Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Shortly after the blinds went up, Conor Drum raised and then called the shove by a short-stacked Florian Duta for around 12,000.
Duta tabled the ![]()
and was well ahead of ![]()
. The ![]()
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flop gave Drum the flush draw, which he instantly hit on the
turn to leave Duta drawing dead. A meaningless
river only improved Drum to the nut flush as Duta quickly left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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116,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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Busted |
As the action accelerates towards the end of the first half on Day 1a, the shorter stacks keep on getting the chips in with all-in and call announcements spreading through the tournament room every other second.
Dan Samson was involved in one of these in a battle of the blinds when he got it in with ![]()
against the ![]()
of his table neighbour in the big blind. The ![]()
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board gave Samson the superior hand as the field was reduced by one contender.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
With more than 11,000 already in the middle, Karen Arthur checked her option out of the big blind on the ![]()
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board. Dan Meregedze got the last 2,600 in from the cutoff and Arthur called after brief consideration. She was shown the ![]()
for the flopped straight and turned flush, which beat her ![]()
for top pair and no kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
16,500 |
According to the tournament info screens, the Day 1b field has now swelled to 264 entries mid-way through level six. Of those, only 186 players remain and the latest casualties include Kanan Farzaliyev, Abdul Wakeel, Kevin Allen and Maciej Plocki.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Kin Luu defended the small blind against a raise by Emmanuel Perez from early position and there were gasps on the table when they got the chips in after the ![]()
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turn.
Emmanuel Perez: ![]()
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Kin Luu: ![]()
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"Woah," Perez exclaimed as he was drawing dead with the nut flush and the
river ended his run.
"Can I take a picture?" he inquired with the dealer, who replied "go for it". The Spaniard snapped the picture and then headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
90,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
90,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
85,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
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65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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||
|
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50,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
45,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
38,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
32,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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32,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
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28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
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23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
10,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
In multi-way action to the ![]()
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turn, Colin Paddington in the big blind grabbed into his stack and wanted to bet 2,800 into a pot of around 8,000. However, he seemingly verbally announced 28,000 for almost all of his chips and the floor was called. The verbal declaration stood and the bet was in. Ricardo Pinto in the cutoff then jammed and it folded back to Paddington who called it off.
Colin Paddington: ![]()
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Ricardo Pinto: ![]()
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The
river sent Paddington to the rail as Pinto further increased his big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
60,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
Busted |
In a battle cutoff versus big blind, Luke Hayward fired three barrels with the board reading ![]()
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when the Brit moved all-in for the last 12,000. Keith Lehr had checked and called after short consideration. "I guess you have a ten?" Hayward said and that's what Lehr indeed showed with the ![]()
, which beat the ![]()
of Hayward.
He wished everyone good luck on the way out and then added "and good luck to you sir, use the chips wisely."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
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|
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Busted | |
Level six draws to a close as 182 players out of 277 entries have been sent into a scheduled 15-minute break. The turbo heat 1c is scheduled to get underway at 6pm local time and the tables in the cash game area upstairs will be used for it, if they are available as soon as Day 1b starts breaking into the main room.