Nível: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Nível: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
The remaining 96 players have stepped out for a 25-minute break.
Zach Gruneberg, a poker player from Pennsylvania with more than $2.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings, recently lost one of his cats, who escaped from his home while he was out in Las Vegas. What ensued was a frantic search-and-rescue effort that spanned a month and a half.
More specifically, it was a 43-day affair “through hell and back” according to Gruneberg, a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner, including back-to-back wins in the WSOP PA Online Series at the end of July.
Gruneberg, who is nine years clean and sober, is on Twitter as @HustlerGrune where it states he is both an anime addict and cat dad. One of those cats is a sleek gray feline named “Nook.”
“Nook is the only cat I've had since he was a kitten,” Gruneberg told PokerNews. “He is a super friendly high energy guy that loves to jump up into high places and play more so than any of my other cats.”
So, what’s the story behind Nook’s disappearance?
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sam Hilger | Eliminado | |
Ruben Cabrerizo | Eliminado | |
[Removed:421] | Eliminado | |
Sebastian Toro Henao | Eliminado | |
David Santana | Eliminado | |
Vladimir Lipnitskii | Eliminado | |
Pan Qicheng | Eliminado | |
Adrien Di Grande | Eliminado | |
Brandon Leetz | Eliminado | |
Alon Mor | Eliminado |
Louis Nyberg raised on the button before Daniel Herrera moved all in from the small blind. Alexandre Mitjavila also moved in from the big blind, with Nyberg getting out of the way.
Daniel Herrera: 6♣6♦
Alexandre Mitjavila: A♦10♠
Mitjavila slightly covered Herrera, but found no help on the 3♦5♦K♠3♥Q♣ runout. Herrera more than doubled his stack, while Mitjavila was left short before the break.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Daniel Herrera |
1,380,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Louis Nyberg |
1,350,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
Alexandre Mitjavila
|
205,000
-790,000
|
-790,000 |
Catalin Pop moved all in from early position for his last 625,000 chips, with Theodoros Ampelikiotis moving his larger stack in one seat to the left. The rest of the table folded, leaving Pop at risk.
Catalin Pop: A♥9♦
Theodoros Ampelikiotis: A♦K♥
The Q♣6♠5♥2♥Q♦ runout was comfortable for Ampelikiotis, as his king kicker played to eliminate Pop.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Theodoros Ampelikiotis |
1,720,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
||
Catalin Pop | Eliminado |
Maxim Bevers moved all in from middle position for 820,000 and received a call from Tom Hall in the small blind who had a covering stack.
Maxim Bevers: 10♣10♦
Tom Hall: A♥K♥
Hall hit top pair on the 8♥A♦6♦ flop and remained ahead on the 5♣ turn and K♦ river to score the knockout and collect a healthy pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Tom Hall |
2,350,000
1,145,000
|
1,145,000 |
Maxim Bevers | Eliminado |
Damien Beziau shoved 600,000 from under the gun and Lucien Cohen looked him up from the button. The blinds got out of the way and action was heads up with Beziau at risk.
Damien Beziau: K♣K♠
Lucien Cohen: A♥K♥
The board ran out 3♦A♦5♥J♦8♠ and Cohen flopped a pair of aces to send Beziau to the rail.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Lucien Cohen |
3,275,000
1,425,000
|
1,425,000 |
|
||
Damien Beziau | Eliminado |
Igor Kaufman limped from the small blind and Dionysios Kartsampas checked his big blind option to the J♥A♦3♥ flop.
Kaufman checked to Kartsampas, who slid out a bet of 200,000. Kaufman then asked for a count of his opponent's remaining stack before raising enough to put Kartsampas all in.
After counting out his remaining 1,450,000 chips and taking a few minutes in the tank, Kartsampas made the call.
Dionysios Kartsampas: A♣Q♦
Igor Kaufman: A♥10♥
Kartsampas was in front but needed to dodge plenty of cards. The 10♠ was one of those, as Kaufman connected for two pair. The 7♠ was no help to Kartsampas, who wished everyone good luck on his way out of the tournament room.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Igor Kaufman |
5,725,000
1,775,000
|
1,775,000 |
|
||
Dionysios Kartsampas | Eliminado |
Dalibor Mijic found himself all in and at risk for his remaining stack of 1095000 against Quentin Laugt who covered him.
Dalibor Mijic: K♣K♦
Quentin Laugt: J♥J♣
Mijic was in great shape and remained so on the 10♥K♥4♣3♠6♦ runout to secure a full dou ble up while LAugt was left with just over 15 big blinds.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Dalibor Mijic |
2,325,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
Quentin Laugt |
780,000
-1,490,000
|
-1,490,000 |