Level: 9
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 9
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Daniel Zaremba made a pot-sized bet of 100,000 from the small blind on a flop of 5♣2♥4♣. Stefan Polster then shoved all in for 377,000, sending James Crawley on the button into the tank.
After some time banks, Crawley let his hand go before Zaremba called off for 193,000.
Daniel Zaremba: 9♣8♣7♥6♥
Stefan Polster: A♥5♦4♠3♠
Polster had flopped a straight, but Zaremba had a plethora of outs. However, neither the 5♠ turn nor the 9♥ river was one of them, resulting in his elimination.
Tom-Aksel Bedell and Hristo Bogdanov were heads up in a three-bet pot of 150,000. Bedell checked from the small blind to Bogdanov in the hijack, who bet 30,000.
Bedell called to the 8♦ turn, where he was faced with Bogdanov's jam of 132,000. Bedell spent some time in the tank before shrugging and folding his cards.
Daniel Montagnolli checked from the hijack on a completed board of 9♠8♥6♠Q♥8♦. Vasil Medarov then made a pot-sized bet of 105,000, which Montagnolli raised to 275,000.
Medarov spent three time banks before deciding to fold, prompting Montagnolli to show K♣Q♣9♣4♥ for a bluff with full house blockers.
Aku Joentausta had gotten his stack of 174,000 in preflop from the hijack against Stanislau Melhui on the button.
Joentausta had A♦Q♥Q♠10♠ and made a set of queens on the 5♠4♦Q♦7♥A♥ runout to take down the pot and double up as Melhui's cards were quickly swept away.
Level: 8
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
[Removed:490] had three-bet Alex Livingston preflop, and Livingston had called. A flop of J♣9♠4♣ then fanned out. Livingston put Kraft all-in for 31,000 and received a quick call.
[Removed:490]: A♥A♦K♠6♥
Alex Livingston: A♠Q♠9♣8♥
The 8♣ turn made Livingston two pair. Kraft could not improve on the 7♣ river as he headed to the rail.
Aaron Pahlawani had made it 80,000 to go from under the gun and "Jay" called him in middle position. Pahlawani then put "Jay" all-in on the K♦5♣3♣ flop and saw him quickly commit his stack of 150,000.
"Jay": 8♦7♦6♥3♥
Aaron Pahlawani: A♥A♠J♦4♥
The 9♥10♥ runout brought no improvements for "Jay".
"Good, now I can take a smoking break," he stated as his chips were shipped to Pahlawani.