Paolo Compagno three-bet jammed for 77,500 over an open from Philippe Ktorza, who made the call.
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, and Compagno doubled.
Paolo Compagno three-bet jammed for 77,500 over an open from Philippe Ktorza, who made the call.
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, and Compagno doubled.
Marvin Rettenmaier, Anaras Alekberovas, and Morten Klein took a flop of ![]()
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. Rettenmaier checked, Alekberovas fired 12,500, and only Klein called.
The turn was the
, Alekberovas led for 21,000, and Klein called.
The
completed the board, and Alekberovas moved all in for effectively 73,500. Klein snapped it off.
Alekberovas turned over ![]()
for a bluff, and Klein showed ![]()
for an ace-high flush. He doubled to 225,000 chips, while Alekberovas was crippled to just 25,000.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
With the elimination of Kristijonas Andrulis, we are now down to three tables:
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Niklas Astedt |
| 1 | 2 | Bertrand Grospellier |
| 1 | 3 | Philippe Ktorza |
| 1 | 4 | Paolo Compagno |
| 1 | 5 | Juha Helppi |
| 1 | 6 | Marcin Wydrowski |
| 1 | 7 | Gurgen Melkonyan |
| 1 | 8 | Eugene Katchalov |
| 2 | 1 | Juha Lauttamus |
| 2 | 2 | Paul Volpe |
| 2 | 3 | Olivier Busquet |
| 2 | 4 | Fabian Quoss |
| 2 | 5 | Sorel Mizzi |
| 2 | 6 | James Carroll |
| 2 | 7 | Philipp Gruissem |
| 2 | 8 | Martin Quack |
| 3 | 1 | Anaras Alekberovas |
| 3 | 2 | Andrey Gulyy |
| 3 | 3 | Morten Klein |
| 3 | 4 | Kent Lundmark |
| 3 | 5 | Jason Mercier |
| 3 | 6 | Berthold Winz |
| 3 | 7 | Aubin Cazals |
| 3 | 8 | Marvin Rettenmaier |
Andrew Chen was all in and at risk on a ![]()
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flop with ![]()
. His opponent, Juha Helppi, had ![]()
, and held as the turn and river came
,
respectively.
Chen is out, while Helppi is up to around 285,000 chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier opened to 8,000 from under the gun. Olivier Busquet flatted in position, and Anaras Alekberovas three-bet to 28,000 from the big blind. Mercier four-bet to 57,000, Busquet quickly folded, and the action was back on Alekberovas.
He tanked for quite some time, then five-bet to what looked like 87,000. Less than five seconds after the chips hit the felt, Mercier moved all in. Alekberovas snap-mucked.
Fabian Quoss opened to 8,000 in early position, Paul Volpe three-bet to 17,500 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Quoss, who four-bet to 38,500. Volpe moved all in for effectively 126,500, and Quoss snapped it off.
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flop gave Quoss the lead, and he retained it as the turn and river came
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respectively.
Andrew Chen opened to 8,000 from under the gun, Morten Klein moved all in for around 75,000 on the button, and Chen quickly called.
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, and Klein doubled.
Niklas Astedt opened to 8,000, Elio Fox three-bet to 18,000 in position, Astedt four-bet jammed, and Fox quickly called.
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, and Fox was eliminated.
A few hands later, on an adjacent table, Jeffrey Hakim busted as well.
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