Dutch poker player Govert Metaal has taken his seat in the Millionaire Maker. The Dutch player played a five-way pot, but there was no post-flop action.
Metaal is up a little bit from the 7,500 start stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Guillaume Diaz entered the tournament and found himself seated next to another notable French player, Adrien Delmas.
Both players are above the 7,500 starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
8,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
Rory Brown faced a bet of 450 while the board was 
. Brown called and the dealer opened up a blank on the river.
Both players checked and Brown could not beat his opponent's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,500
500
|
500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
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15,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
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|
15,000 | |
|
14,000 | |
|
10,000 | |
|
9,000
8,996
|
8,996 |
|
7,500 | |
|
7,500 | |
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7,000 | |
Jesse Sylvia faced a bet of 425, but when the action was on him, he decided to three-bet. Everyone in the hand folded and the small preflop pot went to Sylvia.
Wilson Chan sat down on another table in the Brasilia room. Chan finished 31st in the Colossus a few days ago and is trying yet again to run deep in a large tournament field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Matt Affleck opened to 350 in middle position and was called by one player.
The flop fell 
and Affleck continued for 600. His opponent called.The same action happened on the 
turn for a bet worth 1300.
On the 
river, Affleck, after some thought, bet 2,000 and quickly folded when his opponent raised it up to 4,800.
He now has a short stack of 2,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200
7,300
|
7,300 |
Sorel Mizzi got a part of his stack in the middle against a short-stacked player with about 3,000 left.
Mizzi had 
, but he had to win against the 
of his opponent.
The 
flop was a bad one for Mizzi, but the 
turn gave him some more outs. There was a verbal reaction from the table when the dealer put down the 
river to give Mizzi a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
A lot of new faces keep sitting down in the tournament with late registration open until the end of Level 8. Vincent Bartello knows at least one of the players on his table, Scott Margereson. Bartello and Margereson played a lot together at the last couple of tables in the Colossus. Bartello got 12th, but Margereson went on to finish in fourth.
Juan Pardo Dominguez comes fresh off a third-place finish in the $10,000 heads-up tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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On a raised pot and with a board showing 
, Athanasios Polychronopoulos bet 700 from the button after his opponent checked. The latter raised it up to 2,200, and after a tank, Polychronopoulos called.
The turn was the 
and Polychronopoulos folded after his opponent made a huge bet worth 4,500.
Polychronopoulos still has a good stack of 24,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
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