First Break!
In the first two hours of play, the field has been reduced to 15 players and they are all heading into a 15-minute break.
In the first two hours of play, the field has been reduced to 15 players and they are all heading into a 15-minute break.
Nível: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
The two remaining tables have switched into limping mode and no big pots were played yet in the new level. Buck Rabie then raised the pot for most of his chips on and enforced folds all around, flashing the .
The three shortest stacks can be found below.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Nikolaos Solomos |
55,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Daniel Laidlaw |
40,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Billy Argyros |
35,000
-16,800
|
-16,800 |
Billy "The Croc" Argyros just made headlines over on table 35 along with plenty of laughter coming from his opponents. The banter came after Argyros had received a walk in the big blind to make a whopping 2,000 chips and then showing kings and ace three, double suited. It was the first walk of the day.
Ilias Sagias has been slipping further after just putting Daniel Laidlaw all in and at risk with a big double draw on the flop ,.
Laidlaw:
Sagias:
The on the turn gave Laidlaw quads and the now meaningless river completed a worthless flush for Sagias.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Daniel Laidlaw |
120,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Ilias Sagias |
75,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
On the four-way turn , Sam Higgs bet 13,000 and table neighbor Nikolaos Solomos called, the other two players folded. The came on the river and Higgs now bet 20,000. Solomos had slightly more than that behind and eventually folded for a baby flush.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Sam Higgs |
170,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
||
Nikolaos Solomos |
25,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Nível: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Jarryd Godena has taken over the lead on table 34 without any major showdown. Below are the chip counts of his table.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jarryd Godena |
240,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
Xen Xenofontos |
185,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Hun Wei Lee |
180,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Daniel Laidlaw |
170,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Tam Truong |
140,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Jiajun Luo
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Buck Rabie |
113,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Ilias Sagias |
70,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
On the heads-up flop of , Nikolaos Solomos was all in for his last 12,000 chips. The pot was almost three times of that and Billy Argyros, who had just won a pot without showdown by shoving and showing two pair, eventually called. "I wish you had more chips, so I don't have to call," Argyros said.
Solomos: for the nut straight
Argyros: for a pair of kings
There was no runner runner miracle, the board completed with the turn and to let Solomos double up.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Nikolaos Solomos |
58,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Billy Argyros |
44,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
The hot run of Daniel Laidlaw continues, as the Aussie just sent table neighbor Hun Wei Lee to the rail. The start of the day had both players far apart in the counts, but Laidlaw chipped up immensely with things escalating on the turn.
Lee:
Laidlaw:
Laidlaw had two pair and needed to dodge clubs in order to bust his opponent, which indeed happened as the river was a blank.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Daniel Laidlaw |
400,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
Hun Wei Lee | Eliminado |