€500 Main Event | 2024 Winamax Poker Open Bratislava

09-29-2024 21:20 UTC+1

Imperatore Doubles Up with Kings

Maxime Taldir

Level 43 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Benjamin Hammann jammed from the small blind to apply pressure on Valentin Imperatore in the big blind and his 10,000,000 chip-stack. But Imperatore called for his tournament's life.

Valentin Imperatore: K♦K♣ All in
Benjamin Hammann: J♦8♥

Hammann hit a two pair on 8♦9♠A♣6♣9♦, but it wasn't enough to crack Imperatore's kings so Imperatore doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Hammann	21,000,000 -8,000,000	-8,000,000

Valentin Imperatore	21,000,000 10,000,000	10,000,000

Tags: Benjamin Hammann Valentin Imperatore

09-29-2024 21:11 UTC+1

Hammann Doubles Through Staes

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Maxime Taldir

Level 43 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Aliosha Staes on the button jammed for 42,000,000, Benjamin Hammann in the small blind moved all-in as well for 14,000,000 and Valentin Imperatore in the big blind folded.

Benjamin Hammann: Q♦Q♣ All in
Aliosha Staes: K♦J♦

Hammann flopped a set then hit a full house on Q♠K♣3♣8♥8♠ to secure a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Hammann	29,000,000 14,000,000	14,000,000

Aliosha Staes	28,000,000 -13,000,000	-13,000,000
Valentin Imperatore	11,000,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000

Tags: Aliosha Staes Benjamin Hammann Valentin Imperatore

09-29-2024 21:06 UTC+1

Imperatore Makes a Big Lay Down

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Ollie Garland

Level 43 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Aliosha Staes raised to 1,200,000 from the button with 5♠2♥. Benjamin Hammann, in the small blind, three-bet to 6,800,000 from the small blind, leaving himself 5,800,000 behind the line, holding A♦7♦.

Valentin Imperatore, in the big blind, woke up with 10♠10♣ and went deep into the tank, eventually choosing to fold. Staes also snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliosha Staes	41,000,000 4,000,000	4,000,000
Benjamin Hammann	15,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Valentin Imperatore	12,000,000 -4,000,000	-4,000,000

Tags: Aliosha Staes Benjamin Hammann Valentin Imperatore

09-29-2024 20:51 UTC+1

Hammann Takes from Staes

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Ollie Garland

Level 43 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Aliosha Staes raised to 2,100,000 from the small blind holding A♥9♥. Benjamin Hammann, in the big blind, called with K♠10♠.

The K♦8♠3♦ flop saw Staes continue for 1,500,000. Hammann, with top pair, called.

The Q♠ turn slowed down Staes who checked and then folded to a bet of 800,000 from Hammann.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliosha Staes	37,000,000 -5,000,000	-5,000,000
Benjamin Hammann	14,000,000 6,700,000	6,700,000

Tags: Aliosha Staes Benjamin Hammann

09-29-2024 20:40 UTC+1

Staes Pays Off Imperatore

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Ollie Garland

Level 43 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Aliosha Staes raised to 1,200,000 from the button and Valentin Imperatore called in the big blind.

The 10♥6♦8♠ flop checked through to the 6♥ turn and the 3♠ river. Imperatore bet out 1,800,000 and Staes snap-called. Imperatore tabled J♠10♣ for top pair, while Staes had to muck his 8♥4♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliosha Staes	42,000,000 -2,900,000	-2,900,000
Valentin Imperatore	16,000,000 3,700,000	3,700,000

Tags: Aliosha Staes Valentin Imperatore

Level: 43

Blinds: 300,000/600,000

Ante: 600,000

09-29-2024 19:32 UTC+1

60-Minute Dinner Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 42 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

The four remaining players are on a 60-minute dinner break.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip count	Big Blinds
1	Valentin Imperatore	France	12,300,000	21
2	Timothe Labassa	France	11,300,000	19
3	Aliosha Staes	Belgium	44,900,000	75
4	Benjamin Hammann	France	7,300,000	12

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliosha Staes	44,900,000
Valentin Imperatore	12,300,000 -1,700,000	-1,700,000
Timothe Labassa	11,300,000 -2,700,000	-2,700,000
Benjamin Hammann	7,300,000

09-29-2024 19:29 UTC+1

No Hero Call by Hammann

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Maxime Taldir

Level 42 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Aliosha Staes limped from the small blind, so Benjamin Hammann only had to check his option to discover a flop of 3♠J♣Q♣.

Staes bet 500,000 and Hammann call, then on the 7♦ turn, Staes fired a second barrel of 1,900,000. Hammann called again.

The Q♦ completed the board and Staes moved all-in for 39,000,000 with Q♥J♦ for a full house. Hammann went into the tank for five minutes with A♥6♥, but eventually decided to fold instead of hero-calling with ace-high.

Thanks to this pot, Staes now holds more chips than his three opponents combined.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliosha Staes	44,900,000 3,900,000	3,900,000
Benjamin Hammann	7,300,000 -3,700,000	-3,700,000

Tags: Aliosha Staes Benjamin Hammann

09-29-2024 19:22 UTC+1

Imperatore Gets the Best Hand to Fold

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Ollie Garland

Level 42 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Valentin Imperatore raised to 1,000,000 from the button with A♣3♠. Aliosha Staes, in the big blind, defended with 4♣3♣.

The 10♦4♠6♦ flop checked through to the K♥ turn and the 7♠ river. Staes checked and then folded his bottom pair to a bet of 1,700,000 from Imperatore.

Tags: Aliosha Staes Valentin Imperatore

09-29-2024 19:15 UTC+1

Staes Bluff Five-Bet Jams

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Ollie Garland

Level 42 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Timothe Labassa raised to 1,000,000 from the button holding A♥10♣. Aliosha Staes, in the small blind, utilised his big stack and put in a three-bet to 3,600,000, with A♦7♥.

Labassa tanked for some time before putting in a four-bet to 6,500,000. Staes mulled over his options before five-bet jamming for Labassa's effective stack of 14,000,000. Labassa snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliosha Staes	41,000,000 11,000,000	11,000,000
Timothe Labassa	14,000,000 -6,000,000	-6,000,000

Tags: Aliosha Staes Timothe Labassa