The players are now going for their second 20-minute break of the day. Here are some chip counts taken just before the break started.
The players are now going for their second 20-minute break of the day. Here are some chip counts taken just before the break started.
Niall Farrell appears to have maintained his chip stack over the last two levels. As the tournament closes in on the second break of the day, Farrell just won a decent pot on a ![]()
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board. He bet 4,000, which was enough to see off his opponent.
William Kassouf raised to 500 from the button and the player in the big blind called. The flop came ![]()
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, the big blind players check-folded to the 750 bet of Kassouf.
On a few tables further down, the pot in the middle contained almost 3,000 already and the board read ![]()
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. Bruno Politano's opponent check-called the 2,350 bet.
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on the river completed the board. Politano bet 3,075 after his opponent had checked again. After the snap-call, Politano revealed ![]()
for an overpair but that couldn't beat the ![]()
of his opponent as he had rivered a flush.
The 2017 WSOPE Main Event Runner-Up, Timur Margolin, has taken his spot at the table and will be looking to make some deep runs here in Las Vegas.
Harald Sammer has been under starting stack for a little while now but he just won a small pot on the turn, that will hopefully see the start of an upward trend for the Austrian.
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board, a bet of 900 was enough to secure Sammer the pot.
Stoyan Obreshkov and Georgios Vrakas know each other from the European poker scene and were just playing a hand against each other.
There was about 3,000 in the middle already and the board read ![]()
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on both players had checked. The
on the river completed the board and there was some table talk and laughs between the two. Obreshkov looked at the board and the pot again and then put in his stack of yellow 1,000-value chips in as a bet. Vrakas threw his hand into the muck without any hesitation.
Thomas Boivin is also on the same table and seemed to have made a big comeback as he now has around 30,000 in front of him. "Found some chips here and there." he remarked.
The player in mid-position raised to 500 and action folded to Cosmin Joldis on the button. Joldis looked at his cards and shoved. The blinds quickly folded. The initial raised asked for a count and the dealer confirmed that it was 4,200 in total. He looked at his cards and stack once more and then called.
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They both had the same hole cards, they each hoped to pick up the flush but the ![]()
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wasn't that. They split up the antes and blinds between them.