Main Event Day 1b | 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Prague

12-02-2015 21:00 UTC+2

Riehl Grabs The Lead

Happy_Freaked

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Frenchman Ludovic Riehl just grabbed the chip lead, at a level close to what Aliaksei Boika bagged up after eight levels last night.

Francisco Oliviera raised to 700 before the flop and Riehl three-bet to 2,000 before Oliviera called. The flop came down and both checked. On the turn the hit and Riehl bet 2,300 after his opponent checked and Oliviera called.

The river brought the and Riehl bets 3,500 and Oliviera raised to 12,000. Riehl puts in a re-raise all in for 29,000 and Oliviera made the call.

Oliviera showed two nines for a full house, but Riehl had rivered a bigger full house with . Riehl scooped a huge pot and he's our chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Riehl	90,000 60,000	60,000
Francisco Oliviera	21,200 21,200	21,200

Tags: Francisco Oliviera Ludovic Riehl

12-02-2015 21:19 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Happy_Freaked

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Cranfield	95,000 42,000	42,000
Oliver Price	85,000
Erwann Pecheux	41,000
Frederik Jensen	41,000
Pablo Gordillo	40,000
Eugene Katchalov	38,000 18,000	18,000

Fabrice Halleux	30,000 6,000	6,000
Marc MacDonnell	29,000 -6,000	-6,000
Stephen Chidwick	27,000
Johnny Hansen	24,000 3,000	3,000
Charlie Carrel	19,000 -13,000	-13,000
Raiden Kan	17,000 -13,000	-13,000
Marco Caza	16,000 -30,000	-30,000
Rasmus Agerskov	13,000

12-02-2015 21:28 UTC+2

Geilich Ships on Finger

Happy_Freaked

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Martin Finger raised to 1,000 under the gun and Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 3,000, two seats on his left. The action folded back to Finger and he four-bet to 8,500 before Geilich put him all in.

Finger had about 22,000 chips left behind, and after quite some tanking he folded his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	68,000 33,000	33,000
Martin Finger	22,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Martin Finger

12-02-2015 21:40 UTC+2

Dinner Time

Happy_Freaked

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

The first half of the room is taking their 60-minute dinner break, and so are we. Live coverage continues in one hour.

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

12-02-2015 23:27 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Happy_Freaked

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Cranfield	115,000 20,000	20,000
Scott Hanna	66,000 42,500	42,500
Ben Heath	58,000 21,000	21,000
Pablo Gordillo	54,000 14,000	14,000
Vladimir Bozinovic	42,000 12,000	12,000

Giacomo Fundaro	38,000 9,000	9,000

Tom Hall	37,000 23,000	23,000
Eugene Katchalov	36,000 -2,000	-2,000

Rasmus Agerskov	36,000 23,000	23,000
Fabrice Halleux	35,000 5,000	5,000
Marcin Wydrowski	32,000 1,000	1,000

Jean Montury	30,000
Chris Hunichen	29,000 29,000	29,000
Pierre Neuville	29,000 1,800	1,800
Atanas Kavrakov	26,500 -3,500	-3,500
Charlie Carrel	21,000 2,000	2,000
Johnny Hansen	19,000 -5,000	-5,000
Dermot Blain	17,000 -13,000	-13,000
Aurélie Quelain	16,000
Stephen Chidwick	13,000 -14,000	-14,000
Raiden Kan	12,000 -5,000	-5,000
Marco Caza	11,000 -5,000	-5,000
Dara O'Kearney	10,000 -11,000	-11,000

Ping Lin	8,500 -21,500	-21,500

12-02-2015 23:41 UTC+2

Remko Report Episode #27: JC Alvarado Talks MMA Fight with Olivier Busquet and More

donpeters

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

JC Alvarado has a big fight booked with Olivier Busquet. He and Remko Rinkema discuss the match, along with Alvarado's road to becoming a professional poker player, MMA, and more.

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Tags: JC Alvarado Olivier Busquet PokerNews Podcast Remko Report Remko Rinkema

12-02-2015 23:43 UTC+2

Li Climbs, Hanna Drops

Happy_Freaked

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

Scott Hanna raised to 1,100 before the flop and Yinglui Li three-bet to 2,500 after which Hanna made the call. The flop brought out and Li bet 3,000, which was called by Hanna.

On the turn the hit and Li bet 5,000, which was called again by Hanna.

The river completed the board with the and Li fired out another 14,000. Hanna tanked for quite some time before calling, and got shown . Hanna showed his and those cards ended up in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yinglui Li	75,000
Scott Hanna	65,000 -1,000	-1,000

Tags: Scott Hanna

12-02-2015 23:58 UTC+2

Carrel Finds Help on the River

Happy_Freaked

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante

After a raise it was Stephen Chidwick who moved all in from the button for 12,125 and Charlie Carrel called all in from the small blind for 11,325, after which all over players involved folded.

Carrel:
Chidwick: