The tournament staff just announced that they will play one level less than originally scheduled. Players will bag up after the ninth level today instead of the tenth after they started about 1,5 hours late today.
This also means that the late registration period will be open until the end of the first level on Day 2.
Igor Kurganov entered for the second time in the tournament. He put up another €100,000 to get 200,000 in tournament chips while the blinds are about to go to 2,500/5,000.
He brings the total number of entries up to 27 and there are 19 remaining in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Chin Wei Lim raised to 8,000 from the under-the-gun position with 
and he was three-bet by Wai Kin Yong with 
to 25,000. Cary Katz called from the big blind and Wei Lim four-bet all in for his last 183,500. Both Yong and Katz quickly folded.
Wei Lim took the pot down with his ace-king to collect some chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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458,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
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395,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
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240,000
7,000
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7,000 |
Sam Trickett opened from the cutoff, Kristen Bicknell three-bet to 30,000, and Trickett called.
Trickett checked the 
flop, and Bicknell bet 22,000. Trickett called, and both players checked the 
turn.
Trickett checked again on the 
river, Bicknell bet 35,000, and Trickett folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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420,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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321,000
-68,000
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-68,000 |
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321,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
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246,500
36,500
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36,500 |
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152,000
-41,000
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-41,000 |
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145,500
3,500
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3,500 |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu checked from the small blind on a 
board, and Ben Heath bet 52,500.
Kisacikoglu called, and the river fell 
. Kisacikoglu thought it over for awhile before leading out for 55,000. Heath went all in, and Kisacikoglu called.
Heath turned over 
for the full house, besting Kisacikoglu's 
. Kisacikoglu had Heath barely covered, and the los left him with just 28,000 chips with the blinds at 2500/5000/
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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520,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
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441,000
-39,000
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-39,000 |
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240,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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145,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
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120,000
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
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28,000
-212,000
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-212,000 |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu was already short after a big hand he lost to Ben Heath but he just lost the remainder of his stack. He got it in the middle with 
against 
and 
.
No help for Kisacikoglu on the 
board and Kisacikoglu was eliminated for the second time today. The tournament has an unlimited reentry format so he is still allowed to fire another bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Chin Wei Lim raised to 10,000 from the hijack to 10,000 with 
and he was called by Wai Kin Yong from the cutoff with 
and Michael Addamo from the big blind with .
The flop came down 
and it checked to Yong who took over the betting initiative with a bet of 21,000. Addamo quickly got out of the way but he was called by Wei Lim.
The turn was the which brought some straight possibilities and both players checked.
The river completed Yong his straight and he fired a bet of 27,000 when Wei Lim checked to him. Wei Lim made the correct laydown while Yong picked up the pot.
Yong won the £100,000 Main Event at the Triton Super High Roller Series in London only a week ago for £2,591,695 (approx. $3,150,000) and immediately after finished runner up in the £100,000 short deck event for £1,835,000 (approx. $2,200,000). He can add another Triton title in this event but the road is still long.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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496,000
38,000
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38,000 |
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496,000
-63,000
|
-63,000 |
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|
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299,000
-96,000
|
-96,000 |
|
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275,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
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194,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
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194,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
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It folded to Paul Phua in the cutoff and he raised to 11,500 with 
. Michael Addamo sat in the small blind with 
and he kept playing in an aggressive manner. He three-bet to 50,000 and Chin Wei Lim folded in the big blind.
The action was back on Phua who used a time bank chip before putting 135,000 in the middle with 222,000 behind. That was enough to push Addamo out of the pot and take it all down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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484,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
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454,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
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|
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417,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
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||
|
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279,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
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||
|
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203,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
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|
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171,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
The number on the clock dropped to 18 as Ole Schemion stood up from his table. He seems to be eliminated and sent to the rail. There are a little over 45 minutes left in the day and he is still able to register until the end of the first level tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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