Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2014 PPC Aruba World Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PPC Aruba World Championship
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$267,720
Entries
138
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Almost Triple Digits
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
The tournament is up to 96 entrants of which 78 remain. A great start to the tournament and they've already topped the number of entrants they had for all of last years event.
Chip Counts
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Here are some counts from around the tournament room as we are about one hour from the 60-minute dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
||
|
69,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
67,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
63,000 | |
|
62,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
45,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
42,200
42,200
|
42,200 |
|
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
40,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
34,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
26,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
21,500
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
14,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
3,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Bolek's Aces Cracked
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
We got to the table with 2,800 already in the pot and a flop of 
in the middle of the table. Chris Bolek checked to his opponent who put out a bet of 1,100. Bolek check-raised to 3,000 and was called.
The turn was the 
and Bolek checked. His opponent threw out a single T5,000 chips and Bolek lifted his head to see how many chips his opponent had behind. After doing so, Bolek grabbed a stack of chips and put them into the middle, effectively setting his opponent all in.
"Did you hit the gutshot?" his opponent asked before announcing a call. Bolek had 
but had fallen behind on the flop as his opponent had flopped a set of eights with 
. The river bricked out and Bolek had to send a total of 14,125 to his opponent leaving him with 28,000 behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
You Got There
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The player in the hijack limped in and Marcia Kuntz raised to 1,300 out of the small blind. It was folded back to the limper who made the call.
The flop came 
and Kuntz led out for 1,500. Her opponent quickly put out the chips to make the call. The turn was the 
and this time Kuntz bet 2,000 and was again called.
The river was the 
and Kuntz tapped the table twice in frustration indicating a check. That was met with a rather quick bet of 4,200 from her foe. Kuntz muttered "you got there" and slid her cards to the dealer. Kuntz is coming off a deep run in the World Series of Poker Main Event where she finished 91st cashing for an impressive $61,313.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,700 |
Dinner Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9:44 p.m. local time.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Back in Action
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Players are back from the dinner break and cards are in the air. It looks like the final number of entrants for this first flight was 96 and 68 of those are still playing.
PPC Tour Vets Tangle
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
We got to the table with approximately 10,000 in the middle on a board showing 
and the action on Nick Mann. He put out a bet of 6,600 and John Ott didn't think long before tossing out a call. Mann showed a bluff with 
and Ott would take down the pot with 
for trip queens.
Mann won the PPC North American Poker Championship and $44,757 at Tampa Downs this past July to qualify for this trip while Ott is sitting in second on the PPC Player of the Year leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
34,000 |