Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
We arrived at the table just as Randy Pfeifer's stack was being counted so that he could receive his double-up from his opponent. On the board was and Pfeifer had for quad fives.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Randy Pfeifer | 122,000 |
On the turn with the board reading , Thomas Taylor checked to Freddy Deeb who threw in a bet of 3,000. Taylor called and the dealer put down a river of .
Taylor checked again and Deeb pushed all in, easily covering Taylor who had about 23,000 in front of him. After a full couple of minutes in the tank, Taylor eventually called, turning over . Deeb flipped over for a set, eliminating Taylor.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Freddy Deeb |
106,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
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Thomas Taylor | Busted |
The remaining players are now on a 45-minute dinner break and registration will close when they return.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Now that the dinner break is over, registration is closed for Day 1b. Today's number came to 235 players. When added to the 127 from yesterday, this event now has 362 entries.
Defending WPT Montreal champion Jonathan Jaffe was the first one in the pot when he raised to 1,500. Another player three-bet to 4,100 and Jaffe called.
The flop brought and Jaffe called a bet of 5,100. The turn was the and Jaffe's opponent pushed all in. Jaffe snap-called, tossing in a single chip.
Jaffe showed while his opponent had . Jaffe picked up the big pot and the other player hit the exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Jaffe |
79,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
The player under the gun raised to 1,200 and Freddy Deeb responded with a three-bet to 5,200, which his opponent called.
The dealer burned a card and flopped . Both players checked and the dealer turned over the . It checked to Deeb again and he bet 6,000.
With action back on the other player, he raised to 14,000 and Deeb went in the tank. After almost a minute of thought, he flicked his cards forward in the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Freddy Deeb |
102,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
Just as we got to the table, Darren Elias was receiving a double-up as the dealer was counting out his stack. His opponent had barely less chips than him and was eliminated in the hand.
Elias had in front of him and the board was reading .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Darren Elias |
43,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Ivan Karim raised to 1,100 preflop and Ryan Hall responded by three-betting to 3,200. Karim called and the dealer slid on the table.
Karim checked. Hall casually bet 2,700 and Karim took little time to raise to 5,700. Hall quickly folded.