Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
The 46 remaining players have been sent on a 30-minute break. When they return, the late registration for the EPC High Roller will have closed.
Shot clocks will also be introduced after the break.
In the 1,009th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by 888poker, Chad Holloway sits down with Albert Cheng, the Chief Growth Officer of Chess.com.
Poker may experience a boom among chess players as a popular chess website with millions of daily users launched a poker site and training program. Gambit, launched by Chess.com, is a free-to-use poker software where players can play against bots, friends, and other online users. They can also be walked through the basics of the game, take poker strategy lessons, and track their poker stats.
Gambit is specifically aimed at helping new players become introduced to the game without having to lose money or be pushed in-app purchases.
"Here's what it is: a poker site built for learning," Chess.com Chief Growth Officer Albert Cheng said in a May blog post. "No real-money gambling. No rake. Just the parts of the chess playbook that have made it work for millions of people, applied to poker."
Gambit, which is available on desktop as well as iOS and Android, will be immediately familiar to Chess.com users as the two share the same interface and graphics.
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Preflop, Dennis Kobberoe was all in and at risk for his 154,000 in the hijack. Pashaaa had looked him up in the big blind with a covering stack.
Dennis Kobberoe: J♦J♣
Pashaaa: A♥Q♥
Kobberoe's jacks held on the 6♥3♠3♣K♣9♠ runout, doubling him up.
Over at another table, Mateusz Moolhuizen raised to 24,000 in middle position and called when Alessandro Predaroli three-bet to 60,000 on the button.
Moolhuizen check-called Predaroli's continuation-bet of 50,000 on the 8♦9♣2♥ flop, but he check-folded when Predaroli moved all in on the 2♦ turn.
Florian Duta opened to 25,000 on the button. Small blind Antonello Ferraiuolo then three-bet to 86,000, after which Paul Runcan clicked it to 147,000 in the big blind.
Duta quickly got out of the way, but Ferraiuolo decided to move all in for roughly 400,000. Runcan snap-called with the covering stack.
Antonello Ferraiuolo: A♦K♠
Paul Runcan: J♠J♦
No ace or king appeared on the 6♦9♣3♠Q♦2♦ runout, eliminating Ferraiuolo and shipping the pot to Runcan.
Davit Mikhanashvili raised to 26,000 in the hijack and called when Thuy Kieu three-bet to 90,000 from the big blind.
Kieu continued for 65,000 on the 5♥7♠5♣ flop. Mikhanashvili called, but he quickly folded when Kieu shoved all in for 211,000 on the 9♠ turn.
In the blinds, Martin Kabrhel and Zdenek Zizka got all their chips in the middle. Zizka played 495,000, and was barely covered by Kabrhel.
Zdenek Zizka: A♦K♦
Martin Kabrhel: Q♥Q♦
Zizka did not connect on the J♠8♣3♠10♥5♥ runout, and the two players shared a fist bump as Kabrhel celebrated the knockout.