H-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty]
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H-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty]
Dias: 1
Thursday Thriller Kicks Off Bounty Action
Action is set to get underway with players looking for big bounties. H-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] gets going at 2 p.m. eastern time and they'll play till a winner is decided today. There's $1.25 million guaranteed, which means they need 125 entries before the prize pool starts growing.
The progressive bounty format puts $5,000 of the entry price into the prize pool and $5,000 onto the player's head. When a player is eliminated, 50% of their bounty is handed out in cash to the winning player, while the other 50% is added to their bounty value. That 50% starts at $2,500, but by the end of the tournament can be massive.
Action proceeds today with 20 minute blind levels starting at 400/800 with an ante of 120. That means players start with 125 big blinds to work with, but with $5,000 on everyone's head (at least!) expect the chips to be flying around freely in early action.
Registration is open for more than four hours today, and players can rebuy as many times as they like during that period. When the gates come down on registration at 6:45 p.m. eastern in Level 13, the final field will be set.
PokerNews will be on the virtual floor all day following the action, bringing you big hands and chip counts through the day. Stay tuned to find out who takes down the big bounties and the win in H-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty].
Nível: 1
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 120
Cards Are In the Air
Nível 1
: 400/800, 120 ante
There are bounties on the line starting now in H-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] as cards are now in the air for Level 1.
Some Early Stacks
Nível 1
: 400/800, 120 ante
There are 51 total entries so far early in Level 1.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
175,696 | 175,696 |
|
129,494 | 129,494 |
|
126,772 | 126,772 |
|
113,024 | 113,024 |
|
112,920 | 112,920 |
|
108,120 | 108,120 |
|
|
106,520 | 106,520 |
|
106,200 | 106,200 |
|
103,840 | 103,840 |
Leonard Takes it on the Turn
Nível 1
: 400/800, 120 ante
Patrick Leonard raised the middle to 2K and Pascal Hartmann called from the big blind. Hartmann check-raised from 2,680 to 10,240 on the 
flop. Leonard called to the 
turn, and Hartmann check-folded to a bet of 14,250.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
119,680 | 13,480 |
|
84,680 |
Viktorovich Takes it on River
Nível 1
: 400/800, 120 ante
Marius Gierse opened the middle to 1,839 before Maksim "MAMOHT_T" Viktorovich reraised the button to 6,150. Gierse called to the 
flop, then check-called for 5,848. The turn 
brought checks from both players, but Gierse check-folded to a bet of 20,850 on the river.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
124,102 | 11,078 |
|
87,642 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 150
Arends Cuts into Kempe
Nível 2
: 500/1,000, 150 ante
Rainer Kempe raised to 2.1K from the middle and Jans Arends called the cutoff. Kempe check-called the 
flop for 2,139, and they both checked the 
turn. Kempe check-called again on the 
river for 7,937.
Rainer Kempe: 
Jans Arends: 
Board:
Arends flopped a nine, enough to pull ahead of Kempe's pocket eights.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
116,811 | |
|
|
98,129 | -5,711 |
Kempe Defends Small Blind
Nível 2
: 500/1,000, 150 ante
Artur Martirosian opened to 2.5K from the middle and Marius Gierse called the button before Rainer Kempe three-bet the small blind to 14.05K. Only Gierse called to see a flop of 
, but he folded when Kempe fired 10,775.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
114,979 | 16,850 |
|
82,730 | |
|
|
67,822 | -19,820 |