We caught the action after Sean Womack had raised to 10,000 in early position and Kenneth Shelton had three-bet to 20,000 on the button. The action was on Sergey Tikhonov after some considerable thinking time he moved all-in. Womack made the call and Shelton decided to fold.
Tikhonov
Womack
The board ran out and Tikhonov won the flip that ended Womacks hope of glory.
A board was exposed and David Baker in the big blind faced a bet of 45,000 from the small blind. Instead of simply calling Baker moved all in for around 60,000 more.
Action was back on Baker's opponent who took his time deciding what he wanted to do. In the end the small blind made the call and was in for some bad news. Baker flipped over for a set of twos, a hand the small blind couldn't beat. The small blind did flip over , but that was only second best. Baker now sits over 200,000 and looks primed to chase another bracelet.
The board read and Muhamet Perati moved all in, a bet that would essentially put his shorter stacked opponent all in. A call was indeed made and Perati exposed for a flush while all his opponent could come up with was .
The on the river sealed the deal and Perati was granted the sizable pot.
One of our Day 1 chip leaders has been eliminated in the first level after dinner. Jonas Mackoff just moved all-in over a Sofia Lovgren open and she called to put them into a coin flip situation.
Lovgren
Mackoff
Board:
Lovgren fades the over cards and moves up to 320,000; Mackoff is out.
We just caught Antoine Maurice moving all-in over an Ian Chan raise and he won't be doing it again. Maurice was holding and Chan called with . The board ran down and Maurice was heading for the cash desk. Chan, meanwhile, moved up to 420,000 and the chip lead.
David Bernstein has just doubled up through Kent Vanho. Vanho opened from early position and Bernstein moved all-in for 61,000. Vanho called and we had a showdown with Bernstein at risk of elimination.
Bernstein
Vanho
Board:
So quite a sweat for Bernstein who celebrated with a friend at the rail. Here is the rest of the table.
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and Tikhonov won the flip that ended Womacks hope of glory.
board was exposed and David Baker in the big blind faced a bet of 45,000 from the small blind. Instead of simply calling Baker moved all in for around 60,000 more.
, but that was only second best. Baker now sits over 200,000 and looks primed to chase another bracelet.
and Muhamet Perati moved all in, a bet that would essentially put his shorter stacked opponent all in. A call was indeed made and Perati exposed 
for a flush while all his opponent could come up with was 
.
on the turn changed the lead. The 
and Chan called with 
and Maurice was heading for the cash desk. Chan, meanwhile, moved up to 420,000 and the chip lead.
