We're not sure when the money went in (we think it was the turn), but we can confirm that chip leader Albert Daher just eliminated Steven Watts from the secondary feature table. The former held the on a for a flopped straight, which bested the latter's .
We missed the action, but we do know that Kjetil Hansen was just eliminated from the feature table when his failed to overcome the of Kevin Vandersmissen. The board ended up running out and Hansen made a hasty exit off the stage.
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We recently witnessed back-to-back hands at Table 10 that saw the elimination of two players.
In the first, Daniel Bass was all in before the flop for his last roughly 40,000 against big stack Michel Pecheux. Bass held but was crushed by Pecheux's .
Bass found some hope by flopping an open-ended straight draw after , but nothing materialized as running deuces (the and ) came on the following streets. Bass was sent packing and Pecheux scooped up a pot that brought him up to about 730,000.
The very next hand, action folded around to Mario Vojvoda who moved all in from the small blind. Igor Izmaylov peeked at his cards and snapped him off, calling for his own tournament life. Vojvoda showed but threw his hands up in the air in disbelief when Izmaylov rolled over the best possible hand - .
Vojvoda's disappointment would only be brief, however, as the flop of instantly awarded him with two pair. Izmaylov could only shake his head as the fell on the turn and the on the river, cracking his aces and eliminating him from play. Vojvoda dragged in the pot and now has about 105,000.
Last year, Morten Mortensen finished tenth in this very event. Mortensen managed to notch back-to-back cashes by surviving the money bubble, but any hope he had of improving upon last year's finish just came to an end courtesy of Kevin Vandersmissen.
In the hand, Mortensen moved in from early position for 72,500 and Vandersmissen isolated by moving all in over the top from the cutoff. The rest of the players folded and the cards were turned up.
Mortensen:
Vandersmissen:
It was a bad spot for Mortensen as Vandersmissen held a slightly bigger pair. The board ran out and Vandersmissen denied Mortensen another deep run.
Meanwhile, Marcos Paneque was eliminated over at the secondary feature table.
From under the gun, Ole Schemion raised to 11,000. Francesco Paolo Conte called out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Conte checked, Schemion bet 15,000, and Conte called.
The landed on the turn, and Conte checked. Schemion bet 38,000, and Conte check-raised to 88,000. Schemion folded, and Conte won the pot.
We joined the action as PokerStars player Dikovic Dejan made a big river over bet to put Sergey Rybachenko, another PokerStars player, at risk. The board was . Rybachenko made the call and Dejan turned over . Rybachenko seemed a bit upset as he showed and walked away from the table.
Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez got his stack of 93,500 all in preflop holding the and was racing against the of Pasi Sormunen. While the Argentinean got it in good, the flop paired Sormunen's ace.
Fernandez looked on helplessly as neither the turn nor river delivered him a third jack, and he became the first player of the day to be eliminated from the feature table.
Over at the secondary feature table, Ferdinando Lo Cascio got his stack of 124,000 all in preflop holding only to run into the of Thomas Butzhammer. The board ran out and Lo Cascio became one of the first post-bubble eliminations.