Harrison Gimbel came in raising to 45,000 in middle position, and Antonio Buonanno moved all in for 232,000 behind him. When it came over to Thang Duc Nguyen, he announced a re-shove all in himself. That was enough to reluctantly fold Gimbel and put Buonanno heads up for his tournament life against Nguyen for the second time in just a couple orbits.
Showdown
Buonanno:
Nguyen:
There would be no chop this time as the dealer spread the board . Unable to get over the hump, Bunoanno has been eliminated as Duc's cheering section came rushing over to him for hugs and handshakes.
With the board reading PCA winner Justin Gimbel was facing a sizeable 150,000 bet from former EPT Baden winner Thang Duc Nguyen. Gimbel had the clock called on him before eventually making the call for a little under half his stack, but when he did so Nguyen flipped for quads. Gimbel rechecked his cards but then mucked and said, “No, that wins.”
Mauro Stivoli raised preflop to 52,000, Liv Boeree called from the cutoff and Alexander Roumeliotis called out of the small blind. The flop was and Roumeliotis checked, Stivoli bet 108,000 and Boeree coldly stared at the Italian before calling, but Roumeliotis folded. The turn was the and Stivoli checked after some deliberation, Boeree fired out 200,000 and the Italian tanked, eventually having the clocked called on him.
He shook his head, clearly not happy at all about the situation he was in, but released his hand nonetheless. Boeree is almost up to a million.
Woe for Dermot Blain as as he raised to 45,000 only for Alessandro Gabriele to shove for 246,000. Blain made the call, but following them both turning over and nobody making a flush, they chopped up the pot. A few minutes later and Blain made it 45,000 from the small blind only for Gabriele to push again, this time for 303,000. Blain looked like he was really considering it, but this time opted to pass. Gabriele showed him the .
We caught up with Giuseppe Pantaleo checking a flop and Ramon Demon Cserei betting big. Pantaleo called and they saw a turn.
The turn was the and Cserei instantly announced all in for around 650,000. Pantaleo tanked up for what seemed like forever - but it was clearly a huge decision so no-one called time. After perhaps five or six minutes, he called.
Pantaleo:
Cserei:
River:
Wow. Pantaleo was reduced to just 465,000 and looked like breathing was suddenly quite difficult. Cserei meanwhile shouted something that made it clear to everyone in the vicinity that he's won a big pot and was propelled into the big leagues on 1.9 million.
Ronny Kaiser has doubled through thanks to a pair of Queens. He was all-in blind on blind against Mauro Stivoli holding a dominating against Stivoli's and dodged the regicidal bullet on the board, Stivoli was crippled as a result.