We’re in the middle of the Level 4 (blinds 150/300), with 320 players left from the 357 registrated at 12:00 (still not an official number). The average count is: 35,500 chips.
A few notable players have already busted. Among them I notice Lex Veldhuis, Ludovic Lacay, Sorel Mizzi and Vanessa Selbst.
Blinds 2,000/4,000, ante 400
Sam Trickett raises to 10K at the cut-off. The player seated in the small blind triples the bet.
Sam Trickett asks his opponent how much he has and announces “raise” and pushes 25K more (5K total). After a long two minutes, the floor is called for the clock and the small blind folds.
A short break of 15 minutes just ended and we are just starting the level 11 at the blinds 600/1200 Ante 200.
171 players are remaining and the average is 67 388 chips.
Team Titan Pro:
Sorel Mizzi: 75 K
Sam Trickett: 135 K
Joël Benzinou: 87 K
Level 5 – Blinds 200/400 Ante 50:
All the table fold until Sam Trickett (cut-off) who raises to 1150. The guy on the button reraises to 2800 and Sam just calls.
Flop: 8♦2♣J♦
The level 5 at blinds 150/300 Ante 25, just started after a short 15 minutes break.
Yann Brosolo succeed to climb to 43 K without showdown.
His table broke and changed for the number 3 where Christer Johannson’s wife is seating.
181 is the confirmed number of players who registrated at the beginning of the day.
After 4 levels of game, 150 players are left for an average of 36 200 chips.
After 2 hours playing, the players are going in break for 15 minutes.
Team Titan Pro: Yann Brosolo took a good start in the event; indeed he is seating behind a little bit more than 40 000 chips while Florian Desgouttes maintained his starting stack intact: 30 K.
Yann won a lot of small pot raising preflop or on the flop and had no resistance until now.
The players have now taken a 15 minute break.
At the start of Day 1A at WPT Barcelona 2010, 134 players were registered. At this point, 99 remain in the tournament.
Average: 20,303 chips
The blinds will increase to 150/300 at level 5 at the end of which the players will have a one hour dinner break.
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