans to play another eight levels.
Yet another lucky river card has vaulted a player up near the top of the counts.
This time the beneficiary was Travis Smith, who got it in holding ![]()
on a ![]()
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board against one opponent with ![]()
.
The
river made Smith's day an even better one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
119,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Dorianne May has moved into the top spot on the leaderboard after a very fortunate river card helped her bust one opponent.
May had bet 6,000 on the turn of a ![]()
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board and sat in the tank for a good two minutes when her opponent pushed in for a little more than 20,000 total.
She eventually made the call with ![]()
for two pair and was behind her opponent's ![]()
Broadway straight.
However, the
river changed all that as May filled up and her opponent hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
27,000
|
27,000 |