Uber-action for Rasmus Akerblom at the feature table.
Constant Rijkenberg raised in the cutoff and Akerblom reraised from the button. Rijkenberg stuck a big pile of blue 10,000 chips in the middle, and after a moment Akerblom announced all in. Call.
Akerblom:
Rijkenberg:
Board:
An exciting flop, but eventually a full double-up for Akerblom.
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Just a few hands later, and Akerblom was involved again, this time calling short-stacked Matias Knaapinen's all-in.
Matias Knaapinen:
Akerblom:
Board:
Meaning that Knaapinen is bust, and Akerblom has made quite a remarkable recovery.
A whirlwind of hands left Constant Rijkenberg reeling. He was down to less than 300,000 chips when he reraised all in over the top of Doron Tourgman. Tourgman excitedly called out, "Let's go!" and moved his chips into the middle. He showed down to a stunned Rijkenberg, who revealed .
The dealer spread out a flop of , making middle set for Rijkenberg. He waved his hands in the air, a huge grin of relief breaking across his face. He then asked, "One time, dealer. One time!" The turn gave Tourgman outs to a board straight for a chop. He could also win with a queen. The river came paint, but it was the , no help for Tourgman. Rijkenberg doubled to about 540,000.
Kati Jerney, the last remaining woman in the field, recently got the best of Dennis Bejedal in a heads-up pot to move to ~375,000 in chips.
Bejedal opened with a raise to 26,000 from the button and Jerney made the call from the big blind.
The flop came and Jerney led out with a 35,00 bet. Bejedal sat quietly for a moment, mulling his options, and eventually decided to raise, making it a total of 76,000 to go; Jerney called.
The dealer then burned and turned the and immediately, Jerney announced, "I am all in."
The bet proved to be too much for Bejedal to call, and he surrended the hand to Jerney.
With the action folded around to the button, Rasmus Akerblom opened the pot with a raise to 25,000. Benjamin Kang folded his small blind, but Gustav Sundell opted to come along for an all-Swedish flop.
It brought , and both men checked. Fourth street came the , and this time Sundell grabbed control, firing out a bet of 30,000. Akerblom made the call.
The last card off the deck was the . Sundell kept the heat on, pushing out another 100,000 chips. After a minute of consideration, Akerblom called. Sundell tabled for two pair, and it was good as Akerblom slipped his cards into the muck.
Danilo D'Ettoris got things started with a raise to 39,000. The betting folded around to Benjamin Kang, and he would take some time to consider his options. He counted and re-counted his stack, occasionally shooting a glance over at his opponent. Finally, he verbally declared, "All in." Coming back around to D'Ettoris, he too would take a minute to ponder. Finally, standing up he said, "I call."
Showdown:
D'Ettoris:
Kang:
The flop drew a rise out of the crowd as it came down , a pretty good miss for Kang. Unfortunately for him though, the turn and river were the and respectively, failing to get over the hump. With that, he departs the featured table, heading over to the payout desk to collect 29th-place money.
Dragan Galic must be feeling pretty good, but that doesn't mean that he can work miracles. He opened a pot to 30,000, then called after Ovidiu Mihai Balaj reraised all in for 114,000. Galic's was a significant underdog to Balaj's . Galic couldn't find a queen, any clubs, or any straight cards on a board of . It was a small hit to Galic, but a huge double-up for Balaj.