Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
From under the gun, Sebastian Malec raised and Alisan Holozlu three-bet to 160,000, Malec called. The flop came and Malec checked. Holozlu bet 65,000 and Malec called.
Once the appeared on the turn, the action went check, check. After the river, Malec asked for the stack of his opponent, then bet 280,000. Holozlu folded within a few seconds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sebastian Malec |
4,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Alisan Holozlu |
690,000
-236,000
|
-236,000 |
Damien Luis raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Spyridon Koukouris called on the button. The flop came and Luis bet 140,000. Koukouris raised to 325,000 and Luis carefully counted his remaining stack before opting to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Spyridon Koukouris |
1,450,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Damien Luis |
810,000
-355,000
|
-355,000 |
Sam Grafton opened to 65,000 in early position and was only called by Norbert Berent in the big blind. The flop of saw Grafton checked to and he c-bet 85,000. Again, Berent called. The turn of saw Berent switch it up, betting 185,000, which Grafton called.
On the river of , Berent led for 240,000, and sent Sam Grafton into the tank. There he stayed for a time until he flicked a green chip into the middle, making the call and getting good news. Berent could only show and Grafton quickly flipped over to take the pot, overtaking Berent and climbign the leaderboard again.
"No words for the cameras," quips Sam, as the lenses zoom in on his happy face. "I can't reveal the secrets."
Once the cameras have departed, however, he jovially engages a morose Berent.
"Why are you making it so difficult for me? I wake up so full of energy, ready for the day and tough river calls. I'm exhausted, its not easy."
True words, but Grafton has 1.58m and that represents one of his highest points of the day, chip-wise.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Grafton |
1,580,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Norbert Berent |
1,350,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
Anthony Chimkovitch raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and Stephen Malone three-bet to 195,000 on the button. Chimkovitch called and the flop came . Chimkovitch checked, Malone bet 165,000 and the Belgian called.
After the turn, Chimkovitch checked again and Malone cut out a bet of 375,000. That was more than half of Chimkovitch's remaining stack and he folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephen Malone |
3,350,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
Anthony Chimkovitch |
725,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
Stephen Malone raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Spyridon Koukouris three-bet to 240,000 from the small blind. Anthony Chimkovitch four-bet all in for 785,000 and Malone asked for a count. He then also checked the stack of Koukouris briefly and folded, the Greek quickly called.
Chimkovitch:
Koukouris:
"Diamonds please," Chimkovitch asked, but the board ran out blank showing .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Spyridon Koukouris |
1,500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Anthony Chimkovitch |
820,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Damien Luis raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Stephen Malone called in the big blind. On the flop, Malone check-called a bet worth 80,000 and both players then checked the turn. After the river, Malone checked and Luis bet 2175,000.
Malone took off his sunglasses to glance at the board and his opponent, then folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephen Malone |
3,100,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Damien Luis |
1,200,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
Alejandro Belluccia was all in for 415,000 with over the top of a 185,000 opening bet from Mikhail Molchanov and only the active Molchanov called it off with .
The board of sent Belluccia home and gives Molchanov a stack of over 2.2 million chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mikhail Molchanov |
2,200,000
1,075,000
|
1,075,000 |
Alejandro Belluccia | Busted |
Pavel Veksler has become one of the most active players at his table and opened the action with a raise to 70,000. Alexey Romanov simply shoved out of the big blind for around 700,000 and Veksler quickly called.
Romanov:
Veksler:
The board ran out and the pair of kings held up to eliminate Romanov in 37th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pavel Veksler |
2,550,000
1,210,000
|
1,210,000 |
Alexey Romanov | Busted |
Norbert Berent raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and Michael Addamo three-bet to 180,000 from the button. Berent then four-bet to 435,000 and Addamo shoved for 1,315,000. Berent called and the cards were tabled.
Addamo:
Berent:
The Australian got there on a board of and scored a huge double, leaving Berent rather short in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Addamo |
2,700,000
1,420,000
|
1,420,000 |
Norbert Berent |
350,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |