Luis Rufas made it 100,000 under the gun and Jani Kristian Rasinen called in the cutoff to see a flop. Rufas checked, but when Rasinen bet 160,000, Rufas announced all in to cover him.
Rasinen removed his hood (finally we know what his face looks like!) and huffed and puffed for a bit... and eventually called all in.
Rasinen:
Rufas:
There was a round of applause from the largely Spanish rail for their local boy, and the customary cries of, "Vamos!"
Turn:
River:
The crowd went wild as Rufas claimed another tournament life and increased his stack to 2.2 million. Rasinen meanwhile becomes our 14th place finisher.
Georgios Skotadis made a raise in early position and Kent Lundmark called on the button. Alessandro Longobardi squeezed all-in from the blinds, Skotadis folded and Lundmark made the call.
Longobardi had and Lundmark had .
The flop was and Longobardi was propelled into the lead. The turn was the and Longobardi turned away from the table in disgust - Lundmark had retaken the lead. It was a fruitless on the river and Longobardi was eliminated.
Thor Stang has just pulled the trigger on a very draw heavy board, prompting discussions of whether he had the good or not.
He started of proceedings with a raise to 62,000 from late position, Luis Rufas called on the button and Ognjen Sekularac also called from the small blind, meaning three players saw a flop.
All three players checked this flop but the arrival of the on the turn light the fuse. First, Sekularec bet 106,000, Stang three-bet shoved for a total of 605,000 chips, forcing Rufas to fold but Sekularec sat motionless.
After around one minute he folded but mentioned he thought he would be splitting the pot. Did Stang have the goods? Only he will know
Francesco Notaro must have thought all of his Christmas' had come at once when he was dealt pocket kings on the button and had action in front of him but it turned out to be somewhat of an anti-climax for him, although he did make some profit.
Jani Kristian Rasinen opened in middle position to 72,000, Notaro raised to 200,000 and when the action folded back around to Rasinen, he made the call.
Flop: The draw heavy flop saw a check from Rasinen, a 80,000 bet from Notaro and a quick fold from Rasinen.
With the pot shipped his way, Notaro turned over , the second time he has shown his hand when he did not really need to.
Nobody is entirely sure exactly what happened, but this is what we know:
- Jesus Cortes Lizano came back from the break and immediately announced that he had too many chips. Not too few - too many. He was meant to have around 900,000, but actually had around 1.3 million. He is our new hero in the press room.
- It was then found that Shander de Vries had too few chips.
- Candido Goncalves was briefly roped into the debate when someone suggested that he might have too many chips as well. But after reconstructing all the pre-break action, it was decided that he was OK after all.
- A long intermission followed, during which time TD Thomas Kremser heard the testimonies of de Vries, Lizano, the rest of the table and various dealers and media. There was at no point any suggestion that there had been any sneakiness going on; rather it seems that while the stacks were being moved around in the redraw, some chips accidentally ended up in the wrong stacks.
- It was eventually decided to give Lizano's extra chips to de Vries and everyone was happy.
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flop. Rufas checked, but when Rasinen bet 160,000, Rufas announced all in to cover him.
and was called by Giuseppe Panteleo holding 
and Bognanni was eliminated.
and Lundmark had 
and Longobardi was propelled into the lead. The turn was the 
and Longobardi turned away from the table in disgust - Lundmark had retaken the lead. It was a fruitless 
on the river and Longobardi was eliminated.
on the turn light the fuse. First, Sekularec bet 106,000, Stang three-bet shoved for a total of 605,000 chips, forcing Rufas to fold but Sekularec sat motionless.
The draw heavy flop saw a check from Rasinen, a 80,000 bet from Notaro and a quick fold from Rasinen.
, the second time he has shown his hand when he did not really need to.
and Lundmark checked, Korik bet 81,000 and Lundmark folded.
