Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Gaspare Sposato raised to 200,000 from early position and Colin MacAndrew moved all in from the cutoff for 640,000. Sposato called for 440,000 more and players flipped their cards.
Colin MacAndrew: A♠K♥
Gaspare Sposato: Q♥9♥
The board ran out Q♠4♣10♥2♦9♣. Sposato paired his queen on the flop and made two pair on the river. After hanging on with a short stack for a while, MacAndrew was eliminated in seventh place for £19,900.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gaspare Sposato |
3,435,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
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Colin MacAndrew | Busted |
Action folded around to Candido Cappiello, who raised to 200,000 from the small blind. Artus Gimenez moved all in from the big blind for 815,000 and Cappiello made the call with the bigger stack. Players turned their cards.
Artus Gimenez: A♠10♥
Candido Cappiello: 9♠9♦
The board ran out 6♥J♣3♦8♦J♠. Cappiello held with his pocket nines, making two pair with the jacks on board. Gimenez was eliminated in sixth place for £25,900.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Candido Cappiello |
3,620,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
Artus Gimenez | Busted |
Action folded around to Alessandro Pichierri, who shoved all in from the small blind. Saigokul Kannan looked down at his cards and made the call for 1,120,000. Players flipped over their cards.
Saigokul Kannan: A♥9♦
Alessandro Pichierri: A♣4♦
Kannan had Pichierri dominated, but the board ran out 8♠4♥K♥5♦6♥ to give Pichierri a pair of fours on the flop. In what was the third bustout in 20-minutes, Kannan was eliminated from the tournament in fifth place for £33,600.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alessandro Pichierri |
9,115,200
645,200
|
645,200 |
|
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Saigokul Kannan | Busted | |
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Gaspare Sposato raised to 200,000 on the short handed table and Alessandro Pichierri three-bet from the small blind for 674,000. Sposato then four-bet all in for 2,715,000. Pichierri took a moment and then made the call as the big stack and players turned their cards.
Gaspare Sposato: A♣J♣
Alessandro Pichierri: J♠J♦
"I feel like ace jack gets there now," commented Grafton on the stream.
The board ran out 5♣8♣3♦A♥5♥. Sposato picked up a flush draw on the flop and the ace did indeed get there on the turn. He got the full double up and just like that the chip stacks on the table were almost even.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alessandro Pichierri |
6,650,000
-2,465,200
|
-2,465,200 |
|
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Gaspare Sposato |
5,630,000
2,195,000
|
2,195,000 |
|
Candido Cappiello raised to 200,000 and Atanas Pavlov three-bet to 760,000 from the small blind. Cappiello four-bet to 1,400,000 and then Pavlov five-bet all in. Cappiello made the call for 3,695,000 total and the cards were turned.
Candido Cappiello: A♦K♣
Atanas Pavlov: Q♥Q♣
It was the most classic of poker races and the board was a back and forth runout of 7♣K♦4♥Q♦6♦, which gave Cappiello a pair of kings on the flop before Pavlov made a set of queens on the turn.
Pavlov won the pot and took the chip lead. Cappiello was eliminated in fourth place for £43,600.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Atanas Pavlov |
9,465,000
5,235,000
|
5,235,000 |
|
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Candido Cappiello | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Atanas Pavlov | 9,465,000 | |
|
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Alessandro Pichierri |
7,000,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
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Gaspare Sposato |
5,280,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
|
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
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Atanas Pavlov raised to 240,000 from the button with 10♠2♠, Alessandro Pichierri called in the small blind with A♠10♣, and Gaspare Sposato called in the big blind with K♥9♣.
The flop ran out 2♥5♣6♣ and all three players checked. The turn was the 5♠ and action checked to Sposato, who bet 550,000 on a bluff. Pavlov called with his pair of deuces and fives.
The river came the 7♠ and Gaspare fired out a bet of 475,000 running his bluff into the second street. Sposato folded and Gaspare picked up the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Atanas Pavlov |
10,450,000
985,000
|
985,000 |
|
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Gaspare Sposato |
4,935,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
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