Sesso - 21st place
It looked as though David Sesso shoved for 272,000 and Andrew Chen reshoved for 454,000. Everyone else got out of their way, and they were on their backs.
Back in business
Jean Francois Talbot raised to 75,000 and Claudiu Saizu shoved again, this time for 645,000. Talbot made the call before the all in had even been counted.
Talbot:
Saizu:
Board:
The ace on the river was good to double Saizu up to around 1.35 million. "Woohoo!" he cried, "I am back in business!"
Three players made it to the flop and Jean Francois Talbot and Sami Kelopuro in the blinds checked to Nicolas Chouity under the gun who bet 115,000. Talbot passed, Kelopuro called and they proceeded.
The turn was the and both players checked so they saw a river for free. Keolpuro checked again but this time Chouity bet 250,000. Kelopuro dwelled up for a while, but finally opted to fold.
Matt Perrins raised to 61,000 and Josef Klinger flat-called in the cutoff. Kevin Eyster reraised to 183,000 and Perrins passed but Klinger now announced all in. Eyster huffed and puffed a little but never looked too keen on the proposition, and after a while he folded.
Hruby - 22nd Place
Martin Hruby open-shoved with and Salvatore Bonavena called with . A ten on the flop sealed the deal and the lone five couldn't save Hruby. The Czech Team PokerStars Pro took 22nd place and picked up €50,000 for his trouble.
Sami Kelopuro has not been in any big showdown hands so far, but he has been quietly building his stack over the last hour.
He 3-bet the button to 186,000 against Jean Francois Talbot's cutoff raise of 75,000 to win one pot.
Soon after he fired turn and river of a for 93,000 and 213,000 respectively against Claudiu Saizu. The Romanian called the turn bet, but instantly folded when the Finn fired the river. Kelopuro is up to about 1.8 million
Moderate action up on the feature table as David Sesso raised and Nick Schulman shoved for 443,000. It went no further, though, as Sesso folded and gave Schulman the pot.
A few moments later and Laurent Olive raised to 70,000 only for Salvatore Bonavena to insta-shove from the button for 375,000. Olive folded, and again the rail was denied a showdown.
Claudiu Saizu raised to 55,000 on the button and Emanuele Rugini shoved from the big blind for another 585,000. He sat there looking innocent while Saizu considered whether or not to call. He eventually decided not to, and Rugini took the pot without a showdown.