While we were catching up on the action, Clayton Mozdzen went broke in a quiet pot at the featured table. He got his short stack in on a coin flip with two sevens against ace-jack.
An ace on the flop was just about all she wrote for the Canadian, and he could not catch back up to stay alive. He's out in 14th place for €20,000.
Illan Boujenah lost a pot to Ivan Tikhov and then berated the Russian for his play. The very next hand Boujenah doubled through Frederik Jensen, who in turn, wasn't too impressed with how the diminutive player played his hand. We'll let you make up your own mind.
In the first hand Tikhov squeezed all-in for 433,000 with over the top of a Jensen open and Boujenah call. Jensen folded but Boujenah called with . The Russian called specifically for the and he got just that on the board. Boujenah left the table, cursed, and slammed his hands down on a far table.
The next hand Boujenah three-bet, five-bet all-in against Jensen, who called with . Boujenah opened and got there on the board. Jensen politely pointed out that Boujenah played the really badly and Boujenah defended himself.
Fraser Macintyre opened to 45,000 from the hijack and was called by Ilan Boujenah in the small blind and Andrei Stoenescu in the big blind. The flop was , Boujenah checked, Stoenescu led for 63,000 before Macintyre raised to 145,000. But then Boujenah check-raised, just over the minimum, to 230,000 - Stoenescu quickly folded and Macintyre tanked before eventually folding face up.
Ricardo Ibanez opened with a standard raise, and Taylor Paur three-bet shoved on him for just over a half-million total. When it came back to Ibanez, he very quickly mucked pocket nines, and Paur flashed his own as he dragged in the free chips.
That could have been a pot if Ibanez had wanted it. But no.
Action folded around to the blinds, and Fraser McIntyre asked politely for a walk. Ivan Tikhov raised to 45,000 instead, so McIntyre defended to see a flop.
It came out . Tikhov put out the same bet of 45,000, but McIntyre was having none of it. He raised to 150,000. Tikhov only had about 200,000 or so left in front of him at that point, so he was essentially considering the decision for his tournament life. A few minutes later, he folded.
These were the thoughts of many in the press room after Ricardo Ibanez flopped his third set of the day. He was sat on the button and called a Mike McDonald raise.
From here on Ibanez took over the initiative and bet small on the flop and turn before betting a chunky 260,000 on the river. The final board read and McDonald check-called all the way. Ibanez opened for that set and McDonald folded.
Well, it's fair to say that João Paulo Simão does not wait around to grind a short stack, the very next hand after he made that bluff he's ended up on the rail. Juan Navarrete had opened to 40,000 preflop with Jason Duval calling from the cutoff. Simão moved all from the small blind for 410,000.
Navarrete tanked and folded but Duval made a quick call.
Duval:
Simão:
The Brazilian needed a nine to avoid total stack implosion, but the board ran out and he was out in 15th place - a rollercoaster ride given that he had 1.5 million chips only half an hour ago.
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over the top of a Jensen open and Boujenah call. Jensen folded but Boujenah called with 
. The Russian called specifically for the 
and he got just that on the 
board. Boujenah left the table, cursed, and slammed his hands down on a far table.
. Boujenah opened 
and got there on the 
board. Jensen politely pointed out that Boujenah played the really badly and Boujenah defended himself.
, Boujenah checked, Stoenescu led for 63,000 before Macintyre raised to 145,000. But then Boujenah check-raised, just over the minimum, to 230,000 - Stoenescu quickly folded and Macintyre tanked before eventually folding 
for air.
as he dragged in the free chips.
. Tikhov put out the same bet of 45,000, but McIntyre was having none of it. He raised to 150,000. Tikhov only had about 200,000 or so left in front of him at that point, so he was essentially considering the decision for his tournament life. A few minutes later, he folded.
and he was out in 15th place - a rollercoaster ride given that he had 1.5 million chips only half an hour ago.
