Players have been sent on their second 20-minute break of the day. They will return to blinds of 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante. As in the first level, there have been a number of big hands, horrific coolers and unfortunate suck outs. One story to follow is Adam Walton, who is off to another hot start after bagging the Day 1f chiplead at last year's Main Event. Find highlights from the past two hours below.
Niveau: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Action was joined as the board read 
on the turn. The pot had about 14,000 in it and Jeremy Wien fired 10,100 from the button.
Robert Cowen was in the cutoff and thought for about 30 seconds before he laid it down and Wien gathered the pot to move back up to starting stack depth after having a rough couple of levels to start the day.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
||
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
The board read 
on the turn. Johan Naessens check-called from the hijack a bet of 7,000 from the middle position Roman Pumpernick.
The river came the . Naessens checked and Pumpernick checked behind,
Naessens tabled the 
red nines for a set and Pumpernick mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
131,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
77,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
According to the table, Zackery Lowrie had just doubled up after flopping a set of nines against ace-king on a 
board to climb above 130,000, but he would immediately lose a big portion of those new chips in a pot against Christian Christner.
Lowrie bet 3,400 on the turn from the big blind with the board showing 
and Christian Christner called on the button. The river came the 
and Lowrie slowed down and checked.
Christner threw out a bet of 14,000 and Lowrie went into the tank before eventually calling. Christner showed 
for two pair, queens and fives, as Lowrie mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
58,500
58,500
|
58,500 |
Trung Tran was heads up with David Levy and looking at a board of 
on the turn. From middle position, he bet 7,500 into the pot of about 13,000. Levy made the call on the button.
The river was the 
and Tran eyed Levy's stack, which had about 16,000 in it. Tran bet 10,000 and Levy shrugged his shoulders and tossed in the call.
Tran showed 
for the rivered flush to take down the pot.
Levy was left low and was eliminated shortly afterward.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
103,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
Eliminé |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
75,000
31,500
|
31,500 |
|
68,000
-1,700
|
-1,700 |
|
66,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
64,000 | |
|
56,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
55,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
52,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
42,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
|
|
||
Action began on the turn in a heads-up pot between Eric Afriat and Justus Held. The board showed 
.
Held checked from middle position, Afriat put out a bet of 5,000 from the button, Held made the call.
The river put the very connecting on the board and both players checked.
Held showed 
for two pair, but Afriat had him beat with to take down the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
64,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
35,300
35,300
|
35,300 |
After a raise to 1,100 and a few calls, the button reraised to 4,500. Action folded back around to Angela Jordison in middle position, who moved all in for 24,700. Action folded to the button, who after a bit of deliberation, made the call with Jordison covered.
Angela Jordison: 
Opponent: 
Jordison would pull ahead quickly in the classic race, as the 
flop gave her top pair. The turn and 
river were bricks for both players, and Jordison scooped the pot to double up, telling the table "this is actually my very lucky hand," as she did so.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
52,700
28,700
|
28,700 |
|
||
In a four-way pot worth roughly 4,500 on a flop, the small blind, Bob Buckenmayer in the big blind, early-position player, and hijack all checked around.
On the turn, Buckenmayer fired for 1,500. The early-position player raised to 5,100 and it folded around back to Buckenmayer, who called.
On the river, the early-position player bet 19,000 and Buckenmayer snap-called.
The early-position player showed for the flush but Buckenmayer produced 
for a better flush and the win.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000 |
