Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
After an open to 1,600 in early position, Phal-Vichit Soum in middle position called. Lorenzo Arduini, who just bubbled the €750 Battle Royale, three-bet to 5,600 from two seats over. Soum was the only one to call.
On a flop of 4♠3♠K♦, Soum checked and Arduini started to announce a bet. But immediately, Soum check-raised all-in for roughly 17,000, prompting Arduini to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
35,500
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Three-way on a flop of 6♥10♣7♣, Anthony Philippe on the button bet 2,700 and both Victoria Ailloud-Zoccali and Lucas Collet in the blinds called.
Philippe fired a second barrel of 4,500 on the 10♦ turn. Ailloud-Zoccali folded but Collet made the call.
The 2♣ river was checked by both players and Collet flipped over 8♥8♠. Philippe revealed 10♥9♥ and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000 | |
|
|
54,000 | |
|
|
37,500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
While Antonin Teisseire was taking his seat upstairs and under the eyes of the 2018 WiPT champion Jérémy Routier, Stephane Finkel opened to 1,600 from middle position and was called by Jerome Sgorrano on the button and Kamel Atoui in the small blind.
"Now that the big blind is gone, we split?" Sgorrano joked while the dealer was fanning a flop of K♦8♣Q♦. Both Atoui and Finkel checked to Sgorrano who bet 3,000. Finkel called.
Sgorrano fired a second barrel fo 5,600 on the 6♦ turn but Finkel check-raised to 14,000. Sgorrano went into the tank and called with a suspicious look.
Finkel led out for 26,500 on the J♠ river. Sgorrrano called but ran into Finkel's flush with 8♦7♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
49,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
46,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
185,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
160,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
138,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
|
117,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
112,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/700
Ante: 700
In the 947th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are back to discuss headlines from the poker world that didn't include The Lodge in Texas. Foremost among them was celebrity Kylie Jenner, working with Vanity Fair to make a viral poker video. Was it a good thing for poker?
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The 640 players of Day 1d are now starting Level 5 before a 15-minute break.
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Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600