Ricardo Ibañez opened with a raise before Tristan Clemencon three-bet shoved for 183,000 total. The call came from the chip leader, and he was drawing live for the knockout.
Showdown
Ibañez:
Clemencon:
The flop hit both players, but it kept Clemencon in front with two to come. The turn card made things interesting though. The landed to add another eight outs to Ibañez draw, and he could catch any five, six, seven, or ten to get there.
River:
That's going to mark the end of Clemencon's day, run off to the rail in 11th place. That's good for €25,000, but it's left him just a couple spots short of a second career EPT final table.
A bit late to the party, we just picked up a battle of the blinds between Andrei Stoenescu and Mike McDonald. We think Stoenescu was the bettor on the flop, but we didn't join up until the turn landed on the board. McDonald was the one doing the betting at that point, and Stoenescu check-called 99,000 to see the last card.
It was the . Stoenescu knocked the table again, and McDonald put him to the decision with a carefully chosen bet of 166,000. The Romanian spent a minute or two in the tank, then made a big (and correct) call. McDonald flashed his , then turned them right back face-down near the muck. Stoenescu rolled over , and his ace was good enough.
He's an interesting fellow today this Ricardo Ibañez. Earlier he snap-folded nines to a three-bet all in from Taylor Paur when it wouldn't have cost too much of his stack and now, he's just done this...
Ibañez had three-bet a Bruno Lopes open to 117,000 only for the French rapper to make it 250,000 but then the Spanish chip leader came back over the top with a five-bet to 617,000. Lopes tanked for about five minutes as the commentators speculated what they would do with queens in this spot, finally Lopes folded and Ibañez showed the !
Ibañez has got a big chip lead, approaching 3 million.
After he called a river bet, Fraser Macintyre got out of his chair and walked away a few yards before muttering to himself, "That's what I'm talking about!"
The pot started with a Ilan Boujenah raise to 48,000 from under the gun. This bet was called in two spots before Jason Duval three-bet to 142,000 from the small blind. Macintyre was the only caller from the button to see a flop appear.
Duval continued for 114,000 and the Brit called to the turn where he faced a 190,000 bet. Call. There was no slowing down Duval on the river as he fired a 285,000 third bullet. Macintyre took his time and called again. Duval sunk in his chair as he opened . Macintyre opened to continue his great day.
On the first hand back from the break, Ivan Tikhov open-shoved his last 20 big blinds straight into the middle with pocket fives. Around in the blinds, Frederik Jensen peeked down at an ace and a king and made the call with his covering stack.
A king on the flop shot Jensen into a big lead, and Tikhov could not catch up. He's been run out in tenth place, good for a pay bump up to €35,000. That's not so bad for four days' work.
With the exit of Ivan Tikhov, we are down to our final nine players. There's a redraw for the unofficial final table in progress right now, and we'll be back with the layout and the counts in a moment.
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and Navarrete left the tournament, there's only one Spaniard left - but he's the chip leader.
flop hit both players, but it kept Clemencon in front with two to come. The turn card made things interesting though. The 
landed to add another eight outs to Ibañez draw, and he could catch any five, six, seven, or ten to get there.
flop, but we didn't join up until the 
turn landed on the board. McDonald was the one doing the betting at that point, and Stoenescu check-called 99,000 to see the last card.
. Stoenescu knocked the table again, and McDonald put him to the decision with a carefully chosen bet of 166,000. The Romanian spent a minute or two in the tank, then made a big (and correct) call. McDonald flashed his 
, then turned them right back face-down near the muck. Stoenescu rolled over 
!
turn where he faced a 190,000 bet. Call. There was no slowing down Duval on the 
river as he fired a 285,000 third bullet. Macintyre took his time and called again. Duval sunk in his chair as he opened 
. Macintyre opened 
to continue his great day.
