Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Parker Talbot raised to 1,800 and Maria Konnikova called before Benjamin Spragg came along from the button. The small blind got out of the way and a player in the big blind called to make it a four-handed pot.
The flop was and the big blind checked. Talbot fired 5,200 and Konnikova folded before Spragg called. The big blind bowed out and the turn was .
Talbot bet 6,000 and Spragg went into the tank for a few moments.
"Check," Spragg said.
Talbot and the others looked at one another.
"What?" Talbot asked. "I bet!"
"I guess it would be very difficult to check," Spragg replied before he eventually folded the pot to Talbot.
"He angled me!" Spragg claimed to PokerNews.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maria Konnikova |
73,500
41,500
|
41,500 |
Parker Talbot |
66,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Benjamin Spragg |
57,500
-3,900
|
-3,900 |
In a heads-up pot with roughly 25,000 in the middle on a flop of , Maria Konnikova bet 20,000 from the big blind and Thomas Dean slid his stack forward to move all in. Konnikova quickly made the call for a small amount more and the cards were tabled.
Thomas Dean:
Maria Konnikova:
Konnikova flopped the world with middle set against the top-pair for Dean. The board ran out and the full house for Konnikova sent Dean to the exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maria Konnikova |
79,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Thomas Dean | Busted |
Christopher Day raised to 1,800 from under the gun and Jessica Teusl came along before Benjamin Spragg tossed in the chips to call from the big blind.
The flop was and Spragg continued for 2,000. Day folded and Teusl called to see on the turn.
Both players checked the turn and fell on the river. Spragg fired 5,200 and turned over when Teusl called quickly. Teusl tabled to take the pot with a pair of nines.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Day | 68,500 | |
Benjamin Spragg |
61,400
-34,600
|
-34,600 |
Jessica Teusl |
56,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
The action was picked up in a heads-up pot with 6,200 in the middle on a board showing . Ehsan Amiri checked from middle position to Hayley Hanna on the button who bet out 2,500, which Amiri called.
The hit the river and Amiri checked again. Hanna quickly announced all in for close to 14,500 and Amiri went deep in the tank. After close to a minute of thought, Amiri let his hand go and the chips were sent to Hanna.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ehsan Amiri |
45,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Hayley Hanna
|
25,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Graydon Kowal |
225,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
Brett Kennedy | 156,000 | |
Iliodoros Kamatakis |
150,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
Paul Dewald | 139,000 | |
Yannick Cardot |
130,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
Blaz Zerjav | 123,000 | |
Fintan Hand |
121,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Alexandre Sako opened the action to 1,600 from the cutoff and only Philipp Gruissem came along on the button.
The flop came and Gruissem checked to Sako who continued for 1,200. Gruissem took some time before electing on a check-raise to 3,200. Sako weighed his options, but eventually let his cards go, and the pot was shipped to Gruissem.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandre Sako |
56,000
9,900
|
9,900 |
Philipp Gruissem |
39,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. There are currently 204 entries with approximetly 117 remaining. The action will resume at roughly 10:05 p.m. local time.