Break
The remaining players are on another 15-minute break. There is no dinner break today; play will continue until 15% of the field remains.
The remaining players are on another 15-minute break. There is no dinner break today; play will continue until 15% of the field remains.
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
135 players are remaining on Day 1a of the $1,100 PCA National. Play will continue until the money has been reached, which will be when there are 78 players left.
Dzmitry Urbanovich moved in with his stack of 33,000 from the hijack and Carlos Branco called from the big blind to put him at risk.
Dzmitry Urbanovich:
Carlos Branco:
It was all Branco on a and Urbanovich headed for the rail.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Carlos Branco |
115,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | Eliminé | |
|
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Will Givens |
275,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
||
Calvin Anderson |
230,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
Rodrigo Marques Carmo |
220,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Antoine Saout | 220,000 | |
Alexandre Santo |
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Sergi Reixach |
180,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Xixiang Luo |
160,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
Jack Sinclair |
145,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
||
Adam Levy |
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Matas Cimbolas |
110,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
||
Maria Ho |
105,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
Aliaksei Boika |
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
Kenny Hallaert |
90,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
||
Matthew Moss |
40,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Michael Gathy |
30,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
Maria Konnikova |
27,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
With around 20,000 in the middle on a , Jean-René Fontaine, who won the 2018 National and a Platinum Pass in Barcelona for €547,000, bet 25,000 and Brian Altman seized him up. Altman gave Fontaine an intense staredown and settled on a fold after a minute of thought.
Fontaine casually rolled over and Altman nodded in acknowledgement.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Jean-Rene Fontaine |
135,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Brian Altman |
123,500
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
Niveau: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Defending champion and PokerStars Ambassador Maria Konnikova's first attempt at a title defence came to an in the 14th level of Day 1a. Konnikova was down to fewer than 10 big blinds and shoved it in on the button. Roman Wieczorek looked her up from the small blind.
Maria Konnikova:
Roman Wieczorek:
The flop was as perfect as they'd come for Konnikova, who took a commanding lead with a set.
"You've got it," Wieczorek assured her
He spoke to soo, though, as the turn and river improved him to an improbable wheel to knock out Konnikova.
"What a jinx!" she laughed, and Wieczorek let out an apologetic smile. Konnikova quickly headed over to Day 1b for a second shot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Maria Konnikova | Eliminé | |
|
Niveau: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Brian Altman raised to 6,000 in middle position, Eric Baldwin three-bet to 25,000 from the big blind and Altman called. The flop was and Baldwin continued with 38,000, which got called by Altman. Both players then checked the turn and river after long thought.
Baldwin needed to show first and had nothing more than . It was better than Altman's hand, though, as Altman slid his hand in the muck to leave the sizable pot to Baldwin.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Eric Baldwin |
340,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
||
Brian Altman |
126,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|