New Faces in the Field

Jan 10, 2018

Jamie Sykes
The tournament screens show a total of 57 players near the end of level two, of which 56 remain, and several new faces entered the competition. Among them were the two Brits Jamie Sykes and Mathew Frankland, Ali Reza Fatehi and Bernd Werner.

Werner and Fatehi share the same table and the latter was just involved in a hand against Sinan Turhan. Fatehi checked the Spade AClub JDiamond 7 flop and called a bet of 300. The Heart J turn and Spade 9 river were checked and Fatehi tabled Heart 9Heart 8 as winning hand.

Sykes scooped a small pot against Liautaras Armanavicius after calling a bet of 1,100 by the Lithuanian on the heads-up flop of Heart QDiamond 7Club 5 before checking through the Spade J turn and Spade 6 river. Armanavicius flashed Club KDiamond 9 for king-high only, which Sykes had beat with Spade 4Club 4.

Jamie Sykes (pictured) – 32,000
Ali Reza Fatehi – 31,000
Sinan Turhan – 29,000
Liautaras Armanavicius – 28,000

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