Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frank Rusnak | 20,000 | |
Sam Abernathy | 20,000 | |
Barry Shulman |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
Kenna James | 20,000 | |
Dara O'Kearney |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
David Lappin |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Sophia White
|
20,000 | |
Scott McMillan | 20,000 | |
Four ex-professional football players are here in the mix today on Day 1b, and will be looking to add a poker trophy to their trophy case.
Henrik Larsson is a retired professional footballer from Sweden who was a Celtic FC legend scoring 174 goals in 221 games and voted Celtic's greatest ever foreign player. Larsson also played for Barcelona and Manchester United.
Phil Babb is a retired professional footballer playing mainly for Liverpool FC and had 35 international caps for the Republic of Ireland. In 1994 his transfer fee of £3.6million made him the most expensive defender in Britain at the time.
George Boateng is a former Dutch footballer who is of Ghanaian descent. During a near 20-year career, Boateng played for Feyenoord, Coventry City, and Aston Villa.
Reggie Blinker is a retired Dutch footballer, during his 17-year career he played for Feyenoord, Sheffield Wednesday, and Celtic.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Henrik Larsson
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Phil Babb
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
George Boateng
|
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Regi Blinker |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alan Widmann | 20,000 | |
Craig Shannon | 20,000 | |
Rumay Wang
|
20,000 | |
Hayli Baez
|
20,000 | |
Phil Laak |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Following a limp under the gun, Dan Harrington limped in middle position, as did the button, before both blinds came along to see a flop.
All five players checked it through to see the land on the turn. The blinds and the limper checked to Harrington who bet 300 before the button raised to 1,000. Harrington responded with a three-bet amounting to 5,400 once the action folded back to him, and the player on the button called.
The river landed the , and Harrington tossed in two pink 5,000-denomination chips for a bet of 10,000. His opponent mulled over a decision for a few moments before eventually releasing his hand to see Harrington climb to 27,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Harrington |
26,925
6,925
|
6,925 |
|
Lacey Jones limped in from under the gun before the action folded round to the cutoff who raised to 300. Sophia White called on the button, as did Starr Valdez in the big blind before Jones called also.
The flop landed and the initial raiser bet out 600 with only Jones making the call as both players checked the on the turn.
The river landed the and Jones led out for 1,400 only to have her opponent raise to 3,500. Jones instantly called and tabled her to chop with her opponent's .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lacey Jones |
15,750
-4,250
|
-4,250 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frank Rusnak |
63,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Matt Affleck |
38,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Ian Simpson |
31,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
Simon Deadman |
29,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Ryan Laplante |
28,075
-4,225
|
-4,225 |
|
||
Sam Abernathy |
26,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
Andrew Neeme |
23,700
3,700
|
3,700 |
Craig Shannon |
22,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Kevin Gerhart |
21,975
1,975
|
1,975 |
|
||
Espen Jorstad |
21,800
1,800
|
1,800 |
Sophia White
|
20,200
200
|
200 |
Jeff Sluzinski |
19,675
-325
|
-325 |
Candace Collins |
19,600
-400
|
-400 |
Hayli Baez
|
16,300
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
Barry Shulman |
15,700
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
|
||
Eric Baldwin |
11,825
-8,175
|
-8,175 |
|
||
Craig Gacom |
9,800
-10,200
|
-10,200 |
Following a raise, Rumay Wang three-bet to 1200 and the big blind called. The action folded back to the initial raiser, and he four-bet to 4,400 total. Wang moved all in for 19,450 and the big blind folded as the initial raiser called.
Wang:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Wang doubled to over 40,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rumay Wang
|
40,500
20,500
|
20,500 |