Main Event Day 1b | 2019 Lex Live Namur

03-29-2019 01:08 UTC+2

'Zeeth' Doubles With Quads

Milko van Winden

Level 11 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

There was a very jumpy Danish Twitch streamer spotted in the tournament area and the reason was very clear when the cards were all dealt.

Morten 'Zeeth' Ottosen doubled his stack with against the of Constantin Smintanca.

The board read and Ottosen had quads. Ottosen managed to double up his stack to 78,000 and that is the biggest his stack has been for today and on Day 1A.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morten Ottosen	78,000 33,000	33,000
Constantin Smintanca	13,500 13,500	13,500

Tags: Morten Ottosen

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-29-2019 00:57 UTC+2

Nobels Eliminates a Short Stack

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Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Wesley Nobels raised to 4,500 from early position and another player moved all in from middle position for 27,500. Nobels called when the action folded back around to him and he was well ahead.

Nobels played and his opponent had . The board ran out in favor of Nobels who is now playing 180,000.

Nobels is seated at a table on the other side of the casino. Soufiane Gherbi is seated in the same area and it looks as if he has all the chips. Gherbi has 390,000 in front of him and he is closing on on the 490,000 stack of Day 1A chip leader Moise Alloun.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soufiane Gherbi	390,000

Wesley Nobels	180,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Moise Alloun Wesley Nobels Soufiane Gherbi

03-29-2019 00:52 UTC+2

Maaswinkel Eliminated

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Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Tom Maaswinkel got eliminated from the tournament after he was nursing a small stack for over an hour. He got his ace-nine in the middle against pocket tens and pocket queens.

He wasn't able to hit an ace or any other cards that would gift him the pot and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Maaswinkel	Busted

Tags: Tom Maaswinkel

03-29-2019 00:41 UTC+2

Fajga Keeps Climbing

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Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Michel Fajga keeps adding to his stack and he busted his left neighbor to add a little bit more. He won with against the of Aubing de Kermadec after the board ran out .

Fajga plays well over double average since the tournament average is 98,000 right now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Fajga	255,000 255,000	255,000
Aubin de Kermadec	Busted

Tags: Michel Fajga Aubing De Kermadec

03-29-2019 00:31 UTC+2

Three More Levels

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Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The players are back in their seats and they have three more levels ahead of them before they can start bagging. Day 1B turbo has 26 entries at the moment and is already almost twice as big as yesterday's turbo flight.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

03-29-2019 00:03 UTC+2

Break

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Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The remaining 150 players were just sent on their second and last break of the day. This break will last 20 minutes and they will play three more levels after that before they can start bagging.

03-28-2019 23:59 UTC+2

More Eliminations

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Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Landsmeer	Busted
James Mackenzie	Busted
Ronald van Bergen	Busted
Cheng-Wei Yin	Busted

03-28-2019 23:53 UTC+2

Ledouble Eliminates Stephany

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Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Olivier Ledouble limped from the under-the-gun positon and so did Aurelié Dassi from middle position. David Stephany moved all-in from the button for 25,000 and Ledouble called after both blinds folded. Dassi got out of the way as well and they went off to the races.

Olivier Ledouble:
David Stephany: