Day 2 of Event #49, the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament, has ended and only 21 players remain in the field. Of those 21, Robin Ylitalo is the man to catch; his 1,151,000 stack being the largest of the surviving players.
Ylitalo, a Swedish professional poker player, has some excellent results in major live tournaments in Europe including a final table appearance at the EPT Campione Main Event and at the WP Copenhagen Main Event. Ylitalo has one cash at the WSOP, ironically it came in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event at the 2012 WSOP where he finished 32nd. He’s guaranteed to beat that finish in this event.
Paul DaSilva goes into the third and final day’s play as the only other player to bag up a seven-figure stack. We have been unable to uncover any major live cashes belonging to DaSilva, but he and the rest of the field in Event #49 are guaranteed to take home at least $15,622 for their efforts so far.
Taras Kripps and Valentin Messina both ended with over 900,000 chips each, too.
Other notables to look out for on Day 3 include British pro Barny Boatman (347,000) and Kevin MacPhee (136,000). The latter lost all but three big blinds of his stack during the second half of play on Day 2, but managed to grind his way through to make Day 3. He will start with less than 10 big blind, but if anyone can claw his way back into contention from such a position it is MacPhee.
Play resumes at 1 p.m. Las Vegas time and will continue until one man has won all of the chips in play. This player will become Event #49’s champion, a title worth more than the WSOP bracelet and the $546,080 awarded to them.
Kevin MacPhee has just lost the majority of his stack in a hand with Brian O'Donoghue.
There was already 68,000 chips in the middle by the time the flop came into view. MacPhee was in early position and O'Donoghue on the button. MacPhee was in the tank and the next thing we knew, MacPhee had check-shoved, was called and the cards were on their backs and the players were all in.
When the stacks were counted, MacPhee had O'Donoghue covered by only 22,000 chips, or three big blinds.
MacPhee:
O'Donoghue:
MacPhee needed to spike a six to win the hand, otherwise he faced the prospect of handing over almost all of his stack. The turn was the and the river the , gifting O'Donoghue the hand and the huge pot.
"That was a horrible spin down," said Simon Deadman as we talked about his untimely demise from Event #49. One minute Deadman was flying high, the next he was heading to the rail via the cashier's cage.
The start of Deadman's downward spiral saw him open to 12,000 from the cutoff and face a three-bet to 29,000 from Sergei Stazhkov on the button. Deadman went into the tank before emerging with an all-in bet, a bet that was instantly called.
Deadman:
Stazhkov:
Deadman was in a typical coinflip with Stazhkov, a coinflip he would ultimately lose as the board ran out . To add insult to injury, Deadman had to help Stazhkov count his stack after the dealer seemed to refuse to count them! The amount was 225,500 and it left Deadman with just 62,000 chips.
Down to 10 big blinds, Deadman open-shoved from the hijack seat and the big blind called. Deadman tabled and was up against for another race. Once more, Deadman lost as the flop improved the big blind to a full house, rendering the meaningless and the river even more so.
From middle position Walter Treccarichi opened to 8,000. Behind him, Lily Newhouse made it 20,500 to go and action soon was back on Treccarichi. He shoved for 111,000 effectively and Newhouse made the call for her tournament life.
Treccarichi was in trouble with his as Newhouse tabled the better ace with her . The on the flop and on the turn were of no concern to Newhouse but the on the river was. Her dreams of an even deeper run were halted by the eight on the river which gave Treccarichi two pair.
Govert Metaal was getting a bit short ant took matters into his own hands by squeezing all in from the big blind. Daniel "Danny" Drew, who had opened the pot from the hijack position, reshoved all in which forced out Brent Becker who had initially called.
And thus a showdown was at hand, with Metaal showing the inferior to Drew's . Metaal got up from his seat but seemed still hopeful he would hit something to stay alive. The on the flop gave him some hope for a backdoor straight or flush but the on the turn didn't help. All that was left was the river and all that Metaal had left to hope for were the three aces left in the deck. The on the river was a complete blank though and Metaal made his way to the pay-out.
Will the European High Roller make his way to the $25,000 6-max?
We missed the precise action pre flop but we're pretty sure De Meulder shoved all in from the cut off over a late position raise. "You have a pair" asked De Meulder with a curious voice showing his . His opponent shook his had, but his would soon make one. The flop was king high and by the time the dealer had put out the river, De Meulder already had lost hope of a double-up: | | .
Mitch Garber addresses the audience prior to the start of day three of the One Drop High Roller Tournament.
In this, another abridged version of the PokerNews Podcast, Rich and Mark take a look at the bubble of the $111,111 One Drop High Roller and discuss Jack Effel's decision to halt play for the evening before the bubble could burst. The two then look at some of the recent bracelet winners and discuss the 2013 Ladies Event.
We missed the exact action pre flop but Kevin MacPhee told us he had three bet from the big blind, so there was already some chips in the middle when the action escalated. On a flop MacPhee bet 12,200 and he insta-called as his opponent shoved all in for 42,400 effectively. MacPhee turned over while his opponent, who was seated in middle position, had flopped a set of eights in this already big pot with .
MacPhee stood up from his chair and was already emotionally out of the tournament, when the hit the turn. The on the river didn't change the situation and MacPhee sat back in his seat. MacPhee now has about 114,000.
Tue Phan started out the day second in chips with 115,000, but he has lost all those chips by now, handing the keys to the kingdom to Brian Odonoghue.
We picked up the action on the turn as Phan bet 7,000 on . Odonoghue raised it up to 22,000 and Phan made the call. The turn brought the to the table and Phan check called a 14,000 bet by Odonoghue. The river was the and Phan checked again. Odonoghue put his opponent all in for his last 55,000 and after three minutes of tanking, Phan decided to call.
Odonoghue showed for the nut flush and Phan tabled . That big pot made Odonoghue into one of the chipleaders, while Phan departed probably wondering 'what could have been'.
Govert Metaal lost a lot of chips early on in the day, but is in great shape again after he doubled twice. First he opened the button to 3,500 with and he called as the big blind shoved on him for 22,300 total. The big blind had and his kicker would play no part in it with | | on the table.
Not much later Govert Metaal opened again, this time to 3,400 from the cut off. His next door neighbor, Noah Sandler, raised it up to 8,000 from the button. After both blinds folded, Metaal clicked back the action to 13,200 and called as Sandler shoved for 46,800 effectively. Metaal showed his and Sandler showed .
Metaal wasn't out of the woods yet though, as Sandler flopped a draw about as good as they could come: . Fortunately for Metaal both the turn () and river () bricked and he found his double up. Sandler, in the meantime, still has a very healthy stack of about 160,000.
flop came into view. MacPhee was in early position and O'Donoghue on the button. MacPhee was in the tank and the next thing we knew, MacPhee had check-shoved, was called and the cards were on their backs and the players were all in.
and the river the 
, gifting O'Donoghue the hand and the huge pot.
. To add insult to injury, Deadman had to help Stazhkov count his stack after the dealer seemed to refuse to count them! The amount was 225,500 and it left Deadman with just 62,000 chips.
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as Newhouse tabled the better ace with her 
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on the flop and 
on the turn were of no concern to Newhouse but the 
on the river was. Her dreams of an even deeper run were halted by the eight on the river which gave Treccarichi two pair.
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on the turn didn't help. All that was left was the river and all that Metaal had left to hope for were the three aces left in the deck. The 
would soon make one. The flop was king high and by the time the dealer had put out the river, De Meulder already had lost hope of a double-up: 
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hit the turn. The 
on the river didn't change the situation and MacPhee sat back in his seat. MacPhee now has about 114,000.
. That big pot made Odonoghue into one of the chipleaders, while Phan departed probably wondering 'what could have been'.
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