Bart Lybaert remains among the chip leaders on the second break of the day.
Bart Lybaert remains among the chip leaders on the second break of the day.
The players have been sent on a 20-minute break
Mustapha Kanit raised under-the gun to 2,100 and was called from the hijack and big blind.
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was checked all the way around. The turn of
was checked by the big blind and bet 4,500 by Kanit which was good enough to take down the pot.
Maurice Hawkins raised the button to 2,300 and the big blind player defended.
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and the big blind check-called a bet of 2,000 from Hawkins.
The turn of the
was checked through and the big blind led out the river
for 6,500. Hawkins thought about it for a few seconds before flipping up the
and tossing his hand into the muck.
With blinds now at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante, there are plenty of sub-20 big blind stacks in the room that will be looking to get their chips in and double up.
One of those stacks belongs to Kelly Minkin, who just moved her last 18,000 in over an early position opponent's 2,500 opening raise. The opponent called and they were off to see five cards.
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and the pot was chopped, but with blinds rising every 30 minutes, Minkin and plenty of others will find their chips in the middle soon.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Dat Thai moved all-in preflop and it folded around to the small blind. Without thinking, much the small blind made the call, putting Thai at risk for his tournament life.
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and the King high kicker was enough to double up Thai to stay alive.
Michael Lech and Bart Lybaert are approaching 100,000 in the latest round of notables chip counts.
Only seven tables left in play in the Pavilion room.
With approximately 24,000 in the pot on a river board reading ![]()
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, Matt Affleck faced an all-in bet from his opponent in the small blind for 8,200, which represented a little over half of Affleck's remaining stack.
Affleck went into the tank, but eventually decided on a fold to keep his stack at about 15,000 chips.