| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000
8,800
|
8,800 |
|
11,600
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
8,500 | |
|
||
|
4,200
-1,300
|
-1,300 |
|
||
|
4,000 | |
Aaron Massey was all-in for around 3,700 after a preflop raising war with David "Doc" Sands, who was seated in the small blind.
Sands flipped over 
and Massey the 
. The 
flop was relatively safe for Sands, although it did give Massey a gutshot straight draw. The 
was as blank as it could be in this hand, as was the 
on the river. Game over for Massey.
Massey collected his belongings before heading out of the tournament area on a mobility scooter as he is suffering from a hernia and playing through the pain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
21,300
|
21,300 |
|
Busted |
In the previous update, we labelled Kristijonas Andrulis as our chip leader but that wasn't correct or at least not for long. Sean Jazayeri just clinched another pot with a simple continuation bet and keeps the hot run going.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Kristijonas Andrulis hasn't really played much live poker lately, he used to be a regular on the European Poker Tour but has been silent the last few months. Out of the blue, there was a big stack in the bronze section and sure enough it was the charismatic Lithuanian. At the very moment, I saw him raise to 650 from early position and a short stack moved all in for 3,425. All other players folded and Andrulis made the call.
Andrulis: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and the short stack doubled up. When we asked the Lithuanian how he got all the chips, he joked back "Oh come on, you see how bad I run." Well, he is only the chip leader at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 |
Grayson Ramage must be pleased with how his day has gone so far as he has turned his 7,500 chips into 36,500 as the dinner break approaches.
Also nicely poised are the likes of Tony Dunst (30,000) and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (21,300).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,500 | |
|
30,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
22,900
12,900
|
12,900 |
|
21,300 | |
|
||
|
19,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
||
|
15,600 | |
|
||
|
13,700 | |
|
|
||
|
8,500 | |
|
|
||
|
8,000
750
|
750 |
|
||
|
6,900 | |
|
|
||
|
4,725
-775
|
-775 |
Besides Rumen Nanev and Grudi Grudev, we also have bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov in today's field but he will have to proceed without his two countryman as they just busted. Nanev three-bet on the button to 1,800 and Tristan Wade as initial raiser on the cutoff moved all in with the superior stack.
Nanev called with the 
and had a flip versus 
. The board ran out 
and Wade is now among the bigger stacks in the remaining field. Almost at the same time, Timo Pfuetzenreuter, who was on the final table of the EPT Vienna this year along with Nanev, busted as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Some chip counts from the Brasilia's blue section:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,700 | |
|
|
21,500
12,100
|
12,100 |
|
|
||
|
19,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
19,000
11,625
|
11,625 |
|
||
|
15,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
12,400
12,400
|
12,400 |
|
|
||
|
7,200
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
|
5,500
1,800
|
1,800 |
|
|
||
|
5,000
-5,700
|
-5,700 |
|
|
||
|
4,100
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
|
2,850
-4,650
|
-4,650 |
All tables in the red section are now empty and the field has been almost halved in less than six levels of play. At this speed we may get to the final table before the end of day 1. Just kidding.
Matt Glantz's tournament is done and dusted but at least he still has time to buy into the Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or Better if he hurries over to the registration desk.
Doing the polar opposite of Glantz is Roberto Romanello who is sitting pretty with 36,000. Romanello has a World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour title to his name and it would mean the world to him if he could complete his Triple Crown here in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
24,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,250
-750
|
-750 |
|
|
||
|
6,400
-3,600
|
-3,600 |
|
6,000 | |
|
Busted | |
