Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Peter Eichhardt raised preflop for an unknown amount towards the end of the previous level and Julien Sitbon called out of the big blind, announcing a check in the dark. On the flop, Eichhardt continued for 4,200 and was check.called before the turn triggered a second barrel worth 9,100 by the Swede.
Sitbon took his time before making the call and then firing 11,000 himself on the river. "This makes no sense" uttered Eichhardt, but still ended up tank-calling. Sitbon flashed the and that won the pot. The hand took another five minutes into the new and last level for Day 1a with the Frenchman making a late run for the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julien Sitbon |
210,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
Peter Eichhardt |
90,000
40,900
|
40,900 |
|
Franck Boyer opened to 4,100 from the cutoff and Zoltan Bozoki three-bet to 10,500 from the small blind only to see the Frenchman reraise to 21,000. Bozoki shoved with the superior stack and Boyer called it off with the . He had three over cards and a flush draw to beat the of the Hungarian, however the board ran out instead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zoltan Bozoki |
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Franck Boyer
|
Busted |
Over on her new table, Dian Wubkes just opened to 6,000 and called the shove of a short stack for little more, 9,300 in total to be exact. The Dutchwoman held but failed to improve against the of the player in the small blind after a board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dian Wubkes
|
35,200
3,200
|
3,200 |
Christer Nagell extracted 16,000 chips from an opponent on the river of a king-high board with after having turned two pair and the other player made the call only to muck his king-queen. At the very same table, Fred Weiss soon after busted an opponent with a straight and became the second largest stack of table three. Will there be a big clash between the two in the remaining half an hour still?
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christer Nagell
|
215,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Fred Weiss |
180,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
The last two players to hit the rail were among the notables to look out for, however there won't be any more updates with regards to Emil Hegedus and Guillaume Bacri. Both have been swept off all their chips and won't be bagging for Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Emil Hegedus | Busted | |
Guillaume Bacri | Busted |
Vladimir Kovalev opened the action with a raise from the button and both Christer Nagell and Julien Sitbon called out of the blinds. On the flop all three players checked and Sitbon then raised Nagell's bet of 7,000 to 22,000 when the turn fell.
Kovalev and Nagell both called to set up a juicy pot and the Frenchman then fired the river for 80,000. Only Kovalev called and mucked when he was shown the . The Russian three-bet shoved his short stack of less than 10 big blinds one hand later and chopped with versus ... .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julien Sitbon |
320,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
Christer Nagell
|
180,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Vladimir Kovalev
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Joining the action on the flop, Matyas Csiszar called a bet worth 8,500 by Benjamin Vestergaard and did the same again on the from his button position. This time it was 13,600 to go and again Csiszar tossed in the chips before surrendering to a third barrel worth 16,000 after the river.
The Hungarian is still on a big stack but not in first position anymore.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matyas Csiszar |
275,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Jan Czajkowski had opened from early position and was called by table neighbor Tapio Jarvinen to fire a continuation bet on the flop. On the turn they got it in with Czajkowski's putting the Finn at risk. Jarvinen however had flopped two pair with the and stayed ahead after the river as well.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tapio Jarvinen |
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Jan Czajkowski
|
25,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
With about five minutes left in the last level, tournament director John Scanlon has stopped the clock and announced to the players and dealers that three more hands will be played before bagging and tagging.