Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
So far, Day 1b has attracted 151 entries and that number may still increase during the 60-minute dinner break. Only 103 players remain with chips at their disposal and most of them will be heading to the dinner buffet in the five-star Intercontinental Hotel courtesy of Unibet.
Justin Herboldt raised to 1,300 and Robin Valting just called. Szabolcs Kovacs jammed the button for 15,600 and Andrew Jenkins called all-in from the small blind with a very short stack. The big blind folded, as did Herboldt and Valting with the latter claiming he let go of ace-king.
Szabolcs Kovacs: ![]()
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Andrew Jenkins: ![]()
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The pocket pair prevailed on the ![]()
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board and Valting patted himself on the back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,600
30,600
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30,600 |
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22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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150,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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120,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
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105,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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96,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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70,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
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65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
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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 |
Alexis Longhe three-bet to 4,000 and then called a four-bet to 15,000 by Andreas Moser. On the ![]()
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flop, Moser continued for 11,000 and Longhe stuck around. The
turn and
river were checked behind by Longhe, who then sighed a "nice" upon being shown the ![]()
by Moser.
"You took a lot of chips from me ..." the Belgian insisted and Moser nodded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
70,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
The cards of Tomasz Olejnik were already pulled into the muck and the remainder of his short stack was pushed from seat eight to one. That happened to be John Muxlow, who had the best of it with ![]()
on a board of ![]()
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Close to the dinner break, the eliminations eventually keep pouring in as the Day 1b field is trimmed down after all.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000 | |
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Busted |
Three ways to the ![]()
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turn, Jan Henriksson got the last 6,600 in out of the big blind. He was looked up only by John Hunter from an early position and the cards were flipped over.
"I have four outs," Henriksson said when he tabled his ![]()
for a gutshot. Hunter was miles ahead with the ![]()
and further improved to a set on the
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
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Busted |
The cards of Jessie Solebida were already turned over as he paid off a full double to Siddhart Sudunagunta for 27,800. On a board of ![]()
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, the Brit had held with ![]()
and Dara O'Kearney confirmed that he was up against pocket queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
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15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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turn, Eszter Fabian bet 6,000 and was called by Yannick Bornebroek in the cutoff, Soren Blanner also called on the button.
Fabian then bet the
on the river for another 10,000 and Bornebroek folded. Blanner opted to call and chopped with his ![]()
as Fabian had the equally strong ![]()
for aces and kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
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80,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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67,000 | |
|
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27,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Heads-up to the ![]()
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turn, Giuseppe Grupposo check-called a bet worth 2,200 by Eugene Ulanov. Both headed to the
river on which Grupposo checked again. Ulanov now bet 5,500 with 7,000 behind and received a call.
There was, however, no showdown as Ulanov mucked and forfeited the pot to be left with a short stack. In the very next hand, Ulanov got the last chips in with ![]()
and Grupposo looked him up with the ![]()
. An eight-high board brought no help to the Malta resident and Grupposo finished the job he had started.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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98,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
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Busted |