Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Players are on a 20-minute break.
The number of entries has hit 152, already exceeding the total number that played Day 1b!
Ashley Locker opened to 700 and got a call from Jonathan Hanley in the next seat before Stephen Gray shipped from the button for 13,600. Carlo Citrone hadn't seen the shove of Gray and put in a chip while saying 'call', but then realized there was an all-in that he didn't mean to call.
The floor were called to give a ruling and because Citrone had announced a call, he was committed to that decision. Locker and Hanley folded.
Stephen Gray: A♥Q♥
Carlo Citrone: 10♠8♠
Citrone wasn't in as bad shape as he may have thought, but the 5♥K♥4♠ flop helped Gray as he picked up a flush draw. However, the 6♠ turn gave Citrone a flush draw of his own as well as a gutshot straight draw. The 9♣ river missed everybody, which meant Gray's ace-high held up, and he doubled to almost starting stack, while Citrone's stack entered the danger zone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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29,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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5,000
5,000
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5,000 |
With around 13,000 chips in the pot on a board of 3♠3♣2♥4♠, Darren Harbinson had fired 6,500 from the big blind and Jean-Emmanuel Lhuillier called from the cutoff.
The river came a 3♥ and Harbinson decided to slow down with a check, then Lhuillier bet 29,000. Harbinson had around 20,000 remaining in his stack and needed to put them all at risk if he wanted to go to a showdown.
"You have aces?" asked Harbinson.
Eventually, Harbinson laid it down and Lhuillier flashed a Q♠ to the table.
"You had kings?" asked Lhuillier.
"Of course I had kings, nice play" replied a disgruntled Harbinson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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20,000 |
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
With around 9,000 chips in the pot on a board of 2♦K♠K♣2♣5♠, Henry Tanner had a bet of 5,000 in front of him with Yue Zhang facing the decision.
Zhang was in the tank for quite some time and after piecing together the puzzle, she dropped in the call.
Tanner then shower J♥J♦ for a pair of jacks, and Zhang gave a nod before she mucked her cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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35,000 | |
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10,000
5,000
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5,000 |
With around 6,000 chips in the middle on a flop of Q♠6♠2♦, the action checked to Bryan Areglado in the hijack, who made a small bet of 1,000. Both Daniel Weaver and Terence Etim called.
All three checked the 9♣ turn to see the K♦ drop on the river, where Weaver & Erim checked. Areglado then bet 3,000, which got a fold out of Weaver, Etim, however, put in the check-raise to 11,000, and Areglado folded at lightning speed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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40,000 | |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
There were around 15,000 chips in the pot on a full board of 8♦A♣J♣3♥7♣ when Yue Zhang fired out a half-pot bet of 8,000. Simon Higgins was the player with the decision and only needed a few seconds before he made the call.
Zhang showed 10♦7♦ for a pair of sevens, but Higgins showed 8♥6♣ for a pair of eights to scoop the pot.
Higgins showing that he won't be pushed around!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000 | |
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15,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200