Without much notice, Peter Harkes has amassed a stack of 92,000 chips and is among the current leaders half an hour before the dinner break. Frank op the Woerd will be catching up with the fellow Dutchman in a bit to give us a rundown of what happened so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
As promised, our Dutch colleague has caught up with Peter Harkes and most of the chips were accumulated in smaller pots. The biggest hand came off a coin flip with 
against the pocket sevens of a short stack for 14,000 and a king appeared on the river to secure the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,000 |
Next to big stack Joachim Kleiven, one of the Unibet Poker qualifiers was all in and at risk for his last 7,900 chips on a five-way flop of 
. It was Dmitrii Prusov and his shove with 
got called by Robin Lacey. The Irishman said "nines again" and turned over his 
only to see the dealer burn and turn the 
and 
as final community cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 |
A familiar name appeared on the bustout list: Amaury Grelot. The Team Online pro of Unibet usually plays speed SNG with 20 big blinds or less, thus tournaments are not really his daily dose of poker. The Frenchman four-bet jammed starting stack with and got called by an opponent in the big blind with pocket queens to miss the board completely.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Mirco Maisano lost some chips during the last half an hour and then got the stack of Hampus Rosdalen a few moments ago. The Swede was all in for his last 12,100 before the flop with 
and Maisano looked him up with the 
to turn the nuts on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Arriving to the table with the 
turn spread, Eric Abbas moved all in for 12,900 into a pot of what looked like 23,000. Kanstantsin Kamenka made the call from a few seats over and Fred Weiss then reshoved for 32,900. Abbas looked stunned, stood up and grabbed his jacket already.
Kamenka needed some time but made the call eventually for the additional 20,000 with the 
for two pair. Abbas was drawing dead already with 
, because Weiss had flopped it with the 
. The 
river even gave Weiss a straight flush and Kamenka was not amused at all.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
20,000
-34,000
|
-34,000 |
|
|
Busted |
On the four-way flop of 
, the action checked around to Anthony Giangrasso and he bet 2,000 to receive a call from Guillaume Bacri in the big blind only, Clement Tripodi mucked and Gilbert Diaz was not in the hand but completes an interesting table line-up.
The turn saw no betting action before Bacri then fired 3,000 after the 
river. Giangrasso tanked for a while, took off his sunglasses and eventually called to muck to the of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
87,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
71,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Jean Paul Pasqualini, who won the Partouche Poker Tour II Grand Final here in Cannes for a stunning €1 million back in 2009, has been eliminated under unknown circumstances. With $2,691,890 in tournament cashes according to his Hendon Mob profile, the Frenchman was one of the most experienced participants in this field and will have to concentrate on the remaining Side Events now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Another session of two 60-minute levels has passed by and the players have been sent into a 90-minute long dinner break. Among the chip leaders if not even the top dog is Quentin Lecomte, who spent the last two levels over on the feature table. The Unibet Poker Team Pro has around 130,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
The action restarts in about 15 minutes from now on, below you can find a list of notables and big stacks with four levels to go on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
134,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
112,000 | |
|
111,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
110,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
104,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
|
100,000 | |
|
99,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
87,000 | |
|
85,600
85,600
|
85,600 |
|
82,800
18,800
|
18,800 |
|
|
82,100
12,100
|
12,100 |
|
77,800
-7,200
|
-7,200 |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
49,100
4,100
|
4,100 |
|
|
||
|
|
41,600
600
|
600 |
|
37,300
-7,700
|
-7,700 |
|
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
36,100
1,100
|
1,100 |
|
33,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
27,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
23,400
5,400
|
5,400 |
|
|
13,800
-3,700
|
-3,700 |
