Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Ali Ayub raised to 1,000 and was called by Kakar Tarajmeer. Jordan Bamford three-bet from the button, squeezing Ayub out of the pot. Tarajmeer made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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. Tarajmeer checked and Bamford bet 5,600. Tarajmeer folded and Bamford claimed a small pot. He's been chipping up since the day began, and now has over 100,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
122,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
Carlo Saloazzo raised to 1,100 and got called by the button and Panayiotis Christof in the small blind. The flop came ![]()
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. Christofi led for 2,400 and Saloazzo called.
The turn was the
and Christofi bet 6,600, which Saloazzo called.
The river was the
and both players checked. Christofi showed the
and Saloazzo showed ![]()
for a pocket pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Players have now gone for their first 15 minute break of the day. When play resumes, blinds will be on 300/500 with a 500 ante.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
George Demetriou raised to 1,400 from early position and picked up calls from Matthew Gray on the button and Claire Ho in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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. Ho checked and Demetriou bet 3,500. Gray folded and Ho called. The turn was the
. Ho checked and Demetriou bet again, this time for 10,000.
The river was the
and both players checked. Demetriou showed ![]()
. He'd whiffed his flush draw but picked up a pair of jacks on the turn, which was enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000 | |
|
|
44,000 |
Malcolm McKinlay raised to 1,100 from under the gun and Leo McClean called.
The flop came ![]()
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. McClean bet 1,400 and McKinlay called.
The turn was the
. McClean bet out again for 3,500 and McKinlay folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000 | |
|
|
34,000 |
Leo Worthington-Leese raised to 1,200 from early position and picked up several calls. Astijus Saulinskis moved all in and James O'Brien was the only player who made the call. The cards were flipped.
Astijus Saulinskis: ![]()
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James O'Brien: ![]()
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Saulinskis found himself dominated and far behind with his tournament life at stake. The board ran out ![]()
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. The queen on the flop paired up both players and the ace on the turn gave O'Brien top two pair. Saulinskis was eliminated from the tourney.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Picking up the action on the flop, Keith Hoang and Anthony Brown were involved in an inflated pot after preflop raises.
The flop came ![]()
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. Hoang led for 4,000 and Brown called. The turn was the
. Hoang bet again for 6,500, a decent chunk of his stack.
The river was the
. Hoang moved all in for 13,200. Brown thought for a while but, at this stage in the hand, had decent odds to make the call, which he did. Hoang showed ![]()
for an overpair and got the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |