Second Break of the Day
Another two levels have been completed and the players have been sent on a 15-minute break. The tournament clock currently shows 228 entries with 11 re-entries and 221 players remaining.
Another two levels have been completed and the players have been sent on a 15-minute break. The tournament clock currently shows 228 entries with 11 re-entries and 221 players remaining.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Brunskole |
409,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
Sylvain Siebert |
395,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Olivier Badeau
|
319,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Brett Hart |
268,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Paul Trebuss |
236,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Thanh Phu | 228,000 | |
Pierre-Luc Boudreau
|
209,000 | |
Francesco Ciarallo | 206,000 | |
Adeel Bangash | 204,000 | |
Geoffrey Hum | 203,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
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Facing a bet of 18,000 on the river of a board, tournament chipleader Matthew Brunskole raised, making it 54,000 to go. His heads-up opponent took a moment before making the call.
Brunskole tabled for a straight and his opponent mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Brunskole |
475,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Saturday night at Playground, Francesco Ciarallo played a $110 satellite with seats to the Playground1000. Ciarallo was down to just a single ante deep in the satellite and managed to squeak out a seat to this afternoon's qualifying session.
Ciarallo has been around the top ten stacks for the majority of play here on Day 1c and will be looking to make a deep run and earn just his third live-recorded tournament cash ever.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Francesco Ciarallo |
195,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Gregory Katayama raised to 1,700 and got calls from Imran Hussain in late position as well as Jason Machado in the small blind and Karam Saleh in the big blind.
The flop came and all four players checked to the on the turn. Machado checked and Saleh bet 4,200. Katayama called and Hussein and Machado folded.
The river was the and Saleh bet 7,500 this time. Katayama quickly called and Saleh said "You got it" and sheepishly tabled for jack-high. Katayama showed for two nines and scooped up the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Karam Saleh |
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Gregory Katayama |
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
With 6,500 in the middle, on a board reading , Gail Seagris checked from the big blind. Arthur W was on the button and bet 4,000. Seagris called.
The turn was the and Seagris led out for 5,000. Arthur min-raised to 10,000 and Seagris re-raised to 40,000. Arthur called.
The river was the . Seagris checked and Arthur bet 40,000. Seagris agonized over the decision for a while but eventually called.
"You're good" said Arthur. Seagris immediately tabled for the nut straight. "Yeah, I knew you had the straight" said Arthur as he mucked his cards face down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gail Seagris |
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Arthur W |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
The following players are just a few of the 15 players who have needed a second bullet here on Day 1c.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tanvir Ahmed | 100,000 | |
Tam Ho | 100,000 | |
Eric Afriat | 100,000 | |
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