The second of three starting days shapes up to be larger than the opening flight and there are already up to 56 entries in the field with at least one casualty. Greg Mokgoathleng has become one of the early chip leaders followed by Damian Nigro, while Colin Horgan and Jon Persent have recently entered.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Heads-up to the J♥8♥3♦4♥ turn, Ricky Toker bet 400 and Joe Rahme asked him "how much is it?" before he raised to 1,500. Toker folded the A♣ and Rahme first showed the A♥ followed by the 6♥.
"I was ahead preflop," Toker joked and Rahme replied "how do you get away from it?"
The final conclusion of Toker was rather simple: "I didn't have any heart".
On a recently opened new table, the board showed A♥Q♥9♦8♣9♣ and the opponent of Dhinesh Soopramanien check-called for 3,000. The player from Mauritius showed the A♠J♠ and had to chop versus A♦7♦.
New on this table are KM, Rajeev Poonhath and Maureen Bloechlinger, who already has a short stack through to Day 2.
The field is now up to 49 entries on Day 1b of which 48 players remain.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Three ways to the A♥10♠7♥K♦ turn, Hennie Appel raised a bet of Toran Tate from 2,500 to 6,000 and the cutoff folded while Tate called. Appel then faced a bet of 15,000 on the J♦ river and Appel instantly declared fold, showing the 7♠7♣ for a flopped set of sevens.
Tate revealed his K♥Q♥ for broadway before claiming the pot.
On the tail end of a 9♦6♦5♦7♠7x board, Francis Vanderlinden checked and Wessen Conradie bet 2,000 off a shorter stack behind. Vanderlinden folded and was shown the 4♣4♦ by Conradie.
Heads-up to the 7♣5♣5♠ flop, Bernard Gossard checked and then called a bet of 1,900 by Jaryd Jardien in the next seat. The 4♥ turn saw Gossard check-call for another 5,500 before they checked the 6♦ on the river. Gossard tabled the A♥5♥ for trips fives and Jardien was left with the head shaking.
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