| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
A player opened to 1,000 in middle position. Craig Sweden called before the player in the big blind three-bet to 4,000. Sweden was the only caller.
The big blind bet 5,000 on the 
flop and Sweden called. The big blind then shoved for her last 14,900 on the 
turn and Sweden tanked. Eventually the clock was called and after a while hef olded.
"Very small pair," Sweden said to his opponent. "I know you had something because otherwise, you would have instantly shown me a bluff. Instantly!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
After running a bluff with ten-high, according to Moneymaker, the PokerStars Ambassador is jumping back into Day 1a with just 18 minutes left on the level before registration shuts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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92,000
57,000
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57,000 |
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55,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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55,000
43,000
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43,000 |
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50,000
-15,000
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-15,000 |
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45,000
13,000
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13,000 |
|
35,000 | |
|
15,000
-40,000
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-40,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Registration has closed on Day 1a of Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 with a total of 84 entries. Each Day 1 flight plays down to 15% which today means players will bag for Day 2 when we reach 13 players.
Jimmy Kebe had earlier broken the 100,000 chip mark, but has dropped back to around 85,000 in chips. Meanwhile, Connor Ross has taken over the lead with around 110,000 in chips.
Ross plays poker all over, but his best result came here in London at the PokerStars Live London Super Series Main Event final table in August 2017, finishing seventh for £4,971.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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110,000 | |
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85,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
The first stop on Chris Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 tour was at EPT Open Sochi and topping the 909-player field to take home the Platinum Pass and $19,709 was Belarussian Vadim Gayduk.
"Before the event, I just wanted to play and to earn money," Gayduk told the PokerStars Blog. "It’s not a good idea to make plans for what you’ll do if you win. I hadn’t thought about winning the Platinum Pass when I started playing. It was a great bonus."
Gayduk was first introduced to poker ten years ago after watching his cousin playing in games. He said he became interested in poker as a kind of intellectual sport rather than a game of chance.
And Moneymaker himself can take credit for some of Gayduk's entry into poker.
"I began to watch various educational videos from famous poker players, and read Dan Harrington’s book. I also watched a video with Chris Moneymaker, in which he talked about block bets and all sorts of interesting moves.
"Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to play at the same table as him. That would have been such an interesting experience. But Chris and I took pictures together. I did not expect that something like this would happen in my life!"
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
