First Break on Day 1b
The players have been sent into a 23-minute break and as much time remains to sign up for the second flight of this accumulator event as well.
The players have been sent into a 23-minute break and as much time remains to sign up for the second flight of this accumulator event as well.
Benjamin Boulden raised to 700 and was called by Steven Watts in the cutoff, Carlo Citrone on the button as well as Alexander Jager in the big blind. On the flop, the action checked to Citrone and he bet 1,325 only to face a check-raise of Boulden to 3,000. Watts and Jager both got out of the way before Citrone made it 5,000 to go.
Boulden moved all in and Citrone sighed before calling off with . Boulden had the over pair with and held up after the turn and river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Steven Watts | 32,000 | 14,500 |
Benjamin Boulden
|
26,000 | 26,000 |
Carlo Citrone | 13,000 | -20,500 |
The second flight has less than 30 minutes left before the registration officially closes at the end of level four. Right now the participation is slightly lower than yesterday's day 1a, but everything is right on track to cover the guarantee of £ 100,000.
William Kassouf is one of the regulars in the UK and just got the remainder of his stack in with top two pair on a flop against the of an opponent. Kassouf would not double through as the opponent made a straight and left the table with a smile on the face.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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William Kassouf | Busted |
Mantas Zeringis is fresh off a nice score at a local event in London end of January and also final tabled this very same event in July last year, coming fourth for £ 7,230. He bagged up chips on day 1a and so did Alexandra O'Brien, so the huge difference in chips doesn't come off those stacks but the 20,000 fresh bullet on day 1b.
Zeringis was already stacked and just called a bet of 1,300 after the turn by the player in the big blind. His opponent fired another barrel worth 2,200 on the river and then insta-mucked when Zeringis had made the call.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mantas Zeringis
|
65,000 | 54,200 |
Alexandra O'Brien | 2,500 | -68,600 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Carlo Citrone raised to 475 from under the gun and was three-bet to 1,100 by Adam Owen. On a flop of , Citrone check-called a continuation bet worth 1,250 and did so again for 2,200 after the turn. The river saw Citrone bet 3,225 and Owen made the call after some table banter between the two of them.
Citrone flipped over and that won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Carlo Citrone | 33,500 | |
Adam Owen | 29,000 |
Surinder Sunar is back in action after bagging up an above-average stack last night, so did Alexander Jager. Both are below starting stack and the latter is on the same table as Steven Watts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Steven Watts | 17,500 | -3,000 |
Alexander Jager | 14,000 | -6,000 |
Surinder Sunar
|
13,000 | -29,300 |
After an open raise from under the gun, a call and a raise by a player in middle position, Gabriel Tuna moved all in for 11,000 chips to steal the pot or double up back to starting stack with . The opponent in middle position called with and spiked a queen on the flop to send the defending champion to the rail on day 1b.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Gabriel Tuna | Busted |
Matas Cimbolas not only final tabled the EPT Deauville a few days ago, he also took down the WPT Nottingham back in November for a payday of £ 200,000. After a quick chat, the Lithuanian revealed that it was a last minute decision to jump into this event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matas Cimbolas
|
20,000 |