Upon completion of level four, the field has swelled to 123 entries and some 108 players remain as they are heading into the first scheduled ten-minute break of Day 1d.
Upon completion of level four, the field has swelled to 123 entries and some 108 players remain as they are heading into the first scheduled ten-minute break of Day 1d.
Three ways to the 9♥7♦6♦K♥ turn, the action checked to David Erquiaga and he bet 3,700. Benhur Ybarsabal check-called and Christopher Mateo folded after some consideration before the river brought the 3♠. Ybarsabal checked once more and Erquiaga now made it 6,500 to go. He then faced a check-shove for 25,100 and used both time bank extensions before making the call.
Ybarsabal tabled the 9♦6♣ for two pair and that beat the Q♣Q♠ of Erquiaga. Mateo pulled his cards back from the muck and exposed the A♦A♠.
Oliver Lirio opened to 1,000 and then called a three-bet to 3,500 by Renato Villanueva in the next seat. That led them to the Q♦7♥3♥ flop on which both checked. Villanueva bet the 10♥ turn for 3,000 and claimed the pot right there.
Badrudin Ampatuan bet the 9♦2♣2♦8♥ turn for 6,500 to get called by Javier Bris Becerril and then jammed the 10♣ on the river.
"How much is it," the Spaniard asked and the shove was for 22,500. Bris Becerril eventually called and Ampatuan showed the 10♥2♥ for deuces full of tens, which beat the J♥9♥ of his opponent.
The overall field size has essentially doubled within the first three levels and change for the penultimate flight as there are already 102 entries for Day 1d with some 94 players remaining.
Juden Francisco min-raised just before the blinds went up and then called a small three-bet to 2,800 by table neighbour Mark Ciruelos. On the Q♠J♥6♦ flop and 10♣ turn, Francisco checked and Ciruelos only bet 1,500 on the latter street for his neighbour to call.
Francisco then checked the K♦ river and mucked his J♠J♦ in disgust when facing a bet of 5,000. Ciruelos flashed the A♣K♣ for the turned broadway.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Jamie Paulson raised to 1,200 preflop and was called three ways for the Canadian to exclaim "just flop me the nuts". He then checked to Joven Tined on the J♥9♠5♠ flop who bet 3,000. Jr-Hao Jan called as did Paulson. The 7♠ turn saw Paulson bet 5,000 to pick up two calls and the 3♦ came on the river.
It now checked to Jan who bet 12,500. Paulson folded and Tined check-raised all-in for 15,000 to get called by Jan with the J♠6♠ for a flush. Tined briefly showed his Q♠Q♦ before exiting the tournament area.