Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Ionut Dragomir opened from the cutoff for 3,400. Martin Servais three-bet from the button to 10,000.
Dragomir tanked for a couple of minutes before he jammed for around 35,000 and Servais made the snap-call.
Ionut Dragomir:
Martin Servais:
It was a classic flip situation. Servais came out on top after the ran out on the board and Dragomir was eliminated from the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Servais | 110,000 | 67,500 |
Ionut Dragomir | Busted |
Marc Poustis opened from early position to 3,800 before Jose Luis Calvo Rodriguez jammed for about 12,000 from two seats over. Marius Conan four-bet to 25,000 and Poustis folded.
Jose Luis Calvo Rodriguez:
Marius Conan:
Rodriguez was ahead but not for long.
"Oh wow," said Rodriguez after he was drawing dead once the came on the flop.
Rodriguez was officially eliminated after the came on the turn followed by the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marius Conan
|
160,000 | |
Jose Luis Calvo Rodriguez | Busted |
Abdelhadi Kondah jammed from early position for 20,400 and was called by a player just referred to as Paulo in late position.
Abdelhadi Kondah:
Paulo:
Kondah's hand held throughout the hand with the running out on the board to earn a double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paulo
|
100,000 | |
Abdelhadi Kondah | 45,000 |
Blinds have gone up to 800/1,600 with a big blind ante of 1,600. There will be one more blind level remaining after this one before players bag chips for the day.
There were 169 players remaining in the Day 1b field, meaning 29 players were eliminated since the dinner break.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Patrick Sacrispeyre bet 3,500 into a pot of around 7,000 after the came on the flop. Antoine Goutard raised to 12,000 and Sacrispeyre called.
Sacrispeyre check-called a bet of 9,000 after the came on the turn.
The completed the board on the river. Sacrispeyre led out for 10,000. The action paused on Goutard for a minute before he jammed for 35,000.
Sacrispeyre asked for a count and tanked for a couple of minutes. He would have had 10,000 behind if he called and was wrong. He eventually made the call and immediately turned over for a set of treys. Goutard turned over and immediately got out of his chair and left the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrick Sacrispeyre | 130,000 | |
Antoine Goutard | Busted |
Nacim Faissal Amakrane jammed the button for about 15,000 and was called by a player with the nickname Paulo Ricardo in the small blind.
Nacim Faissal Amakrane:
Paulo Ricardo:
The ran out on the board and Amakrane clapped his hands in joy as he doubled up his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paulo Ricardo
|
130,000 | |
Nacim Faissal Amakrane
|
34,000 |
Not everyone left for dinner break with a big stack. Two of the shorter stacks got involved on Table 15 the second hand off the break.
The hand began with Francisco Lafayette Pinto jamming for 11,200 from under the gun. It folded around to Adrien Pierre in the small blind who thought for a minute before tossing in his last 5,100.
Francisco Lafayette Pinto:
Adrien Pierre:
Pierre may not have had a strong preflop hand but his cards were live. They were unable to connect and Pinto improved to a straight as the ran out on the board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Francisco Lafayette Pinto
|
18,700 | -6,300 |
Adrien Pierre
|
Busted |
The Main Event has attracted a big field of 625 entries including 228 re-entries. This includes 398 entrants on today's Day 1b with 196 players returning from dinner break.