[user38449]
Dragan Galic opened the pot with a raise to 40,000 from the cutoff. Ovidiu Mihai Balaj made the call from the small blind and the two saw the flop come . Balaj then check-called a 50,000 bet from Galic and the rolled off on the turn.
Once more Balaj passed the first option to Galic, who slid a single stack of yellow 5,000 chips across the betting line -- a wager worth 100,000. Balaj then paused for a brief moment before announcing "All in."
Galic opted not to call and Balaj won the pot, bringing him up to 680,000 in chips. Galic, meanwhile, dropped to 848,000 with the loss.
[user46392]
That was a 'Gros outdraw
Alex Fitzgerald just shoved under the gun and Julien Legros immediately called all in. Three folds around the table, and it was looking pretty good for Legros.
Legros:
Fitzgerald:
Nevertheless, Legros seemed to know what was coming. "Ace on the flop," he pleaded, bouncing up and down, "Ace ace ace."
Board:
Even the usually expressionless Fitzgerald raised an eyebrow, and with a sigh and a, "Good luck, everybody," Legros is Le-gone.
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Alex Fitzgerald
With the betting folded around to the button, Sami Kelopuro decided to put some of his new chips to use, sliding out a raise to 50,000. The small blind called, but Alex Fitzgerald was not so easily pacified; he moved all in for right at 500,000 from the big blind. Kelopuro took his time to consider before making the call, putting a huge pot up for grabs as the small blind ducked out of the way.
Showdown:
Kelopuro:
Fitzgerald:
As the two players stood to await the result, Kelopuro (wearing his Coinflip shirt) muttered, "Flipping for like 400K in equity..."
Right in the door came the , ending in the board reading . Fitzgerald makes his winning pair of kings, earning a huge double-up, now just tipping over the 1,000,000-chip mark!
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Steven Silverman -- 17th Place
Steven Silverman and Gustav Sundell just collided in a massive heads-up showdown that resulted in Silverman's exit from the San Remo Main Event.
The money found its way into the middle before the flop. Sundell opened the pot with a raise to 40,000. Constant Rijkenberg made the call from the button and when the action landed on Silverman, he moved all in over the top for a total of 670,000. Sundell too announced that he was all in, prompting Rijkenberg to fold; the Dutchman told the table he'd folded pocket tens.
Sundell:
Silverman:
The dealer then spread the board and Sundell's kings held up to send Silverman packing. Rijkenberg noted that he would've called Silverman's all-in, had Sundell passed.
The pot -- worth 1,306,000 -- was the biggest of the tournament thus far.
[user46392]
There has been a bit of a pause while there was a redraw for the last two tables. We believe there was a plan to break for dinner when they hit two tables, but no one was really expecting it to happen quite so fast, so they'll be breaking for dinner at the end of this level instead. Unless we've made final table by then, of course...
[user46392]
Seat 1: Gustav Sundell
Seat 2: Alex Fitzgerald
Seat 3: Pierre Neuville
Seat 4: Giuseppe Argento
Seat 5: Kati Jerney
Seat 6: Bill Reynolds
Seat 7: Kalle Niemi
Seat 8: Constant Rijkenberg
[user75032]
On the first hand after the re-draw, newly crippled Stefan Raffay splashed his short stack into the middle. Nobody was willing to take him up until the big blind, Dragan Galic, peeked down at his cards. He called with against Raffay's . Raffay was drawing dead by the turn, , as Galic had made the nut flush. Raffay is the first to exit the final two tables, pocketing €30,850.
[user46392]
Sami Kelopuro
A raising war between Sami Kelopuro on the big blind and initial raiser Dragan Galic was won by Kelopuro -- eventually he pushed, and after some thought, Galic passed.
Galic made some chips back, though -- a couple of hands later, he raised in early position and just picked up the blinds and antes, showing the to his table, and the hand after that he raised under the gun and this time showed pocket kings when everyone passed to him.
The hand after that, however, it was again Kelopuro's turn to raise from mid position, and now Galic made it 110,000 from the big blind. Once more, Kelopuro pushed -- and once again, Galic passed.
[user46392]
Pierre Neuville pushed to a raise from Kati Jerney, and she happily called, seeing as she was holding . It wasn't looking terribly good for Neuville and his , but poker is a funny game.
Board:
A full double-up Neuville, while Jerney is down to 364,000.
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. Balaj then check-called a 50,000 bet from Galic and the 
rolled off on the turn.
, ending in the board reading 
. Fitzgerald makes his winning pair of kings, earning a huge double-up, now just tipping over the 1,000,000-chip mark!
. Raffay was drawing dead by the turn, 
, but poker is a funny game.
