Second and Final Break of Day 1
Players are now on their second and final 15-minute break. Three more 45-minute levels will be played after the break.
Players are now on their second and final 15-minute break. Three more 45-minute levels will be played after the break.
In the last hand before the break, Germany's Alex B. entered the pot with a raise to 1,800 and both Sonay Kehya in the small blind and Kacper Pyzara in the big blind made the call.
The dealer fanned a flop, and both Kehya and Pyzara check-called a bet of 2,200 from the German. Same thing happened on the turn, this time for 4,500 before the players checked through the river.
"I got it," Pyzara quickly announced showing for quads besting the of Alex B. and the of Kehya.
Pyzara hastily raked in the pot before leaving for the break alongside the rest of the high rollers.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kacper Pyzara | 118,000 | 118,000 |
Alex B
|
96,600 | 96,600 |
Sonay Kehya | 84,300 | 84,300 |
Polish player Norbert Berent is only the second player to surpass the 200K chip mark. Berent just scored a knockout when his bested the of an opponent on a board, and Berent is now sitting at a solid 225,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Norbert Berent | 225,000 | 225,000 |
Jan Bendik
|
205,000 | 35,000 |
Partypoker Ambassador Natalia Breviglieri was down to 26,000 chips and bluffed the rest off to Czech Republic's Jan Mach.
As we saw her standing up from her chair she explained that she lost her stack on a semi-bluff. The hand unfolded with Breviglieri check-raising the flop with a gutshot straight draw before check-jamming still on a draw the rest of her chips on the turn. Mach, who flopped a straight, called on both streets and his stack grew to 145,000 after Brevliglieri couldn't improve her hand to a better straight on the river.
Brevliglieri shared that she plans on re-entering today. Her fellow partypoker Ambassador Anatoly Filatov then added with a smile, "and tomorrow."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jan Mach | 145,000 | 145,000 |
Natalia Breviglieri | Busted |
Natalia Breviglieri raised to 2,000 from the very first position, and both Aleksandar Tomovic and Anatoly Filatov came along for the ride. The prompted checks from both of the partypoker Ambassadors before Tomovic fired 3,300. Filatov and Breviglieri called.
The players checked through the turn, and when Tomovic was checked to once again on the river, he cut out 7,500 and put them over the betting line. Filatov wanted no part of it, but Breviglieri called after a minute of contemplation.
Tomovic sighed in defeat and turned over , but was still awarded the pot as Breviglieri slid her cards into the muck.
"A value bet," a tablemate asked Tomovic?
"Rather a value bluff," Filatov quickly answered, which resulted in quite a few chuckles around the table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anatoly Filatov | 140,000 | -10,000 |
Aleksandar Tomović | 100,000 | |
Natalia Breviglieri | 32,000 | -9,000 |
The field has grown to 47 players. Among the players to enter recently is EPT side event winner Kacper Pyzara from Poland.
Level: 4
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Partypoker Ambassadors Anatoly Filatov and Natalia Breviglieri have been battling it out on the same table since the start of the High Roller.
While Breviglieri ran off to a hot start, she has since fizzled down to 41,000 in chips. Filatov meanwhile has been chipping up up his stack and is now up to 150,000.
In a recent hand, Breviglieri opened from under the gun to 1,500. The player in the small blind and Filatov in the big blind both opted to call.
Flop:
The action was checked to Breviglieri on the flop who led out for 2,500. The player in the small blind folded before Filatov raised to 7,000.
Breviglieri called and both players checked after the appeared on the turn. Filatov fired out for 8,000 after the completed the board on the river, and Breviglieri quickly tossed her hand into the muck.
After also tossing his hand into the muck, Filatov asked Breviglieri if she had ace-ten. She said she had better. Filatov then raised his eyebrows before questioning this. Breviglieri said his check-raise looked strong with a likelihood of ace-two or ace-three type of hands before Filatov added that he could have had a gutshot straight draw as well.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Anatoly Filatov | 150,000 | 50,000 |
Natalia Breviglieri | 41,000 | -90,000 |
With a healthy 22,500 chips already in the middle, Lebanese Georges Chehade bet out 6,500 on a board of and Jan Bendik made the call. The river paired the board, and Chehade fired another 11,500, which Bendik wasted no time calling.
Chehade confidently tabled , but Bendik rolled over for the better two pair and was awarded the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jan Bendik
|
170,000 | 31,500 |
Georges Chehade | 89,000 | 89,000 |
A €165 satellite guaranteeing at least 20 seats to the partypoker Live MILLION Germany €1,100 Main Event just kicked off. Players can late register up until the conclusion of Level 10 or for almost the next three hours.
In a different part of the poker room, the field in the King's Omaha Challenge has been trimmed from the original 55 players to 11 players. Six players will walk away with a minimum cash of €1,995 with the winner slated to win the trophy and the top prize of €9,690.
Meanwhile, the field in the High Roller has ballooned to 40 entrants. The field is likely to grow much bigger with late registration remaining open until Level 10 concludes a couple of hours into Day 2. Players are also able to re-enter an unlimited amount of times during the late registration period.