Under Two
The number on the big board has just ticked down to 196 players remaining as we've lost nearly half the field in the first seven levels.
The number on the big board has just ticked down to 196 players remaining as we've lost nearly half the field in the first seven levels.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Elio Fox |
81,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
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Humberto Brenes |
73,000
51,400
|
51,400 |
Felipe Ramos |
46,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Nacho Barbero |
38,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
Leo Fernandez |
38,000
-45,500
|
-45,500 |
Bill Gazes
|
29,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
Christian de Leon |
28,500
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Lisandro Gallo
|
25,000
16,400
|
16,400 |
Eugene Katchalov |
24,000
7,800
|
7,800 |
Peter Eichardt | 22,000 | |
Juan Manuel Pastor |
21,000
2,600
|
2,600 |
Cory Levi
|
20,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Gualter Salles |
19,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Eric Levesque |
16,000
8,600
|
8,600 |
Matthias de Meulder |
14,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
James Honeybone
|
6,500
400
|
400 |
Team PokerStars Pro Christian de Leon raised from middle position to 2,100 and the player in the next seat made the call. Action then folded to the player in the big blind and he reraised to 6,500. De Leon called as did the other player.
The flop came down and the big blind took a few moments before checking. De Leon moved all in for 22,800 and that knocked the next player out of the way. The big blind snap-called and tabled the for flopped quads. De Leon was drawing dead with the in his hand.
The turn was the and river the . The river jack meant nothing and de Leon was knocked all the way back to 5,200 in chips after paying off his opponent's all-in bet worth 17,600.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christian de Leon |
5,200
-23,300
|
-23,300 |
Well, Elio Fox doesn't have 80,000 chips anymore. He has closer to double that now after dragging a monster pot just before a table break a moment ago.
Fox was kind enough to fill us in on the details of the knockout pot that began with him raising under the gun. He was holding king-queen, and he defended his raise to a three-bet from the player on the button. The flop brought two more queens for Fox, coming . He check-called a bet there, then check-called another bullet on a blank turn. The river was a blank too, and Fox took the lead with a healthy bet of 27,000. Mr. Opponent shoved in for just about double that, and Fox made the call for most of his own chips.
Mr. Opponent could not beat Fox's trip queens, and that big pot pushes Fox up over the 150,000-chip mark and into the chip lead, it appears.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Elio Fox |
160,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
A player raised to 2,100 from under the gun. Two Team PokerStars Pros, Humberto Brenes and Leo Fernandez, called from middle position and the small blind called as well. The flop came down and action checked to the preflop raiser. He bet 6,100 and only Brenes called.
The turn was the and paired the board. The first player bet 7,500 and then Brenes raised all in. His opponent quickly folded and Brenes showed the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Humberto Brenes |
95,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Leo Fernandez |
37,500
-500
|
-500 |
A player raised to 1,600 in middle position before the cutoff seat called, Daniel Negreanu called on the button and the big blind called. The flop came down and action checked to Team PokerStars Pro Negreanu. He bet 4,200 and everyone folded to give him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
41,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
On the last hand of the level, the field bid farewell to Cory Levi.
Levi was one of the early risers during the opening levels, but his momentum cooled off in a big way as the day wore on. He was very short on chips when he three-bet shoved with and the initial raiser called with . There was a nine and a diamond on the flop, and another diamond apiece on the turn and river sent Levi off just ahead of the mass rush to the exits for break.
That's eight levels down, two to go. Ah but first, a break. We'll be back in 15 minutes to finish this thing off for the night.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Last year's fifth-place finisher, Leandro Csome, has been eliminated. His went down to an opponent's after a queen hit on the river. All of the money went in preflop.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Leandro Csome
|
Busted |