Nível: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Nível: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Tournament staff has confirmed that the last 215 players will make the money and advance to Day 2.
As the players return from break, the tournament clock shows 379 remaining.
The grind continues for David Lappin, who's been trying to make the most of his stack.
In a recent battle of the blinds with Milan Simko, on a turn board of , Simko bet 5,500 from the small blind and Lappin called from the big.
The river brought the and this time Simko check-called a bet of 6,000 from Lappin, who showed , for a winning top pair.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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David Lappin |
93,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Milan Simko |
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
With just over two levels scheduled on the day and just over 100 players from the money, each pot is crucial.
Vivian Saliba recently opened a pot to 7,000 from the cutoff and was called by Daniel Zadok in the big blind.
The players each checked the flop, then after Zadok checked to her again on the turn, Saliba bet 5,000, which Zadok called.
The river brought the and after Zadok once again checked, Saliba checked back.
Zadok showed , and Saliba turned up for a winning top pair.
Though the pot is relatively small, the 16,500 extra chips pushed her way represented approximately a 10% boost to her stack.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Vivian Saliba |
137,000
120,700
|
120,700 |
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Daniel Yosser Zadok
|
89,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
Nível: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Meir Avigal raised in the cutoff to 10,000 and was met with an all-in bet by the player on the button for approximately 60,000.
Avigal called and was in dominant shape.
Opponent:
Meir Avigal:
The board ran clean for Avigal and he boosted his stack to 434,000 with the win.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Meir Avigal |
434,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
Nível: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Jerome Zerbib moved all-in for 51,000 from middle position, and action folded around to Vincent Zaman in the small blind.
Zaman said "call" and flicked forward two T-1000 chips. Zaman was alerted to the action before him and told that it was likely he had to call the all-in bet. Zaman argued that he was obviously intending to just call the 4,000 chip big blind and hadn't paid attention to Zerbib's all-in.
The floor was called over and it was confirmed that Zaman would have to call the 51,000, which left him with just over 30,000 behind.
From there, Francois Gozzelino moved all-in from the big blind, covering Zaman.
Zaman frustratedly just shoved forward the rest of his chips, uttering some choice words regarding the situation.
Jerome Zerbib:
Vincent Zaman:
Francois Gozzelino:
The board came , giving Gozzelino the victory and a double knockout, as Zaman stormed out of the tournament area.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Francois Gozzelino |
285,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
Jerome Zerbib | Eliminado | |
Vincent Zaman
|
Eliminado |
With 30 minutes remaining in what was originally scheduled to be the last level of the day, the tournament clock still shows 276 players.
Play will not be stopped until the final 15% of the field remains (215 players), so as with Sunday's opening flights, the possibility of bonus poker is very much in play.
Meir Avigal had just inquired about the status of a potential chip leader among the remaining 270 players, when he then called the PokerNews team back over to alert them to a hand he was involved in.
Avigal had raised to 12,000 in middle position, when Fabien Baldelli plunked forward a stack of blue T-5,000 chips on the button, totaling 50,000. Avigal called, with Baldelli only holding about 6,000 chips left.
On a flop of , Avigal said "all in", and Baldelli put in the rest of his stack.
Fabien Baldelli:
Meir Avigal:
The dealer put down the and to complete the board, eliminating Baldelli, and sending Avigal's stack over 500,000.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Meir Avigal |
520,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
Fabien Baldelli | Eliminado |