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Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:54 PM Local Time
Field Already Tops 1,500
The field is growing fast with more than 1,500 entries recorded already with a little more than an hour left in registration.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:51 PM Local Time
"GIAKYRA80" Extends Chip Lead
Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav raised to 2,000 under the gun, and got called in 2 spots, including small blind "GIAKYRA80". The flop came and it checked to Azerjav who fired 3,040. Only the small blind called to see the turn, and they bet 36,640, Azerjav called and called again when "GIAKYRA80" put them all in on the river.
"GIAKYRA80":
Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav:
Board:
"GIAKYRA80" flopped a set and that was all they needed to extend their chip lead.
GiakyRA80 | 303,354 | 94,815 |
Blaaz "Sc4rm4k3r" Azerjav | 0 | |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:42 PM Local Time
Top Five
GiakyRA80 | 208,539 | 103,879 |
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui | 182,033 | 37,542 |
Xin Lee | 181,854 | |
Gandhing1212 | 175,071 | |
katerminka | 166,897 | 17,122 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:33 PM Local Time
"GiakyRA80" Doubles Through Leader
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau called an early raised, and got two other callers, including big blind "GiakyRA80". The flop came and it checked to Barbeau who bet 4,375. "GiakyRA80" reraised all-in, and got the call.
"GiakyRA80":
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau:
Board:
"GiakyRA80" rivered quads to get a huge double.
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau | 112,821 | -47,540 |
GiakyRA80 | 104,660 | 39,175 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:27 PM Local Time
Top Five Stacks
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau | 160,361 | 3,750 |
katerminka | 149,775 | 19,700 |
Yong Qin "jtonas91" Toh | 144,668 | -625 |
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui | 144,491 | 24,971 |
ac718 | 140,522 | |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:24 PM Local Time
Barbeau Surges to Lead
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau surged to the chip lead late in Level 5 on the back of two big hands. In the first, they rivered a set of aces against flopped two pair to eliminate one player. Then, a few hands later, they flopped Broadway over the two pair of "PaulSiddle" to take another stack and jump into the lead.
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau | 156,611 | 119,989 |
PaulSiddle | 0 | 0 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:16 PM Local Time
Field Nearing 1,200
With an hour and three quarters left in registration, the field size has grown to 1,194 entries now, with 820 players still sitting with chips in front of them.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:13 PM Local Time
Top Five
Yong Qin "jtonas91" Toh | 145,293 | 21,413 |
katerminka | 130,075 | 5,392 |
Victor "Le Baguette" Vacher | 125,700 | |
RADIOLA | 123,745 | |
Ghassan "Simbuzzi" Yafaoui | 119,520 | |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:09 PM Local Time
Negreanu Takes it on Turn
Daniel Negreanu got his money in with a half-pot bet into a pot of 15,750 on the turn with the board reading . Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau folded the turn to give the GGPoker ambassador an uncontested pot.
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau | 36,622 | -7,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 23,184 | 8,790 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:56 PM Local Time
Barbeau Doubles
Daniel Negreanu opened early to 1,000, and Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau raised to 3,500 from the cutofff. "MelbMike45" raised the button to 12,250, and Barbeau shoved for almost 21k. on the flop. "MelbMike45" called.
"MelbMike45":
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau:
Barbeau was ahead preflop, and flopped trips, which was enough to give them the double up.
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau | 43,622 | 7,362 |
Daniel Negreanu | 14,394 | -9,481 |
MelbMike45 | 5,164 | |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:49 PM Local Time
Top Five Stacks
katerminka | 124,683 | 18,840 |
Yong Qin "jtonas91" Toh | 123,880 | |
BeamMeUpPKR | 122,084 | |
whocares@com | 114,362 | 17,526 |
Doncic77 | 105,798 | |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:45 PM Local Time
Nearly 1,000 Players So Far
The field is just shy of 1,000 players, and the first hour of late registration isn't even finished yet. There are still more than 750 players left with stacks.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:41 PM Local Time
Barbeau Gets Noce Pot
Michael "Minthon" Iakovlev opened to 1,000 under the gun, and was called in three spots. The flop came and it checked to Iakovlev who fired 2,440. Only Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau came along to the turn. Barbeau called a bet of 4,640, and then bet 8,280 after a check on the river, and got the fold.
Michael "Minthon" Iakovlev | 39,435 | 5,235 |
Christian "DJ Barb" Barbeau | 36,260 | |
James "Sp7r7tGu7de" Whittet | 32,932 | 3,254 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:35 PM Local Time
Top Stacks
katerminka | 105,843 | |
whocares@com | 96,836 | |
benrizh | 93,300 | |
ImurProblem | 86,650 | -1,475 |
Syed "TooDust2Care" Shah | 81,669 | 2,550 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:31 PM Local Time
Whittet Takes Early Pot
"GiakyRA80" raised to 1,050 under the gun, and James "Sp7r7tGu7de" Whittet called from the button. They both checked the flop, and "GiakyRA80" check-called for 2,040 on the turn. "GiakyRA80" check-called again, this time for 2,188 on the [2] river.
"GiakyRA80":
James "Sp7r7tGu7de" Whittet:
Board:
Whittet turned Broadway for the win.
GiakyRA80 | 65,485 | |
James "Sp7r7tGu7de" Whittet | 29,678 | |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:23 PM Local Time
A Few Big Stacks
ImurProblem | 88,125 | |
Syed "TooDust2Care" Shah | 79,119 | |
TheGodlyNoob | 75,497 | |
TicToc | 75,497 | |
flairace | 72,866 | |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:10 PM Local Time
Some Stack Updates
Michael "Minthon" Iakovlev | 34,200 | 9,200 |
Francesco "beninonline" Candelari | 30,000 | 5,000 |
Andrew Neeme | 24,870 | -130 |
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker | 24,750 | -250 |
Pete Chen | 24,625 | -375 |
Daniel Negreanu | 23,875 | -1,125 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:03 PM Local Time
Negreanu in the House
GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu is trying his hand at 4-card poker today after looking for staking on Twitter, saying he planned to play an aggressive style for his first bullet.
Daniel Negreanu | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 6:01 PM Local Time
Cards are In the Air for the $400 Pot Limit Omaha
Action is now underway in Event #51: $400 Pot Limit Omaha.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 3:55 PM Local Time
Early Start Stacks
Pete Chen | 25,000 | |
Michael "Minthon" Iakovlev | 25,000 | |
Francesco "beninonline" Candelari | 25,000 | |
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker | 25,000 | |
Andrew Neeme | 25,000 | |
Peter "BIG CHI" Chien | 25,000 | |