Natalie Hof got her last 160,000 in before the flop holding . Hof was ahead of her caller, Alexander Helbig, who held .
The dealer pounded the table and delivered a flop that paired both of Helbig's cards, coming . Suddenly Hof was ready to depart the tournament floor as the hit the turn. She needed a jack on the river to stay alive but it did not come through. The struck the board and sealed her fate.
Helbig scooped up Hof's chips and is now sitting on 1.125 million.
With over 350,000 already in the middle, we arrived at the table to find Marc Witt and Matias Kesanen heads up in a hand. The board read .
Witt double fisted a bet of 200,000 into the center of the table and the action was on Kesanen. He sat pondering for quite a bit of time before he finally tossed out one single chip which signified a call.
Witt rolled over for merely jacks with an ace-high which prompted Kesanen to show for jacks and nines. Witt's cards were picked up and dropped into the muck while Kesanen scooped a huge pot to put him at 1.64 million.
When we arrived at the table, Thang Duc Nguyen - who was sitting in the small blind - had what looked like a three-bet of 71,000 sitting in front of him. Pratyush Buddiga also had chips in front of him - a four-bet to 128,000 - and Nguyen responded with a five-bet to more than 300,000.
Buddiga said something about "aces or kings," then folded two queens face up. Nguyen looked at his cards one last time, then showed jacks.
Colin Moffatt opened to 24,000 in middle position, Dashgyn Aliev three-bet to 52,000 on his direct left, and Daniel Reijmer cold four-bet jammed for around 400,000 near the button. Moffatt re-shoved, having both players covered, and Aliev snap-called all-in for 606,000.
Moffatt:
Aliev:
Reijmer:
The aces held as the board rolled out , and Aliev now sits with a massive, 1.65 million-chip stack. Reijmer was eliminated, and Moffatt is in the danger zone with just 70,000 chips.
Colin Moffatt got the rest of his short stack all in holding , and was racing agains the of Theodoros Aidonopoulos. The board ran out , and Moffatt was eliminated.
The flop read and Yasar Guden bet enough to put Marc Witt all in. Witt decided to call off his last roughly 180,000.
"Ohhh," said Guden, tabling . "Why did you call? Look."
Witt rolled over for top pair with a worse kicker and was indeed behind. The hit the turn, though, giving Witt outs to make a spade flush. The river did not oblige, however, as it brought the and eliminated Witt from play.
Guden scooped up the pot and is now at 1.22 million.
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Kai Uwe Lach open-shipped all in from under the gun for his last 221,000. It folded over to Aliev Dashgyn who flat called. The rest of the table flung them in and the hands were rolled up.
Lach:
Dashgyn:
A run out of appeared on the felt and Lach was sent packing. Dashgyn, who was already leading the field, has now extended his chip lead with a grand total of 2.325 million in chips. Dashgyn is also the first player to cross the two-million chip mark.
"All in, call! Table 3!" was shouted across the tournament floor.
Yngve Steen was all in and at risk for his last 133,000 before the flop. Thomas Julian-Simon had called the all in and had potential to send Steen home.
Steen showed and was up against Julian-Simon's . The flop brought and the turn the , meaning that Steen would have to avoid Julian-Simon pairing up on the river to stay alive.
Fifth street brought the and Steen was able to secure himself a double up. The Norwegian is now sitting on about 280,000 while Julian-Simon has fallen to 330,000.
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, and Aliev now sits with a massive, 1.65 million-chip stack. Reijmer was eliminated, and Moffatt is in the danger zone with just 70,000 chips.
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, and Moffatt was eliminated.
and Yasar Guden bet enough to put Marc Witt all in. Witt decided to call off his last roughly 180,000.
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