Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
The 25 remaining players are on a 15-minute break.
We caught the action on the turn with a big pot brewing between Nick ‘the Greek’ Georgoulas and Koray Aldemir.
With the board reading Aldemir checked the action over to Georgoulas who led out for 70,000.
Aldemir check-raised all in for another 389,000 more and Gregoulas sat back in his chair and looked over at the German player.
“Got a king have ya?” questioned Gregoulas before announcing the call.
Nick Georgoulas:
Koray Aldemir:
Aldemir, with a set of fours, had Georgoulas drawing dead and guaranteed himself the double to 785,000 when a meaningless hit the river to drop Georgoulas down to 800,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nick Georgoulas |
800,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
Koray Aldemir |
785,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
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Daniel Laidlaw got his last 241,000 in the middle from the big blind up against Patrick Crivell. Laidlaw had and was up against the of Crivell.
The board did nothing for Laidlaw and the tournament was down another player.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrick Crivell |
1,100,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Daniel Laidlaw | Busted |
Fedor Holz raised to 28,000 from under the gun and was met with an all-in from Robert Lieu totalling 112,000 from the small blind. Holz snap-called after the big blind folded.
Holz:
Lieu:
The board ran out to see Holz improve to trip tens resulting in Lieu's elimination in 27th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fedor Holz |
600,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
Robert Lieu | Busted |
Michael Weiss departs after a tough beat from tablemate Nick Georgoulas when the two of them got it all in preflop.
Weiss:
Georgoulas:
Weiss was in great shape to double up until the flop saw Georgoulas spike a set to leave Weiss in dire straits.
The turn and failed to save Weiss and he was sent to the payout desk as Georgoulas scooped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick Georgoulas |
1,250,000
549,000
|
549,000 |
Michael Weiss | Busted |
Robert Lieu is lucky to still be in the tournament after catching a break against Fedor Holz.
It folded around to Lieu on the button and he moved all in for 92,000. Holz made the call from the big blind and the cards went on their backs.
Lieu:
Holz:
Lieu needed help and while he hadn’t found any by the turn with the board reading , the river was met with a big smile from Lieu as he caught a pair to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fedor Holz |
365,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Robert Lieu |
205,000
-312,000
|
-312,000 |
Over on the feature table, which you can watch here on a 30-minute delay, Ben Heath opened the action with a raise to 27,000 from the button holding and Mustapha Kanit made the call from the big blind with .
Kanit is currently the chip leader with a stack in excess of 2 million while Heath has around 400,000.
Kanit checked the flop over to Heath who led for 22,000 with Kanit making the call.
The turn brought checks from both players and the river came down to give Heath two pairs but bringing in four to a straight.
Kanit decided to turn his hand into a bluff and lead out for 33,000 and while Heath did not look thrilled by this turn of events he did make the call and seemed happy to find he was in front. Heath climbed to 439,000 after the hand while Kanit still has around 2.1 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mustapha Kanit |
2,100,000
-218,000
|
-218,000 |
|
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Ben Heath |
439,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
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Daniel Laidlaw had been nursing a short stack but he now has some breathing room after doubling up through Nicholas Wright. Laidlaw got the last of it in preflop with the dominant hand.
Laidlaw:
Wright:
The flop changed nothing but the turn made things interesting.
“Wow!” exclaimed one of the railbirds at the sight of the sweaty turn card, but the river was safe for Laidlaw to see him secure the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nicholas Wright |
1,300,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Daniel Laidlaw |
310,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Shurane Vijayaram limped in from the under the gun as did Jennifer Tilly from the button. Nino Marotta was in the big blind and checked his option.
The flop came and the action checked around to Tilly. She led out for 20,000 and both her opponents called.
The turn brought the and Vijayaram and Marotta checked once again. Tilly moved all in for her remaining 50,000 and was snap-called by Marotta. Vijayaram folded.
Marotta:
Tilly:
Tilly had the lead with trip fours and the higher kicker until the dropped on the river. Marotta had made a straight which was enough to eliminate Tilly from the tournament in 29th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jennifer Tilly | Busted | |
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