Rolf Slotboom
Rolf Slotboom made it 5,500 pre-flop and the cutoff called. The flop was dealt out . When Rolf checked, the cutoff bet 7,000. Rolf took a few seconds and then moved all in for 40,200. He received a call and Rolf showed for the flopped straight. He was up against . Rolf shouted for no paint and was rewarded with the on the turn although this meant that any club, king or queen could have potentially eliminated him. The river was the and Rolf doubled up to 95,000.
Antonio Esfandiari - Eliminated
We're not sure how but "The Magician" Antonio Esfandiari has made himself disappear as he too, was recently eliminated.
Roberto Romanello, who was the Day 1b chip leader briefly, was eliminated when he got the last of his chips in holding against the of Mattias Nordhamn. Romanello flopped a jack, but failed to improve by the river and he made a graceful and sportsmanlike exit.
Robert Cohen raised to 6,000 from middle position and action folded around to Felipe Ramos in the small blind who moved all in. Ramos had Cohen well covered and Cohen eventually made the call. The players showed:
Cohen:
Ramos:
Cohen failed to improve and wished his tablemates good luck as he headed for the door.
William Thorson
We caught up to this hand on the flop. It was heads up between Jan Heitmann and William Thorson. There was about 9,000 in the pot indicating a likely raise by Heitmann from the cutoff seat and a call from Thorson in the big blind. The board read . Thorson checked from the big blind and Heitmann bet 5,000. Thorson made the call. The turn brought the and again Thorson check/called, this time a bet of 12,000. When the hit the river, Thorson rapped the felt again. Heitmann calmly placed three blue chips on a stack of the same, and slid them out; it was 23,000 for Thorson to call. Thorson counted out the call, then his remaining chips. In the span of about four minutes, Thorson shuffled the calling chips and double checked his hole cards repeatedly. He eventually folded and Heitmann took down the pot. Heitmann is now the clear chip leader with over 230,000 while Thorson is still very much in the mix with about 100,000.
Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes re-raised all in with pocket tens and found himself called by . The flop looked really good for the Australian when it fell but the turn and river were the and which meant that his opponent made a flush and he was eliminated.
With the current pace of rapid eliminations, tables are being broken and players are being moved quite frequently. In more notable matchups, William Thorson and Roland de Wolfe were recently moved to the same table and PokerStars pros Raymond Rahme and Dario Minieri are seated at the same felt.
Beppe Tarsia was just sent home when his couldn't hold up against the of 2007 EPT-Prague finalist Dag Palovic. The hit the flop and that was all Palovic would need to win the hand and send Tarsia home early.