First Break of the Day
Players are now on their first break. They will resume play at level 3 in 15 minutes.
Players are now on their first break. They will resume play at level 3 in 15 minutes.
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Nível: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Just before the break, the board read with around 6,000 in the middle already.
Dan Smith had checked from mid-position while Conor Beresford had an orange 5,000-value chip in front of him as a bet in the hijack. Smith took a bit of time before he decided to raise to 9,500 and Beresford called.
The completed the board on the river and now Smith shoved, having Beresford covered. Beresford tanked for a while, counted out his stack and then reluctantly decided to let his hand go.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Dan Smith |
73,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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Conor Beresford | 12,400 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Gal Yifrach | 30,000 | |
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Javier Fernandez | 30,000 | |
Kenny Hallaert | 30,000 | |
Aram Zobian | 30,000 | |
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Chen An Lin | 30,000 | |
Barny Boatman | 30,000 | |
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Julien Martini | 30,000 | |
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Alex Keating | 30,000 | |
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Jack Sinclair | 30,000 | |
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Maxim Lykov | 30,000 | |
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Jeremy Ausmus | 30,000 | |
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Cord Garcia | 30,000 | |
Ben Palmer | 30,000 | |
Paul-Francois Tedeschi | 30,000 | |
Emile Schiff | 30,000 |
On a dangerous looking board that showed Faraz Jaka and his opponent played it carefully and checked it down after the river.
Jaka showed for top pair, which was the winning hand as his opponent mucked allowing Jaka to continue to build his stack early.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Faraz Jaka |
77,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Emile Schiff |
75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Chris Hunichen |
71,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Dan Smith |
66,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
Rainer Kempe |
48,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Andre Akkari |
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
Aditya Agarwal |
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Simon Deadman |
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Scott Blumstein |
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Aaron Duczak |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dominik Nitsche |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Michael Gathy |
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
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||
Fahredin Mustafov |
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Arsenii Karmatckii |
26,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Sam Grafton |
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
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Bill Klein |
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Michael Gagliano |
17,300
-12,700
|
-12,700 |
|
||
Conor Beresford |
17,000
4,600
|
4,600 |
Taylor Wilson |
7,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
On a board reading Ryan Olisar had raised his opponents 1,500 bet to 8,000. His opponent thought for a while before tossing in the call.
Olisar showed the for a rivered set, which his opponent responded to with a shake of the head and an audible "Ouch!" as he mucked his hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ryan Olisar |
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Niall Farrell |
70,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
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Randall Emmett |
60,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Ognjen Sekularac |
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Ahmed Abdella |
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Sergio Aido |
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Jeremy Ausmus |
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
Darryll Fish |
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Darren Elias |
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Nick Pupillo |
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Igor Yaroshevskyy |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Stefan Schillhabel |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Samuel Cosby |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Taylor Black |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Sam Cohen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Kenny Hallaert |
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Timo Kamphues |
29,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Ben Palmer |
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Javier Fernandez |
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Maxim Lykov |
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
||
Joao Simao |
18,500
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
|
||
Brian Yoon |
13,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
||
Krasimir Yankov |
10,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Ping Liu |
9,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
Patrick Leonard |
6,300
6,300
|
6,300 |
|
Julien Sitbon raised to 800 from the button and the player in the big blind three-bet to 3,100 which Sitbon called.
They both checked through the on the flop and the on the turn to the on the river. The big blind checked again and now Sitbon bet 3,800 which was enough to make his opponent fold.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Julien Sitbon |
33,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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