Players are on a short break. When they return, there are still six 30-minute levels ahead of them.
Moneymaker's Road to PSPC 2020 - Newcastle
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
78,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
48,000
34,800
|
34,800 |
|
|
40,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
40,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
39,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Alexander Walton, well-stacked in the early levels, found himself all in and called preflop for 23,900 just now, albeit with the overpair of ![]()
to Daniel Taylor's ![]()
. Taylor had opened for 3,000 and thrown in the call to see a board of ![]()
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change nothing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
51,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Filippo Scialo has doubled through David Thomas after another all-in preflop confrontation. He moved in for just under 35,000 over the top of Thomas' early position open to 4,000, and Thomas, slightly covering him, made the call.
Thomas: ![]()
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Scialo: ![]()
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The flop paired Thomas' king: ![]()
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; the table made a collective "ooh" sound as the
came on the turn. The
river was irrelevant and Scialo doubles to an average stack while Thomas is nearly felted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
6,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,500
Ante: 1,500
David Thomas did not last out the level after that crucial flip, and he was most recently joined by Paula Hautvast, whose story we overheard: it was a case of ![]()
in the big blind, a short stack and a preflop open and call in front of her; she couldn't out-flop (or turn or river) pocket eights (belonging to Di Farrell), and we're down to four tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
A couple of sizeable hands have seen Chris Moneymaker's stack decline this level. The first hand was caught on the river with a bet of 20,000 in front of Moneymaker (and a similar-sized pot). A ten had arrived last to complete the board: ![]()
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. Steve Lewis swiftly moved in for around 50,000 in total.
"Did you catch pocket tens?" queried Moneymaker (no reply). He folded ![]()
face-up, at which Lewis opted to reveal his ![]()
for a rivered two pair.
"That was the other option," Moneymaker said.
The next hand, Moneymaker opened to 3,300, picking up two in-position callers and Saifur Chowdhury in the big blind.
Flop: ![]()
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. Check to Moneymaker, who bet 5,000, called by Lewis and Chowdhury. All three players checked the
turn. On the
river, Chowdhury bet out 10,000 and Moneymaker alone flicked in the call, but mucked when he saw his opponent's ![]()
for the turned full house. With that hand, a new contender for Day 1b chip leader arises in the form of Chowdhury.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
94,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
|
80,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
A precipitous drop in chips from his near 200,000 a couple of levels ago sees Alexander Scales no longer running over his table. Counts include those of his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
134,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
110,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
65,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
|
55,000
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
|
34,000
6,000
|
6,000 |