Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Thijs Molendijk was on the button and tangling with two opponents on a ![]()
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board. Both checked to Molendijk who bet 3,500, and both of them called as well.
On the
turn, Molendijk bet 6,000 after two checks. The first player snap-folded, the second one needed around thirty seconds to come to the same decision.
After the hand, Molendijk got prompted to show his hand and complied by tabling ![]()
.
"Difficult board," Molendijk remarked. "But finally, aces!" he smiled right after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
After a raise to 1,400 and a call in middle position, Jonberg Myrini three-bet to 5,000. On the button, Thomas Naesheim put in a four-bet to 13,500.
With action now on Oliver White in the small blind, he five-bet shoved around 40,000 total. The inital raiser, caller, three-better ánd four-better all folded their hands with lightning speed and White raked it in with a big grin on his face.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Ulrik Andersen raised to 1,500 from the cutoff, Jurriaan Sarink called from the small blind and Lasse Degnemark defended his big blind.
On the ![]()
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flop, Andersen continued with 2,000 and only Sarink called. The turn was the
and Sarink check-called a 2,500 bet from Andersen.
The river was the
and Sarink checked a third time. Andersen cut out a bet of 6,000, which sent Sarink in deep thought. He seized up his opponent multiple times before sliding in the call.
Andersen reluctantly showed ![]()
for a pair of eights and Sarink tabled ![]()
for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
99,000 | |
|
|
92,000 | |
|
|
90,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
88,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
85,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
76,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
76,000 | |
|
|
76,000 | |
|
|
72,500 | |
|
|
71,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
69,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Players are on a fifteen-minute break.
Swedish ultra high-roller Viktor Blom's foray in this tournament has ended early. Blom never found himself above the starting stack and went for it with ![]()
on an ![]()
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flop.
His opponent called with ![]()
and Blom didn't get there on the
turn and
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Michael Justesen limped in for 400 from under the gun. A couple of other players limped along and the small blind completed. In the big blind, Villu Metsur smelled weakness and elected to open-shove his stack of around 20,000, or 50 big blinds.
Justesen called, the other players folded and Metsur was caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar.
Michael Justesen: ![]()
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Villu Metsur: ![]()
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Justesen had Metsur covered and the Fin was suddenly at risk for his tournament life. The ![]()
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flop was to no avail but the
turn gave him an improbable lead in the hand. The
on the river swung it right back to Justesen and Metsur headed off for an early shower.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The current number of entries on Day 1b is 233. Combined with the 168 who played on Day 1a, the field is up to over 400 players. It's already more than last year's number of 376; late registration is still open up until the start of level 7.