Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - London
£140 Main Event - Road to PSPC
Day: 1gh
Bader Busts One
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
It's that stage of the tournament, where the blinds are expensive for the players who are still on starting stack. Over on Table 1, Daniel Bader opened to 10,000 in the small blind and the player in the big blind three-bet all in for 31,500. Bader liked the price and called.
Daniel Bader: 
Opponent: 
Bader was the marginal underdog as they headed to the flop. It came 
, making a pair for both players but Bader moved into the lead with the higher one. The 
turn changed nothing and the 
river was a brick too, netting Bader a decent sum that takes him above average stack now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Heads Up for a Triple Up
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
What a time to find aces. With only 32,000 (8 big blinds), Duncan Mackie got his chips in preflop; and after one player had called, a second opponent re-raised all in to squeeze the first player out of the hand. Playing heads up for a triple up, Mackie turned over pocket 
and was a 5:1 favorite against his opponents' 
.
Mackie had made a full house by the time the 
completed board was down. He is in much better shape now with 25 big blinds in front.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Kassa Extends Lead
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Things are going from strength to strength for Getnet Kassa. He has just eliminated another player and is over the half-milly mark now.
Parviz Siabi was the unfortunate casualty, making a move all in for 77,500 on the button with 
and losing a flip against Kassa's on a 
board.
That takes the field down to the final 36 players, with Kassa's table breaking as a result of that hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Chip Counts
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
224,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
|
209,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
135,000 | |
|
|
74,000 | |
|
|
70,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
65,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
35,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
Priestly Doubles Through Robertson
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
With less than 20 minutes to go until the end of the day, the chips continue to go all in and Sinead Priestly and Dean Robertson were the most recent players to do so.
Robertson opened the hijack to 11,000 and Priestly shipped 64,000 for her all in. Robertson called and was behind, but only slightly, with two live cards in play.
The flop fell , giving Priestly top and bottom pair and Robertson middle pair and a gutshot for Broadway. The turn was the and the river the 
. Robertson's two pair wasn't good enough to win the pot and he is down to just ten big blinds now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
50,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Final Three Hands of the Night
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The clock has been paused, with just three more hands before all remaining survivors bag and tag for the day.
Big Double for Zhu
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
In the closing stages of the night, Xuequn Zhu has found a huge double up that cements her place up near the top of the counts with one more hand to go before play concludes. The chips came via a full house with Zhu holding 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Kassa's Campaign Unravels in Shock End to the Night
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
It has been an incredible end to the night, with Getnet Kassa's hopes of holding the chip lead when players bag and tag dramatically destroyed in the last hand.
Kassa had suffered a few blows in the preceding hands, but none hurt as much as the one that just played out against Vitali Pasci.
Action was on the turn with 
down and Pasci check-raised Kassa's 20,000 bet to 40,000. Kassa used a time bank card and flat called.
The river came a 
and Pasci used another time bank card before checking. Kassa moved all in at this point and it was snap-called by Pasci with a huge cooler revealed when players turned over their cards.
Vitali Pasci:
Getnet Kassa: 
It was full house vs a better one and Pasci takes the chip lead at the last. Kassa was left reeling, unable to believe what has just happened.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
446,500
446,500
|
446,500 |
|
||
|
|
182,500
-337,500
|
-337,500 |