Another Break
Players have been sent on their third 25-minute break of Day 1c. The clocks show 979 players remaining out of 1,777 entrants for an already record-breaking field with one more starting flight to go.
Players have been sent on their third 25-minute break of Day 1c. The clocks show 979 players remaining out of 1,777 entrants for an already record-breaking field with one more starting flight to go.
On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss their recent travels, offer highlights from the World Poker Tour (WPT) Rock 'n' Roll Poker Open (RRPO) at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and offer an interview with the winner of the $3,500 Championship, Andy Wilson, who claimed a $785,800 top prize.
Speaking of the WPT, don't miss out on hearing about this week's ClubWPT Qualifier, who punched their ticket to the upcoming $15M GTD WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, as well as highlights from the WPT Premier MUG at Wynn Las Vegas.
Finally, the guys preview the upcoming Phil Hellmuth vs. Jason Koon High Stakes Duel III Rd 5 match on December 7 before diving headfirst into the most recent controversy where Nemo "akaNemsko" Zhou, a chess and poker player, decided to hold a contest for a $12K WPT World Championship seat only to give it to her poker coach and alleged boyfriend Alex "Thallo" Epstein.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Sergei Petrushevskii |
305,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
Jedrzej Smaruj |
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Rutger Bosch |
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Tomas Pinkevicius |
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Hawar Ali Arif
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Halim Nour
|
195,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
Namhyung Kim |
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Anthony Tramini |
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Niveau: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Marcel Scherrer | Eliminé | |
Leonidas Androutsos
|
Eliminé | |
Markus Ganglbauer | Eliminé | |
Charles Mansour | Eliminé | |
Vismantas Sauklys
|
Eliminé | |
Amjad Nader | Eliminé | |
Wissam Turkie | Eliminé | |
John Farrell | Eliminé | |
Andrea Campi | Eliminé | |
Bengt-Anders Johnsson
|
Eliminé | |
Tamer Ibrahim | Eliminé |
Frederic Audoubert was in position in a heads-up pot against Stanislovas Vinicenka on a board of .
Audoubert checked and Vinicenka bet 7,500 with around 17,000 already in the middle. Audoubert called. Audoubert checked again on the river and Vinicenka bet 10,000. Audoubert quickly called.
Vinicenka tabled for top pair, but it was no good against the overpair of his opponent with .
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Frederic Audoubert
|
80,000 | |
Stanislovas Vinicenka | 13,000 |
Action was caught on the flop with 13,000 in the middle. Christoffer Jensen and Ivane Kvinikadze checked from the big blind and under the gun respectively before Daniel Nicu bet 6,200 from the hijack.
Jenson clicked it to 22,000 and then Kvinikadze, who had around 20,000 behind, called for his tournament life. Nicu also matched the check-raise to see the turn. Jenson then opted to move all in as the bigger stack but this time Nicu folded.
Ivane Kvinikadze:
Christoffer Jensen:
Jensen was ahead with his two pair, tens and nines, and filled up when the completed the board to secure the pot and elimination.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Christoffer Jensen | 130,000 | |
Ivane Kvinikadze | Eliminé |
William Kassouf endured a tough beat at Table 6 and those present were glad it marked his exit so they could be spared a tirade.
As relayed to PokerNews, Gabriel Rymar opened from the hijack and Kassouf three-bet jammed behind him. Rymar called with to find himself behind the of Kassouf. But that mattered little as a nine in the window gave Rymar a massive lead with a set and nothing changed after the full runout to mark Kassouf's elimination.
"You did us all a favor!" laughed a player at the table who had clearly had enough of Kassouf's world-famous table talk, while Rymar said he hadn't been aware of his opponent's reputation.
"He doesn't care if you listen or not," another player commented. "We could have eight players with headphones on and he'd still be talking."
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Gabriel Rymar |
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
William Kassouf
|
Eliminé |
Niveau: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Nikolaos Plousos was all-in for 19,000 from the button and was at risk to Walter Coan from the big blind.
Nikolaos Plousos:
Walter Coan:
It was a classic race, but it was one that Coan would win after pairing up on the runout.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Walter Coan | 70,000 | |
Nikolaos Plousos
|
Eliminé |