£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC Day 1gh | Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - London

11-08-2019 17:53 UTC

Van De Geer Ousted by Samuel

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

All the chips went in preflop and Leendert Van De Geer was the one with his tournament life on the line and he was in with the worst of it.

Mika Samuel:
Leendert Van De Geer:

The flop hit for Van De Geer but the turn turned things on their head, giving Samuel broadway. There was no ace to chop on the river, sending Van De Geer out the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mika Samuel	114,000	59,000
Leendert Van De Geer	Busted

Tags: Leendert Van De Geer Mika Samuel

11-08-2019 17:49 UTC

Basbaydar Puts Mason in a Difficult Spot

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Following an under-the-gun open and a flat call from Firat Basbaydar, Jen Mason three-bet to 12,500. It folded round to the initial raiser who passed and the action was on Basbaydar who moved all in. Mason used most of her 30 seconds of time to think it through before electing to let it go.

Their table had seen some heavy preflop action of late but not for any longer, as the tournament director has just broken the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jen Mason	130,000	15,000
Firat Basbaydar	100,000

Tags: Jen Mason Firat Basbaydar

11-08-2019 17:36 UTC

Kassa Chipping Away

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Getnet Kassa has come close to bagging for Day 2 in previous flights this week. In fact, last night he busted the final hand of the tournament after his pocket aces were cracked by ace-ten suited, with all the chips going in preflop.

Today he is back and he has built a stack already. He just added another decent chunk to it after a player ran into his preflop, with Kassa holding through the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Getnet Kassa	125,000	59,000

Tags: Getnet Kassa

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

11-08-2019 17:23 UTC

Chung Barrels

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Yiu Chung continues to build his stack. The latest of his chips have come in a hand that was already on the flop with down.

One player checked to Chung, who bet 5,300 and his opponent called. The turn was the and Chung barreled for 16,500. The bet proved too much for his opponent, who let it go and that pot takes Chung over the 100k mark now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yiuey Chung	105,000	21,000

Tags: Yiu Chung

11-08-2019 17:20 UTC

Samuel Wins Flip

LisaY

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mika Samuel was all in against one opponent and was flipping for the 40,000 or so pot with against . The runout came and the pot brings Samuel stack in line with the average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mika Samuel	55,000	55,000

Tags: Mika Samuel

11-08-2019 17:17 UTC

Bateson Finds a Call

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

All the community cards were down and Graeme Bester and Justin Bateson were looking at a board. Bateson checked and Bester bet 9,000 on the one-card-straight possibility board. Bateson didn't seem too happy about it but made the call anyway and it turned out to be the right decision, with his pair of tens good.

Justin Bateson:
Graeme Bester:

Player	Chips	Progress
Graeme Bester	80,000	20,000
Justin Bateson	48,000	3,000

Tags: Graeme Bester Justin Bateson

11-08-2019 17:05 UTC

Fine Out

LisaY

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Despite a strong start in the early levels of the day, the last hour or so proved to be problematic for Julie Fine, who saw her 90,000-chip stack dwindle before she was eliminated just before the break. There are still around two hours of late registration available if she wants to take another stab at winning a PSPC 2020 Platinum Pass.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julie Fine	Busted

11-08-2019 16:59 UTC

Clouden with the Chip Lead

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A quick scout around the room after players have returned from their break and one player has moved ahead of the pack: Patrick Clouden. Interestingly, Clouden was previously spent a year working as an intern on the PokerStars podcast team. The first four hours of play have seen Clouden rise to well over 200,000, a feat no other player has achieved yet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Clouden	235,000

Tags: Patrick Clouden

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200