Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Alex Keating defended a min-raise from his opponent in the big blind and the flop came 9♠5♦6♣.
With 30,000 in the pot, Keating check-called a bet of 20,000. On the 7♦ turn, Keating moved all in and his opponent went into the tank, before eventually arriving at a fold.
With Keating winning that pot, the match is now close to even.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Action picked up on the river with over 40,000 in the pot on a board that read 8♠3♦5♥2♦9♥. Harry Lodge led out with a bet of 38,000 and Espen Jorstad made the call.
Lodge tabled Kx7x for king-high and Jorstad showed Jx9x, for a pair of nines.
The next hand, all the money went in preflop with Lodge at risk.
Harry Lodge: A♠4♦
Espen Jorstad: Q♠7♠
The board ran out J♦K♥Q♦6♣5♠, awarding Jorstad the ticket to Day 2.
Terry Fleischer raised to 8,000 on the button and the big blind moved all in for 75,000, which Fleischer called.
Opponent: 8♣8♠
Terry Fleischer: A♦A♠
The board ran out K♣7♣3♠4♠5♥ and the aces held up for Fleischer to advance into the next day.
At another table, recent bracelet winner Darius Samual also made it through.
Mike Holtz raised to 9,000 on the button and Mike Dentale moved all in for 121,000 effective which Holtz called.
Mike Holtz: A♦Q♦
Mike Dentale: K♥Q♣
The board ran out 10♥10♣5♠K♦3♣ and Dentale connected with the king on the turn to secure his pathway into the second day.
Landon Tice moved all in for 25,000 effective on the button and in the big blind, his opponent called.
Opponent: Q♣3♣
Landon Tice: J♥10♣
The board ran out J♦10♠10♦8♦7♦ and the full house was good enough for Tice to advance into the following day.
Espen Jorstad moved all in on the button and Harry Lodge called from the big blind, putting himself at risk.
Harry Lodge: 10♣9♣
Espen Jorstad: 2♠2♦
The board ran out 7♠6♣10♠5♥Q♣, with Lodge pairing his ten to double up.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000