Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Govert Metaal limped first to act and another player raised to 2,000 to see two calls follow. Big stack Mario Mosbock in the big blind glanced up from his smartphone, studied the table for a few seconds, and made it 11,000 to go. That successfully forced out all opponents and the Austrian raked in the pot without resistance.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
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22,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Sadri Saleh opened to 1,600 and picked up two callers including John Mooney on the button. Julio Vechina Cacoilo in the big blind squeezed to 5,700 and Salah reluctantly called, Mooney and the other player bowed out. On a flop of , Vechina Cacoilo bet 20,000 and Salah called all in for 14,200.
Sadri Saleh:
Julio Vechina Cacoilo:
The turn and
river brought no change and Salah doubled, leaving his opponent short.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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46,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
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43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
9,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Players have one hour remaining to join in on the action and the among the latest hopefuls to join were Malek Grabsi and Aviv Meiri. The latter lasted all but a few minutes and was sent right back to the rail from table one.
Japan's Masato Yokosawa is also in contention, having headed to Monte-Carlo all the way from the APPT Korea festival two weeks ago. Yokosawa has already more than doubled his stack on Grabsi's current table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Busted |
Erich Tedeschi raised to 1,800 and Laurent Torres on the button three-bet to 5,200, which Tedeschi called. On a flop of , Tedeschi bet 7,000 with another 1,700 behind and he called the shove of Torres.
Erich Tedeschi:
Laurent Torres:
The turn and
river were blanks and the table was suddenly left five-handed with four open seats. A new player arrived and Jacquelyn Scott joked "put on your seatbelt."
Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
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40,000 | |
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Busted |
The below players have been eliminated in levels four to six. Some of the more well-known names among them are Ali Reza Fatehi, Salvatore Camarda, Anatoly Korochenskiy, Ivan Deyra and Andrey Andreev.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Yan Li and Leonardo Parmiggiani have disappeared while a massive stack has appeared over on table 21. Ami Barer, Eric Sfez and Hiroyuki Noda all have to battle against Christophe Di Miceli, who has already amassed more than four times the starting stack in the first six levels.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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130,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Day 1a has grown to a field of 334 entries and 253 players remain, all heading into their second 20-minute break of the day.
Several notables have entered the action as of lately which includes Eric Sfez, Hiroyuki Noda, Randy Lew, Sonny Franco and Celina Lin.
Sow and Lin share a table with Sonny Franco, who has the biggest stack of them so far. Lin ended up winning the last hand of the level and pulled ahead of fellow PokerStars ambassador Sow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
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37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
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35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |