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Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:58 PM Local Time
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:37 PM Local Time
The beginning of the day has gone well for Mike Leah, who up to 10,000 in the early-going. No all-ins, no significant showdowns; the Toronto native has just been picking up pots quietly so far.
Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:29 PM Local Time
Play has just resumed with 530 players in and already 132 eliminations after four levels.
Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:26 PM Local Time
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:14 PM Local Time
The players are taking a 20 minute break after the first four levels of the day.
Play will resume with running antes of 25 and the blinds will remain at 100/200.
Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:03 PM Local Time
On the first hand, Toni Mura doubles up with vs and his stack peaks at 10,000
Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:35 AM Local Time
| Level: | 4 | | Blinds: | 100/200 | |
Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:29 AM Local Time
Both Niki and Stefan Jedlicka are both in the tournament and sit one table away with the back to each other. Niki has 4,000 chips whereas Stefan already doubled to 10,000.
Stefan Jedlicka - 10,000
Niki Jedlicka - 4,000
Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:26 AM Local Time
Terry Fan first loses with versus and then gets his last 10 big blinds in preflop with versus , failing to improve. Simeon Naydenov also just walked by out of the tournament and grinned. "I know, with such a deep structure how can I bust so early?"
Terry Fan - Eliminated
Simeon Naydenov - Eliminated
Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:21 AM Local Time
A handful of tables are also on the second floor in the Sternberg Theather near the feature table for the Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em event. Among those seated there are Max Pescatori and Michael Wang. Wang faces a raise to 350 by the player in the small blind and calls from one seat over. On the flop, his opponent continues for 425 and Wang folds.
The bracelet winner of this summer still has more than double the starting stack though.
Michael Wang - 12,000
Max Pescatori - 5,000
Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:16 AM Local Time
The screens now show a total of 506 entries of which 480 remain and this is already the biggest of the three flights of the Oktoberfest. Another 90 minutes of late registration will bump up the field further, though.
Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:05 AM Local Time
| Level: | 3 | | Blinds: | 75/150 | |
Saturday, October 10, 2015 11:02 AM Local Time
On the table of Philip Huxley, another very familiar face caught the attention. It is no other than Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler and he has already doubled up. "Yeah it was on the other table. He raised to 300, I made it 950 and I shoved. I didn't know what else to do." Kessler had the and his opponent the , the board bricked.
Allen Kessler - 10,000
Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:57 AM Local Time
"Big" Roger Hairabedian has lost some chips and Manig Loeser just purchased his entry ticket. He had a somewhat pained look on his face, but he smiled and said "yeah, just crawled out of bed." Also in: Philip Huxley and Alexander Rettenbacher.
Up to 492 entries already!
Roger Hairabedian - 3,400
Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:52 AM Local Time
On the flop with 600 chips in the middle, Sergej Barbarez checks and his opponent leads for 225. Barbarez now check-raises to 550 and forces a fold.
Sergej Barbarez - 5,700
Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:47 AM Local Time
Only a few minutes into level two, Stefan Roboch is spotted while leaving his chair and heading out of the tournament area. The screens only show eight players out, but that is surely more and will be updated accordingly once the initial chaos is settled down.
Stefan Roboch - Eliminated
Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:43 AM Local Time
The screens are updated and now show 486 entries, which eclipses the 473-strong field of Day 1B last night. With the registration still open for more than two hours, it is very likely to reach more than 500 entries for the third flight and aim for more than 2,000 in total.
Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:37 AM Local Time
Terry Fan, "Big" Roger Hairabedian and Dara O'Kearney are in today's field and Shola Akindele has also taken a seat on the top floor of the Spielbank Berlin. According to the screens there are eight eliminations within the first level and the field is up to 469, almost eclipsing Day 1B already.
Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:34 AM Local Time
| Level: | 2 | | Blinds: | 50/100 | |
Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:30 AM Local Time
WSOP bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov arrived in Berlin not long ago and his hotel room was not ready yet. He then sat in Starbucks for an hour before realizing there is an early flight for the Oktoberfest. Sure enough the Bulgarian is now in and just over starting stack.