Julian Thomas opened for 30,000, got called by Dimitar Danchev and it was on Manuel Cuberos in the big blid. He took his time, several minutes, and then raised to 66,000. Thomas called and Danchev folded. It took several minutes to play out as Cuberos took his time when the action was on him, but they both eventually checked it down on a board of . Danchev won with against the of Cuberos.
Action folded to Maximilian Senft on the button and he raised to 25,000. Christopher Andler then shoved all in from the small blind for 273,000, the big folded and then Senft made the call after a few moments of consideration.
Senft:
Andler:
Andler had the goods and Senft failed to get lucky as the board ran out .
Meanwhile, Pascal Hartmann have been eliminated in 66th and 65th respectively.
Kent Lundmark was in the cut off and Pasi Sormunen on the button as they saw a flop of . Lundmark checked and Sormunen went for a bet of 25,000. Lundmark was waiting with a check raise to 66,000. Sormunen shoved and got an instant call from Lundmark who had a but had run into the set of Sormunen. The final two cards were . And Lundmark was out.
Mike Watson had raised under the gun and got called by Niall Farrell. They saw a flop of . Watson continued and got raise to 96,000 from Farrell. Watson called and the came on the turn. They both checked and again checked a river . Watson tabled but lost to the of Farrell whoh had bluff raised the flop but spiked his ace on the turn.
"All in and a call," we heard the dealer yell from a nearby table. We made our way over just in time to find Ryan Spittles all in and at risk against Andreas Christoforou.
Christoforou:
Spittles:
Christoforou seemed more nervous than Spittles despite being ahead. The flop seemed to calm his nerves a little bit, but Spittles did pick up a wheel draw. The turn made the wheel draw obsolete as a four would result in a chopped pot, but that didn't happen as the blanked on the river. Spittles missed and was sent to the rail in 60th place.
Meanwhile, Andrey Danilyuk, Dmitry Yurasov and Clement Thumy have all been eliminated from the tournament.
He’s quiet, intense, wears leather elbow patches and has proved effective when playing in Barcelona. He’s also now second in chips. He is Anaras Alekberovas, the fourth place finisher last year looking to go better in Season 10, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Niall Farrell opened under the gun and found a caller in Guillermo Olvera. They saw a flop of . Farrell continued for 36,000 and Olvera raised to 82,000. Farell called leaving Olvera with a pot sized bet behind. The turn was the and both players checkjed. The river was putting a straight on the board and Farrell be enough to put Olvera all in. Tough spot but he made the call and tabled against the of Farrell. Olvera had made a straight on the turn but the ended up splitting the pot.
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