Break
Level 4
: 100/300, 300 ante
Players are heading off on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - London
£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day: 1de
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Kassa on the Up
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Getnet Kassa and Jai Patel were heads up on the river with the completed board reading 
.
Patel checked to Kassa, who made it 5,100 to see his cards. Patel called but mucked upon seeing Kassa had turned the flush with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | |
|
|
28,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
43,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
|
41,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
10,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Nitel Finds Rockets
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Rungarun Thongnonsung was playing from the button and Victor Nitel was sat two to her left in the big blind. The two players ended up getting it all in preflop and Nitel, who was down to just 8,500 at the start of the hand, was the favorite, finding pocket rockets just when he needed them.
Victor Nitel: 
Rungarun Thongnonsung: 
The cards ran out 
and it was all over for Thongnonsung by the turn. She is now left short, whilst Nitel's stack is up to over 45 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
12,000
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Former Platinum Pass Winner Salvatore Donato in the House
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Salvatore Donato won a Platinum Pass at an event at the Hippodrome Casino in 2018. Almost a year ago to the day, Donato took down a £660 PokerStars Megastack tournament in London, netting £49,146 (a career-best result) for the win and securing himself a passport to the PSPC Bahamas event in the process.
Sat wearing an EPT Monte Carlo shirt on Table 2, Donato's love of the game is clear. He has just re-entered after busting earlier but that hasn't dampened his smile or his enthusiasm, with the Italian ready to continue his campaign to win a second coveted Platinum Pass to the PSPC 2020, which will take place in Barcelona next year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Kassa Bluffs it All
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
The 
board was out and there was at least 50,000 in the middle. Getnet Kassa (first to act) used a couple of time-bank cards before declaring his all in for 43,000. His opponent looked bewildered as he used all of his own time bank cards before reluctantly folding. Kassa kindly relayed the rest of the action to PokerNews as he stacked his newly-acquired chips.
Kassa had limped preflop and called a raise. On the flop, he check-raised as he put his opponent on ace-king and had the intention of trying to take the pot by repping big. He was called. On the turn, he barreled and his opponent flat-called again.
Kassa told PokerNews that he had ace-high with 
in the hole and continued his line by setting the rest in on the river. He is now closing in on a six-figure stack as a result of that hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
98,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Chip Counts
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
58,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
50,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
|
47,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |