Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Aliosha Staes had made a nice comeback after early troubles and just reraised to 2,200 preflop and was called by Matthieu Poor Rahnema. After a flop of
, Staes' continuation bet of 3,700 was raised to 8,100 by Poor Rahnema and Staes reraised to 20,000.
It wasn't much more to call the shove of the PMU online qualifier and Staes did so with
whereas his opponent held the
. Neither the
turn nor the
river improved Staes hand and he was sent right back to the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
8,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
The preflop action is amiss, but Guillaume Darcourt was the initial aggressor from under the gun and faced a bet of 4,900 by Jean Michel Texier on a flop of
. Darcourt check-called and the
turn got checked through. After the
river, Darcourt checked once again and Texier bet 15,600 from the button.
It was a rather quick call of the Frenchman and Texier then flipped over the
, which caused a sigh and fold from Darcourt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
58,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
After a raise and a raise to 900, Guillaume Darcourt called out of the big blind and the other player also called. On a flop of
, the short stack moved all in for 12,000 from under the gun and Darcourt called with pocket nines. His opponent held the
for the flush draw but couldn't get there.
Darcourt was up to 70,000 after that hand and grinded some more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
Isabel Baltazar raised to 400 and was called by one player before Adam Owen made it 1,350 to go. He was called by three opponents including Baltazar to see the flop of
. A continuation bet of Owen was called by Baltazar and one more player for 2,900 each and the
fell on the turn.
Once again the action was checked to Owen and he made it 8,300 to go. Baltazar moved all in for 28,000 and had slightly more chips than the Brit, revealing pocket deuces in the showdown. Owen had two outs with pocket aces and the river was a brick. On day 1a, Owen had busted with pocket kings ...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
Busted |
George Danzer raised to 500 and the player on the button made it 1,250 before the player in the small blind clicked it ti 3,250. Danzer as well as the other player both called and headed to the flop of
. The player in the small blind checked and then folded when Danzer's bet of 4,500 was called by the player on the button.
The
turn saw no further action and the German then bet the
river for 7,000. He was eventually called and Danzer's
were second best to the
of his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
53,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
26,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
23,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
19,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
More than 200 players are heading into a 15-minute break to get some fresh air, a drink or a cigarette.
After a raise to 400 and three callers including Bernard de Breyne, the flop fell
. A continuation bet of 800 and a call was met by a check-raise of de Breyne in the small blind to 2,525 and he was called by two opponents to see the
turn. The
river then had de Breyne fire 2,525 and one opponent call, who would muck his
once the Belgian showed
for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |