Among others, Brian Yoon and Michael Dyer have been sent to the rail early on Day 1a.
Among others, Brian Yoon and Michael Dyer have been sent to the rail early on Day 1a.
Joseph Cheong opened to 500 from the hijack. Noah Boeken, on the button, three-bet to 1,500. Cheong added the remainder to call.
A flop of ![]()
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was dealt and checked through to the
turn. Cheong fired a bet of 3,000, that was enough to claim the pot.
Joining the action on the turn of ![]()
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, PokerStars qualifier Georgy Philippovich bet 2,500 out of the big blind and Joey Weissman folded in late position, while Joey Couden called in the hijack. The
appeared on the river and Philippovich now bet 6,500. Couden raised to 21,000 with 18,000 behind and that forced a fold from his opponent.
The table also features Abdelhakim Zoufri and Adrien Delmas, who is surrounded by a full Winamax camera crew.
John Rogers limped under the gun. Paul Newey, in middle position, raised to 700. Action folded back to Newey who called.
The dealer spread a flop of ![]()
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. Rogers checked. Newey bet 800. Rogers check-called.
The turn brought the
and Rogers check-called again a bet of 1,900 from Newey.
The
river completed the board and Rogers checked for a third time. Newey threw in a bet of 6,200. Rogers gave up his hand.
While Andreas Eiler has had a rocky start, he more than made up for it and now boasts a stack of 77,000. His table previously featured Paul Michaelis, but the latest player to lift the EPT Main Event trophy has been eliminated by Eiler.
In the previous level, Michaelis raised 300 and called a three-bet to 1,200 by Eiler from one seat over on the button. On a ![]()
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flop with two diamonds, Michaelis check-raised to 700 to 2,600 and Eiler called to see another king on the turn. Michaelis bet and Eiler called. After the
river, Michaelis jammed for 17,500 with pocket treys for a full house to get snap-called by Eiler with kings for quads.
While Michaelis can re-enter today still, he will likely take the rest of the day off and try again tomorrow.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Players are now gone on a 20-minute break.
In the last hand before the break on neighboring tables, Jean Ferreira and Maria Ho chipped up to boost their stack.
Ferreira was involved in a three-bet pot against Brian Altman and called the check-raise of Altman on the ![]()
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flop. The
turn and the
river brought no action and the 7,000 pot was shipped to Ferreira, as Altman's ![]()
were no good against the ![]()
of Ferreira.
Ho, who is now on the seat that previously belonged fellow Maria [Konnikova] - she was moved to another table a few minutes ago - took on Kevin Rabichow. More than 10,000 were in the middle and the completed board showed ![]()
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. Rabichow called a bet of 5,000 by Ho and mucked when he was shown the ![]()
for two pair.
A reraise to 1,700 was in front of Vicent Bosca on the button and Oliver Weis in early position squeezed to 5,500. Bosca asked for the stack size of his opponent and tossed in calling chips.
Weis bet the ![]()
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flop for 5,000 with Bosca tossing in calling chips, and the
turn brought no betting action.
After the
river, both players opted to check once more and Weis turned over ![]()
. Bosca had that beat with ![]()
and raked in the healthy pot towards the end of the second level.