Day 5 Photos
Photos courtesy of Neil Stoddart from PokerStars.
Photos courtesy of Neil Stoddart from PokerStars.
The tournament has come to a pause for a 45-minute dinner break.
Benny Spindler raised to 80,000 and action folded to Adria Balaguer in the small blind. He made the call and then Andre Klebanov reraised all in from the big blind for 780,000. Spindler folded and Balaguer made the call.
Balaguer:
Klebanov:
The flop came down and Balaguer's eights held up. The turn brought the and gave Klebanov a pair of jacks, but Balaguer still had a straight draw or he could hit an eight. The river landed with the and Klebanov doubled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Adria Balaguer | 1,900,000 | -615,000 |
Andre Klebanov | 1,600,000 | 885,000 |
Steve O'Dwyer opened with a raise to 100,000 from middle position and Martins Adeniya reraised to 225,000 on the button. The blinds folded and action was back on O'Dwyer. He made the call and the flop came down . O'Dwyer checked to Adeniya. He bet 200,000 and O'Dwyer made the call to see the turn.
Fourth street was the and Adeniya fired 370,000 after O'Dwyer checked. O'Dwyer studied, but eventually gave it up and Adeniya won the pot.
Benny Spindler opened with a raise to 80,000 before Martins Adeniya reraised to 210,000. Spindler four-bet to 380,000, but that didn't scare off Adeniya. He moved all in and Spindler gave it up.
The players are in their seats and action is back underway.
Here's a redraw of the final nine-handed table.
Seat | Player | Chips |
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1 | Miroslav Benes | 1,545,000 |
2 | Adria Balaguer | 2,740,000 |
3 | Andre Klebanov | 705,000 |
4 | Stephen O'Dwyer | 2,100,000 |
5 | Juan Manuel Pastor | 2,250,000 |
6 | Benny Spindler | 3,460,000 |
7 | Kevin Iafocano | 2,355,000 |
8 | Martins Adeniya | 2,325,000 |
9 | Mattias Bergstrom | 3,255,000 |
The players are redrawing down to one table of nine and are on a short break.
Benny Spindler is a one-man wrecking crew. He just sent another player to the rail. This time it was Jeremy Kottler in tenth place.
On the feature table, Kottler was all in preflop with the . He was up against Spindler's . The flop was , but the on the turn gave Spindler the lead. He held up from there after the landed on the river and Kottler was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Benny Spindler | 3,500,000 | 400,000 |
Jeremy Kottler | Busted |
the 2010 Irish Open champion James Mitchell has just fallen in 11th place. He moved all in for a tad over 400,000 at 405,000 after Kevin Iacofano opened with a raise to 85,000. Action fell back on Iacofano and he quickly made the call holding . Mitchell could only muster to turn over the and after a board on no help, was left with nothing but the felt in front of him.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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James Mitchell | Busted |