It took more than a level but the first players are eventually running out of chips. One of those benefitting from it was SurarinPoker, who had a short stack at risk preflop and then isolated on the 9♦2♣2♠ flop. He tabled the J♣J♦ and had little to fear versus 8♠6♣, locking up the knockout with the 2♥ turn and 5♦ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
With the turn showing J♠6♦4♦3♠, the small blind checked and then called a bet of 3,100 by Andrew Tomoya in the cutoff. They checked the 9♣ on the river and Tomoya was shown 9♦5♦ for a missed double draw and rivered pair of nines. He had that beat with the A♥J♥ to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
In a preflop three-way all-in, two players were at risk with 2♠2♦ and A♣Q♥ while KENSHIN333 had them both covered and revealed the A♥K♠. The mighty ducks remained in the lead until the 8♥6♣3♦5♠ turn but KENSHIN333 rivered the K♦ to send two opponents to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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89,000
89,000
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89,000 |
With the board showing K♠10♦9♥7♣J♣ and more than 38,000 already in the middle, Haruto faced a shove and eventually called to get shown the A♥J♠ for just a pair of jacks. He had that beat with the K♥K♣ for a set of kings to earn the knockout and a big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,000
95,000
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95,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
In three-way action to the 5♣5♠2♠ flop, the action checked to akira3 and he bet 2,100 to earn one call while Joe Stapleton folded and gave the following remark.
"I got a quote for your reporting. I couldn't be playing worse and I am the worst player at the table by far," he said and even suggested that it might cause an international incident if things were to get worse.
On the 4♥ turn, akira3 called a bet of 2,000 and then faced another bet of 6,500 on the 8♥ river. He opted for a raise to 25,000 and forced out his opponent.
Stapleton then four-bet jammed for 20,000 and was called by A♣K♥ to show his A♠K♠. There were no shenanigans on the 9♥8♥7♣4♦Q♥ runout and Stapleton chopped the pot.
"I played that one well," he joked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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33,000
33,000
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33,000 |
|
21,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Day 1a has been adding players every other minute and nearly mid-way through level three, the tournament clock shows a total of 240 entries. Some 220 players remain and they are currently at blinds of 200-400 with a 400 big blind ante. The next break will be after level four and the late registration is open until the start of level nine.
In a preflop all-in, papa was all-in and at risk with the A♦Q♦ and up against Yoshitaka, who flipped over the 10♠10♦. The Q♥8♥5♣7♥6♣ runout improved papa and dented the early big stack of Yoshitaka into more than half.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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|
15,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Pictures courtesy of Spenser Sembrat / JOPT.
There were 2,000 out in front of mugimugi and his table neighbour then reraised to 6,000. Once it was back on him, mugimugi then moved all-in and his opponent called it off with the 2♥2♦. The mighty ducks were up against 10♥10♣ and mugimugi held on a board of Q♦7♦3♣J♣3♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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92,000
45,000
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45,000 |
