Level: 6
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 6
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 6 has begun, and that means registration will close at the end of the dinner break after this level is over.
The dinner break is 45 minutes long, after which time players will need to come back within the first two levels of play tomorrow if they want one last shot at this massive CA$5,000,000 prizepool!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Leah |
2,500,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
||
Rodney Ramalho |
1,900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Cate Hall |
1,800,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
Sam Gottiparthi
|
1,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Jonathan Roy |
1,300,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Qi Hu |
1,120,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Wesley Wong
|
1,050,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Sam Trickett | 980,000 | |
Erick Lemarquand
|
980,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Sam Tsehai
|
950,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Jimmy Lee |
700,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Kevin Zeidler
|
620,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
Shyam Srinivasan |
600,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
Mike Dentale |
300,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
Kitty Kuo |
300,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
Jiachen Gong has been collecting chips from his opponents throughout the day and his most recent victim was Cate Hall. Gong opened to 41,000 from late position and Cate Hall three-bet from the small blind to 150,000. Gong made the call and the two players went heads-up to the flop of . Hall bet 112,000 and Gong called.
When the turn came a , Hall bet again, this time for 405,000. Once again Gong called.
The river was a and this time Hall chose to check. Gong bet 1,500,000 which was enough to put Hall all in, however she chose to fold and Gong stacked the chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jiachen Gong |
3,600,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
Cate Hall |
1,100,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
A fairly big pot had come together, and Kitty Kuo had her stack of 217,000 chips in the middle, putting her opponent to the test.
The board read , and her opponent had checked to her from the big blind. Kuo shoved all in from early position and had Jiachen Gong in the tank first from the cutoff position. He folded, and the big blind went into the tank. He flashed , and eventually folded.
Kuo emphatically whipped over for a pair of tens and a busted flush draw and scooped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kitty Kuo |
400,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
In a hand with six players to the flop, and around 250,000 already in the pot, the dealer fanned a board of . Both blind positions checked and action was on Duhamel who bet 125,000. Action folded to the small blind who called, and the big blind put out a raise of 355,000. Duhamel made the call and the small blind folded. They were heads up to the turn.
With only 465,000 remaining, Duhamel's opponent moved all in when the hit the turn. Duhamel was in a tough spot but knew he couldn't fold his hand. He made the call and the cards were turned over.
Duhamel:
Opponent:
The river was a making his opponent a full house and Duhamel's chip stack took a hit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Duhamel |
1,200,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Afriat |
2,800,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
||
Anthony Zinno |
1,900,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
||
Antonio Esfandiari |
1,900,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
||
Sam Chartier | 1,500,000 | |
Mike McDonald |
1,300,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
||
Michael Rocco | 1,300,000 | |
Shane Brotherwood | 1,250,000 | |
Alexander Greenblatt |
1,200,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
Thomas Taylor |
1,200,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Mark Radoja |
1,150,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
Sam Panzica |
920,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
Ryan Yu |
600,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Johnny Lodden |
320,000
-680,000
|
-680,000 |
Luc Greenwood |
250,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
Players are going to help themselves to some food during this 45-minute dinner break. At the conclusion of the break, registration will also be finished for the day. There has been a total of 581 entries thus far in Day 1b. Here is a look at the leader's chip counts in the room thus far:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandre Blanc |
4,300,000
1,340,000
|
1,340,000 |
Alexandre Lavigne |
3,500,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Jason Koon |
3,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Martin Finger |
3,000,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
Level: 7
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000