Fewer than half of the field remains for Day 1a and the latest batch of eliminations contained the following notables.
Fewer than half of the field remains for Day 1a and the latest batch of eliminations contained the following notables.
The 275 remaining players have been sent for another 5-minute break.
A short-stacked Upeshka De Silva jammed for just 149,759 in the hijack and was looked up by Hannes Speiser in the cutoff.
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flop gave De Silva an open-ended straight draw to go with his two live cards but he missed on the
turn and
river.
Patrick Leonard was all-in from the button and called and covered by Sergei Koliakov in the small blind.
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for both of them to hit a pair but for Koliakov to stay ahead with the top one.
The turn was the
which didn't help Leonard and neither did the
on the river as the partypoker Ambassador was sent to the rail.
Benjamin Rolle opened to 77,000 and then called the jam by Richard Mullen for the last 259,960 on the button.
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The classic flip ran out in favor of Rolle thanks to the ![]()
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board.
On the same table, Joao Simao chipped up just prior to that with ![]()
for an overpair on a six-high board as Dominik Nitsche bluffed with ace-ten high.
Mike Watson and Pavlo Kolinkovskyi were both all-in and heads-up with Watson holding the slightly bigger stack.
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The board ran out ![]()
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for Watson to hold with the higher kicker and even improve to top pair on the river to eliminate Kolinkovskyi.
Level: 11
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,375
Blaz Zerjav had raised to 64,000 and Mikita Badziakouski tagged along in the cutoff. Michael Gathy then jammed for 283,729 on the button to force out Zerjav, while Badziakouski snap-called.
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No ace appeared on the ![]()
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board and the set of kings for Badziakouski spelled the end for Gathy.