Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
A player opened to 40,000 preflop and action folded to the small blind who called, but then Dan Stavila three-bet to 140,000.
The original raiser slid his cards to the dealer but the small blind responded by moving all in for around 350,000.
Stavila checked his cards once more and promptly made the call to put his opponent at risk.
Small Blind: K♦9♦
Dan Stavila: A♦K♥
Stavila was in a great spot with his dominating hand, and the flop of K♠6♦5♥ gave both players a king, but the turn 4♦ gave his opponent a diamond draw.
"It's always a sweat," Stabvila said, but the river was the A♠ to improve him to top two and he scooped the pot while the opposing player found the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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750,000
479,000
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479,000 |
after a preflop betting war, Peter Ng and another player got all of their chips into the middle, with Ng covered by a single chip to put his tournament life at risk.
Peter Ng: Q♦Q♥
Opponent: A♣K♣
Ng was ahead with his queens going into this classic flip, and the runout of J♠4♦4♥J♣3♥ was friendly to award him the pot for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
880,000 |
Bruno "Da Butcher" Fiorenza was on the button and raised to 50,000 and Lexy Gavin-Mather called from the small blind.
Players saw a K♦5♥4♥ flop and both players checked to the 10♣ turn.
Gavin-Mather checked, and Fiorenza bet out around 85,000. Gavin-Mather pondered before folding and passing some chips to the other big stack at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
625,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
500,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Jean Osta was all in against an opponent with the cards already face up.
Opponent: AxAx
Jean Osta: KxJx
Osta needed to hit and the QxJx2x flop got her closer to cracking the aces.
The Jx turn brought in trips for Osta, and the brick river sealed the near double for Osta, as she knocked her opponent out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
750,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
After some back-and-forth betting preflop, Ben Miller and another player got all their chips into the middle, with Miller covering.
Opponent: 5♠5♣
Ben Miller: J♥J♦
Miller was well ahead on the flop 10♦3♦7♦ his superior pair and flush draw, but the turn 5♥ gave his oppoennt the lead with a set of fives. Unfortunately for her though, the river smacked down the J♠ to give Miller a bigger set to scoop the pot and sent her to the rail in dramatic fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000 |
Mrityunjay Jha moved all in for around 55,000 from an early position and got a re-jam from the cutoff. The button also made the call and the players went three ways to the board.
Mrityunjay Jha: 5♥6♥
Button: A♦7♦
Cutoff: AxKx
The 8x9x7x4xQx runout gave Jha the straight and secured him the triple up, and the cutoff took the side pot with a pair of sevens.
In the next hand Jha moved all in again from under the gun, and all players folded, allowing him to add the blinds to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,610,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
1,550,000
1,476,000
|
1,476,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
|
1,225,000
1,107,000
|
1,107,000 |
|
|
1,175,000 | |
|
|
1,150,000
998,000
|
998,000 |
|
|
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Play has ended for the day and the remaining players have bagged up to return tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. in the Horseshoe Red Section.
A recap of the days events will follow shortly so stay tuned!