Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Some of the leaders at the break
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick Roth
|
150,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
Nicholas Andrews
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
John Thomson |
100,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Adnan Al-Maiki
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Marc Seymour |
94,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Temaire Tapeke
|
92,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
The estimated prize pool of $250,000 for the Main Event has been reached already here at the Poker Palace. It looks like it will easily exceed $300,000, with entrants in the turbo Day 1D flight tonight, and two hours of late rego available on Day 2 still to come.
Shaun Zammit was all-in pre-flop for 61,200 with versus Rafe Aman's in the big blind. The board ran out safe for Zammit and he doubled up to now have one of the bigger stacks in the room, over double the average.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shaun Zammit |
126,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
All the chips went in pre-flop between Zac Vigar, winner of the Monster Stack event this series, and Yang Lei.
Yang Lei:
Zac Vigar:
The board ran out giving Vigar the full double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zac Vigar |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
John Caridad opened the betting with 1,800, and John Thomson directly on his left 3-bet to 3,800. Caridad thought for a while before announcing all-in, and Thomson snap-called.
Caridad:
Thomson:
The board ran out with Thomson's aces holding up. Caridad was asked from another table how many chips he had left now, since he was still seated. Caridad replied "I'm just waiting for the next flop to bring the king".
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Caridad
|
Busted |
Players are now on a 30 minute dinner break.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ronn Lee Ranapia
|
170,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Marc Seymour |
135,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Adnan Al-Maiki
|
130,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
James Sekhas |
120,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Sherif Reyad
|
117,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
Craig Blight |
114,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Sailendra Sha |
112,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
Kevin O'Brien
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Nicholas Andrews
|
110,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Temaire Tapeke
|
108,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
John Pachos
|
106,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Visal Kim
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Paul Smith |
101,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
Jarrod Thatcher |
101,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
John Thomson |
96,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Dean Boskovic
|
81,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Steven Huynh |
80,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Abdul Raffie
|
74,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Michael Brahim |
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
John Jolly |
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Joe Nati
|
68,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Stylianous Markriou
|
67,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Rehman Kassam |
63,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Sayeed Jabbour
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
Robert Damelian |
62,000
22,000
|
22,000 |