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Robin Ylitalo opened to 80,000 on the button, Jeff Rossiter defended his big blind, and the flop came 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the 
, Rossiter led out for 115,000, and Ylitalo called.
The river brought a second king and a third heart - the 
- and Rossiter quickly fired 250,000. Ylitalo called with 
, and Rossiter showed 
for the same hand.
Georgios Karakousis raised to 80,000 from under the gun plus three and Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 170,000 from the button. These players clashed before in a huge pot and it seemed like they were bound to clash again.
Karakousis put in a four-bet to 380,000 and put the pressure back on Geilich. We all know Geilich hates folding and he made the call.
The flop brought 
and Karakousis grabbed chips betting 300,000. Geilich hardly wasted any time and made the call.
On the turn the 
hit and Karakousis went into the tank for quite a while with more than 1.4 million chips already in the pot. Finally the Greek player bet 450,000 and the pressure was back on Geilich who quickly called again!
The river was the 
and Karakousis checked to Geilich quickly bet 750,000. Karakousis had 2.2 million chips left and sighed before making the call.
Geilich confidently turned over 
for a rivered set but that was not good enough. Karakousis showed his 
and with top set he took down the pot boosting his stack up to 5.3 million!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,330,000 | 1,975,000 |
|
1,450,000 | -2,045,000 |
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Robin Ylitalo opened to 85,000 in early position, Georgios Karakousis three-bet to 215,000 from the cutoff, and the action folded back to Ylitalo, who called.
The flop fell 
, Ylitalo checked, and Karakousis quickly fired 200,000. Ylitalo called.
The turn was a repeat ten - the 
- and Ylitalo checked again. Karakousis reached for yellow T25,000 chips, cutting out 350,000 and sliding them forward. Ylitalo reached into his own stack, and called.
The 
completed the board, Ylitalo tabled 
, and Karakousis mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,815,000 | 850,000 |
|
|
3,355,000 | -740,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Georgios Karakousis raised to 60,000 from early position, Robin Ylitalo defended his big blind, and Karakousis continued for 60,000 on a flop of 
. Ylitalo check-called the bet.
The turn was the 
, Ylitalo knuckled again, and Karakousis checked behind.
The completed the board, both players checked, and Ylitalo took down the pot with an ace.
A few hands later, Karakousis raised to 60,000 from under the gun, Kully Sidhu three-bet to 133,000 on his direct left, and the flop fell 
. Karakousis checked, Sidhu continued for 180,000, and Karakousis called.
The turn was the , bringing a third spade, and the Greek tanked for 30 seconds before checking. Sidhu quickly fired 250,000, Karakousis check-raised all in, and Sidhu snap-folded.
The players are now on a 20-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,095,000 | 513,000 |
|
3,705,000 | -43,000 |
|
|
3,495,000 | -74,000 |
|
|
2,965,000 | 143,000 |
|
1,145,000 | -12,000 |
|
875,000 | -10,000 |
|
855,000 | -24,000 |
|
520,000 | 87,000 |
|
475,000 | -573,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,748,000 | 132,000 |
|
|
3,582,000 | -48,000 |
|
|
3,569,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
2,822,000 | -24,000 |
|
|
1,157,000 | 156,000 |
|
|
1,048,000 | -99,000 |
|
|
885,000 | -69,000 |
|
|
879,000 | -54,000 |
|
|
433,000 | -24,000 |
Ludovic Geilich opened on the button, Stefan Vagner called in the small blind, and the flop fell 
. Vagner checked, Geilich continued for 74,000, and Vagner called. The turn was the , and Vagner folded to a bet of 196,000.
Ludovic Geilich obviously raised the first hand of nine-handed play to 60,000 from under the gun plus one. Stefan Vagner called from his immediate left and the other players all folded.
The flop brought out 
and Geilich bet 62,000. Vagner moved all in for a total of 933,000 and Geilich folded giving the first pot to the Slovakian.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgios Karakousis | Greece | 3,630,000 |
| 2 | Jeff Rossiter | Australia | 3,616,000 |
| 3 | Ludovic Geilich | Germany | 3,539,000 |
| 4 | Robin Ylitalo | Sweden | 2,846,000 |
| 5 | Kully Sidhu | UK | 1,147,000 |
| 6 | Stefan Vagner | Slovakia | 1,001,000 |
| 7 | Jan Olav Sjavik | Norway | 954,000 |
| 8 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 933,000 |
| 9 | Leo McClean | UK | 457,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,630,000 | -611,000 |
|
|
3,616,000 | -34,000 |
|
|
3,539,000 | 825,000 |
|
|
2,846,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
1,147,000 | -184,000 |
|
|
1,001,000 | -69,000 |
|
|
954,000 | -69,000 |
|
|
933,000 | -57,000 |
|
|
457,000 | 74,000 |
