Nível: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Nível: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
Level six has concluded which means late registration is now closed. The tournament director is giving players one last chance to potentially surrender their current chip stack if they would like to rebuy into Day 1c of the Colossus III. The final entry numbers will be posted as soon as they become available.
With about 6,000 chips in the pot and the board reading , Aaron Belardo was facing a bet of 5,000 from this opponent. Belardo moved all in for 12,900 and his opponent called. Belardo tabled and his opponent was in dire straits with . The board ran out and , securing a full double-up for Belardo.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Aaron Belardo | 45,800 | 45,800 |
Scott Levitt can find himself at the top of the leaderboard currently after winning a massive pot and eliminating two opponents. The small blind was all in preflop for 6,700 and both Levitt and another opponent called.
The flop came and the action was checked to Levitt. He bet 4,000 and his opponent called. The turn was the and, once again, his opponent checked. This time, Levitt pushed all in for over 23,000. His opponent had 17,500 remaining and made the call. Levitt tabled versus his opponent's and the from the smaller all-in stack. Levitt was way out in front and, when the landed on the river, Levitt scooped a chip-leading pot his way.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Scott Levitt | 69,700 | 69,700 |
Nível: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
This tournament structure encourages players to try to run up their stack to secure a good position heading into Day 2. There is not much wiggle room for short stacks and thus more than half the field has already disappeared. Some short stacks still hanging on include Mike Leah, Chino Rheem, Joseph Cheong, and Allyn Schulman.
Players are off on another 20-minute break. The tournament staff has updated the board to read a total of 3,102 total entries for Day 1Ccof the Colossus III. Half of the Amazon Room has already been cleared out with roughly 840 players remaining. The money bubble should burst within the next couple levels.
Nível: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Randy Eklund was in the middle of scooping a huge pot and his opponent was walking away from the table after being eliminated. His cards were still face up as held on a board reading for quad jacks. Eklund is the first player over 100,000 chips and has put himself in a good spot to cash as the money bubble looms.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Randy Eklund | 114,000 | 114,000 |