Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
With just over 600 players left in the tournament, the remaining players are going on a 75-minute dinner break. When they return the blinds will be 200/400 with a 50 ante, and there will be two levels left for late registration.
While you wait, check out this interview with Valentin Vornicu where he breaks down a hand.
With minutes to go in the level, Pierre Calamusa opened from the button and the small blind called. The pair checked the board and the river was the . The small blind checked for the third street in a row, and folded to a bet of 1,000 from Calamusa.
Harry Lodge and Kahle Burns are among the latest entries.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pierre Calamusa | 37,000 | 17,000 |
Harry Lodge
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Kahle Burns
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
On a board reading and a pot nearing 10,000 Alexandre Reard moved a large stack of 1,000 chips to put his opponent at risk for his tournament. After a long tank he eventually folded.
A few hands later the button player raised to 1,000 and Reard defended his big blind with . Both players checked on the rainbow flop.
The fell on the turn. Reard three-bet to 4,000 after his initial bet of 500 was raised to 1,600. His opponent made the call.
On the river Reard check-called a shove worth 15,000 to see in his opponent's hand.
That last hand took him to the brink of a 50,000 stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandre Reard
|
50,000 | 20,000 |
A player in middle position opened to 700 and was called by the button, the small blind and Jeff Madsen in the big blind.
On the flop, only Madsen called the continuation bet of 825 from the player in middle position.
Both players checked throughout the turn and . Madsen tabled for a pair, which was enough to win the pot after his opponent showed .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Madsen
|
14,000 | 3,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bart Lybaert
|
120,000 | 15,000 |
Annette Obrestad
|
29,000 | 8,000 |
Valentin Vornicu | Busted | |
Ryan Laplante
|
Busted |
After the player under the gun had opened to 700, the next player three-bet to 2,700 and Philippe Ktorza snap-shoved for 9,800. The initial raiser called and the other player folded.
Philippe Ktorza:
Opponent:
The board brought and Ktorza's hand held up to give him the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philippe Ktorza | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Muehloecker | 35,000 | 23,000 |
Noah Schwartz
|
33,000 | 13,000 |
Adrian Mateos
|
32,000 | -3,000 |
Chris Bjorin
|
25,000 | 10,000 |
Jiri Horak | 24,000 | 6,000 |
Allen Kessler | 23,000 | 7,000 |
Mike Ross | 22,000 | -5,000 |
Frank Kassela
|
20,000 | 12,500 |
Chance Kornuth
|
19,000 | 2,000 |
Simon Deadman | 17,000 | 6,500 |
Mikhail Semin | 15,000 | 7,500 |
Alex Keating
|
15,000 | |
Giuliano Bendinelli | 10,000 | 1,000 |
Georgios Zisimopoulos | 10,000 | -3,000 |
Andrew Christoforou | 8,000 | -5,000 |
Danny Tang
|
8,000 | 4,000 |
Kenny Hallaert | 7,500 | |
Marvin Rettenmaier | 7,000 | 2,000 |
Jared Hamby
|
6,000 | -1,000 |
Bruno Politano | 3,500 | -13,500 |
Maria Ho | Busted | |
Fabrice Soulier
|
Busted |
Maria Lampropulos was all in for her last 3,100 with and was up against the of an opponent.
The flop came giving her opponent a pair, but she quickly rectified that with a pair of her own on the turn and the river bricked out to earn her a full double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maria Lampropulos | 6,500 | 1,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adrian Mateos
|
35,000 | 25,000 |
Erik Seidel
|
29,000 | 29,000 |
Jesse Sylvia | 23,000 | |
Sorel Mizzi | 20,000 | 12,500 |
Jean-Paul Pasqualini | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Gaelle Baumann | 19,000 | 4,000 |
Matt Affleck | 17,000 | 6,000 |
Michael Mizrachi
|
15,000 | 1,000 |
Thomas Muehloecker | 12,000 | 1,000 |
Ashley Sleeth | 12,000 | 2,800 |
Jeff Madsen
|
11,000 | 11,000 |
Faraz Jaka
|
6,000 | 6,000 |
Maria Lampropulos | 5,000 | -1,500 |
Dario Sammartino | 2,500 | 2,500 |
Samuel Phillips | Busted |