Schedule Update
Tournament officials have announced that today the tournament will play 16 levels or down to a final table, whichever comes sooner.
Tournament officials have announced that today the tournament will play 16 levels or down to a final table, whichever comes sooner.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nikolay Ponomarev | Busted | |
Dan Spataru | Busted | |
Oliver Tarrant | Busted | |
Cedric Lorblanchet | Busted | |
Savvas Mitsikouridis | Busted | |
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Richard Hayes | Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Ali Chaaban was looking to send Mauro Suriano to the rail with the latter all in for 137,000.
Chaaban's was ahead of Suriano's and the flop came . The turn improved Suriano to a set and although the river gave Chaaban a set of his own, Suriano had made a flush and doubled up.
Chaaban was down to around 40,000 and was eliminated shortly afterwards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mauro Suriano |
280,000
156,000
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156,000 |
Ali Chaaban | Busted |
Peter Sweeney opened to 45,000 and Stephen Baker defended his big blind.
The flop came and Baker checked. Sweeney continued for 45,000 and Baker check-raised to 175,000. Sweeney re-raised to 340,000 and Baker shoved. Sweeney called with but was behind to the of Baker.
The turn and river changed nothing and Sweeney was eliminated, with Baker moving up to well over 1.5m in chips.
Meanwhile, Colin Lovelock and Ali Sakallioglu have been eliminated, bringing the total number of remaining players down to 30.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stephen Baker |
1,750,000
850,000
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850,000 |
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Peter Sweeney | Busted | |
Ali Sakallioglu | Busted | |
Colin Lovelock | Busted |
After battling back to an above average chip stack, Chris Moneymaker called a shove from Gordon McArthur pre-flop.
Chris Moneymaker:
Gordon McArthur:
The flop came and McArthur called for the four of hearts.
"You want the four and the heart?" said Moneymaker. The turn was the but the river improved McArthur to a straight and he doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chris Moneymaker |
470,000
-130,000
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-130,000 |
Gordon McArthur |
450,000
150,000
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150,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
David Gough opened to 55,000 and called a shove from Alvin Tafalla from the big blind for 260,000.
David Gough:
Alvin Tafalla:
The flop came giving Gough a set. The turn had Tafalla calling for another club to chop, but the river could only improve Gough to quads and eliminate Tafalla.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Gough |
865,000
235,000
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235,000 |
Alvin Tafalla | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stephen Baker |
2,250,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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Justin Bateson opened to 100,000 and got called by Eduardo Schneider. Pete Brankin moved all in for 284000 and both players called.
The duo checked the flop and on the turn Bateson moved all in. Schneider only had 35,000 behind and called, with all cards being turned over.
Justin Bateson:
Eduardo Schneider:
Pete Brankin:
Brankin was drawing dead with top pair against the set of Bateson. Schneider needed a queen and got it on the river to give him a straight and chip up to just under 900,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eduardo Schneider |
880,000
530,000
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530,000 |
Justin Bateson |
470,000
315,000
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315,000 |
Pete Brankin | Busted |