Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The 49 remaining players are all going on a sixty minute dinner break. It will be a nervous hour for those nursing a short stack, with just five places separating them from the money!
Preflop Roland van Morckhoven raised to 16,000 and got two callers. He continuation bet the flop for 23,000 and Koen Lauwereys raised to 65,000. The other player got out the way and Morckhoven moved all-in for his remaining 197,000. Lauwereys made the call
van Morckhoven:
Lauwereys:
The full board was dealt giving Roland van Morckhoven the full double up to around double average stack
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roland van Morckhoven |
451,000
291,000
|
291,000 |
Koen Lauwereys |
320,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
Jonathan Khalifa bet 15,000 on and got raised by his opponent Pedro Miguel Fernandes. Khalifa called and saw the dealt on the river. Khalifa then bet 35,000 and was quickly called
Khalifa:
Fernandes:
The river had counterfeited Khalifa who had to contend with shipping the pot to Fernandes
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pedro Oliveira |
310,000
182,700
|
182,700 |
Jonathan Khalifa |
120,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
We've lost Barny Boatman with just under twenty minutes to go on the level before the dinner break. We've been informed by tournament staff that even if we are close to the money, we won't change the schedule and players will take the dinner break as scheduled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Barny Boatman | Busted | |
We knew it was going to come to this. The bustouts have crawled to a stop with the tournament clock seemingly stuck on 50 players remaining. A reminder that 44 players will cash, with a min-cash worth 25,000 MAD
It also looks like we have a new chipleader in the house. Choukri Chergui, who we saw get in a muddle after rivering a house, has vaulted up the chip counts and is now sat on well over 800,000, with the average 266,400.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Choukri Chergui |
750,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
With just over half an hour remaining until the dinner break, it's unclear whether or not we will reach the bubble before or after. Meanwhile Achille Voltolina has doubled through Rodrigo Requiao.
On a board, the Lithuanian got Requiao to put his money in when beat, as Voltolina showed . Requiao turned over and the on the river didn't change anything
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rodrigo Requiao |
415,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
Achille Voltolina |
190,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
When we got to table seven, we saw David Vizcaino calling a bet of 10,000 rom Karim Souaid on a flop of . The turn [6] was checked, and both players saw a river of the . Souaid bet out 15,000 and was quickly called by Vizcaino, who saw the bad news as his opponent tabled
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Karim Souaid |
390,000
177,100
|
177,100 |
David Vizcaino
|
350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Rodrigo Requiao was counting out the chips when we got to the table, with the board reading and Sofian Benaissa staring him down. Requiao called and reluctantly Benaissa tabled and Requiao tabled to scoop the pot. Both players have well over double average as we approach the money bubble
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sofian Benaissa |
650,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Rodrigo Requiao |
540,000
257,000
|
257,000 |