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Claudio Piceci - 7th place
Jakob Carlsson raised to 350,000 and Claudio Piceci called out of the big blind to see an flop. Both players checked.
The turn was the and Piceci checked again. This time Carlsson bet 345,000 - only for Piceci to check-raise to 1,100,000. After a little while Carlsson called.
The river came down the and Piceci announced all in for his last 1,610,000. Carlsson thought about it for a long time. A long, long time. A very long time indeed. And then he called.
Carlsson turned over and Piceci was already standing up as he tossed away his . Our second-last Italian is gone, and Carlsson's stack just continues to grow - at 15,945,000, he has almost half the chips in play.
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Michael Piper opened to 340,000, and Alexey Rybin was having none of that. He three-bet to 900,000 straight, and that was enough to take down the pot with a quickness.
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Reasons to smile now
A short raising war between Toni Pettersson (position) and Jakob Carlsson (big blind) culminated in Pettersson coinflipping for his tournament life.
Pettersson:
Carlsson:
Board: ... !
Pettersson punched the air, and the crowd was treated to a genuine grin from the usually aloof Finn for the first time as he doubled to 8,560,000. Carlsson retained the chip lead but dropped to around the 12 million mark.
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Alexey Rybin raised preflop to 350,000 and Giuseppe Diep made the call from the blinds despite leaving himself less than 10 big blinds behind.
The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and Diepp checked a second time, Rybin fired 400,000 and Diep quickly folded.
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Giuseppe Diep - 6th place
Michael Piper opened for 360,000 and it folded around to Giuseppe Diep in the small blind who pushed all in for 1,235,000. Piper did not think twice, he just called.
Piper:
Diep: rather taking a chance with
Flop: giving Diep a pair of eights.
Turn: giving Diep a flush draw as well.
River: giving Diep 6th place money and a round of applause.
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Michael Piper raised to 350,000 but Jakob Carlsson made it 820,000 from the small blind. Piper briefly considered his options, and ultimately decided the best one was to fold.
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Alexey Rybin - 5th Place
Michael Piper raised preflop to 350,000 before Alexey Rybin reraised to 950,000 behind him. Jakob Carlsson four-bet from the button to 1,980,000 and everyone including Piper folded.
Rybin though was more stubborn and decided to make the call.
The flop was and Rybin checked across to the Swedish chip leader, Carlsson bet out 1,460,000 to send the Russian into the tank.
Rybin counted out his remaining chips before check-raising all-in. Carlsson shrugged and sighed, not looking too confident and turned over . But Rybin flipped and could not catch another ten or the ace on the turn or river.
Rybin goes home with €270,000 for his efforts while Carlsson now has just shy of 20 million of the 37 million chips in play. Can he be stopped?
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flop. Both players checked.
and Piceci checked again. This time Carlsson bet 345,000 - only for Piceci to check-raise to 1,100,000. After a little while Carlsson called.
and Piceci announced all in for his last 1,610,000. Carlsson thought about it for a long time. A long, long time. A very long time indeed. And then he called.
and Piceci was already standing up as he tossed away his 
. Our second-last Italian is gone, and Carlsson's stack just continues to grow - at 15,945,000, he has almost half the chips in play.
... 
!
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Diepp checked a second time, Rybin fired 400,000 and Diep quickly folded.
giving Diep a flush draw as well.
. But Rybin flipped 
and could not catch another ten or the ace on the 
river.