Eric Danis and Rich Ryan are back to discuss some of the big changes in the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race and GPI Top 300.
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Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Hakim Zoufri opened to 5,300 and one opponent three-bet to 12,000 before the action fell on Martin Finger. The start-of-the-day chip leader four-bet to 26,000 and called the shove of the three-bettor with 
. Zoufri had folded and the third player in the hand showed pocket jacks in the showdown to hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
Jasper Meijer raised and then called the shove of Timothy Adams to put himself at risk with ace-queen. Adams had ace-king and the better kicker held up.
Soon after, one of the players that late-registered today jammed for around 30,000 and Adams called from one seat over on the button with 
. The opponent only had 
and failed to improve with the board running out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
On the heads-up flop of 
, Mick Schweinsbergen check-raised all in for 84,900 and Georgios Zisimopoulos eventually called after having put in a bet worth 15,700 on the button.
Schweinsbergen: 
for top set
Zisimopoulos: 
for a pair of jacks
The 
immediately showed up on the turn and the 
river bricked to send Schweinsbergen to the rail in a big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
Busted |
Hrazem Aanquich limped in and then called a raise to 7,800 by Pascal Vos to see a flop of 
. Vos continued for 8,200 and was called before both players controlled the pot and checked down the 
turn and river. Aanquich's 
ended up second best to the 
of Vos.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
58,100
|
58,100 |
|
110,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
It was a flip for almost 30 big blinds that saw Johan Verhagen at risk with the 
. David Boyaciyan looked him up with 
but the board ran out in favor of his opponent with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
48,600
|
48,600 |
|
120,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Steve O'Dwyer and [Removed:172] have both extended their stacks fairly significantly while Wouter Beltz lost more than half of his stack. Kramer is sitting next to Ole Schemion, one of the remaining former MCOP champions in today's field, and "wizowizo" is also doing not too bad.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
216,800
|
216,800 |
|
220,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
160,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
|
|
80,000
-128,000
|
-128,000 |
|
74,000
20,600
|
20,600 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Anton Wigg fired 14,500 out of the small blind on the flop 
against initial raiser Makarios Avramidis and the chip leader from Greece folded. Avramidis then attacked the next hand with a raise to 6,500 and Chris Dowling called in the big blind. On the flop 
, a simple continuation bet by the Greek won the pot.
Wigg fired two barrels onto the big blind of Wim Emo with the latter giving up to the second barrel on the 
turn.
Below are some updated chip counts of the table in question.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
185,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
170,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
90,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
||
Hakim Zoufri raised to 6,000 and was called by Andrew Leathem and Per Munksgaard. The Dane was in the blinds and the trio checked down the board 
. Munksgaard mucked and Zoufri showed , which Leathem could not beat either.
The very same table also features defending champion Ruben Visser, who is looking to become the first player to win the Main Event twice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
49,100
|
49,100 |
|
122,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
63,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
