Nível: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Nível: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
There are now 2,322 runners in the competition, with nine more levels of late registration still to go.
Over in Brasilia room some familiar faces have been spotted.They include Russian heavyweight Konstantin Puchkov, multi-title holder Denys Shafikov and PokerNews CEO Toby Bentall.
Puchkov and Shafikov are down from what they started the day with but it's been a better start for Bentall, who has improved from starting stack.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Toby Bentall |
47,200
5,200
|
5,200 |
Konstantin Puchkov |
33,500
33,500
|
33,500 |
|
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Denys Shafikov |
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Reigning champion in this event Galen Hall is in the running and he has already chipped up. The most recent chips came in a hand that he opened to 600. He was called behind by two players before the big blind upped it to 3,000. Only Hall called and they went heads up to the flop.
It came and it went check-check. The turn was the and Hall's opponent made a delayed continuation bet of 1,200. Hall increased it to 3,000 and got a call.
On the river, Hall received a check from his opponent and bet a massive 35,000 over the line. It was quickly folded to and he scooped the chips.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Galen Hall |
64,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
Nível: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Ari Engel | 40,000 | |
|
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Eric Liu | 40,000 | |
Wilbern Hoffman
|
40,000 | |
Ira Friedman | 40,000 |
It's time for players to take their first 20-minute break of the day.
Nível: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Ari Engel has dropped a little since he sat down but the recent bracelet winner has just lost a little. The 2019 WSOP bracelet winner opened to 1,000 and the big blind defended. On the flop, the big blind check-folded to Engel's 700 continuation bet.
There were two players in and action was on the turn with on show and 7,300 in the pot. Eric Liu was playing the cutoff and he was heads up against the button. Liu bet 5,000, which his opponent called and the dealer laid an on the river.
Liu checked and his opponent thought for a 20 seconds or so before placing 14,200 over the line. Liu made the call and turned over for a set, which beat the of his opponent.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Eric Liu |
54,000
14,000
|
14,000 |