On the 11th hand of hand-for-hand play, David Peters and Jan-Peter Jachtmann were heads up on a board of . Jachtmann check-called a 36,000-chip bet, and the river was the .
Jachtmann checked again, Peters fired 66,000, and Jachtmann immediately called. Peters showed for a set of eights, but Jachtmann somehow had that beat with for a better set.
Shocked, Peters ripped the cards off of the table and held them up before finally tossing them into the muck. After the hand, Jachtmann said that he was scared of a possible flush.
Aaron Lim opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and it folded to Chris Brammer's small blind. He moved all in for 93,000 and the big blind got out of the way. Lim called and the hands were tabled.
"All in and call?" asked an eager and short-stacked Artem Litvinov from another table in the room. "All in call! All in call! All in call! All in call!" he repeated as he ran toward the rail. He began doing his trademark stretches and pumping his arms.
Back to the action, Brammer tabled and was looking good to double against Lim's .
The board fell down and Brammer was able to score a key double up to 220,000.
After a previous hand against Max Lykov and then this hit, Lim's stack is now sitting at 660,000.
The players will be on a 50-minute dinner break after the conclusion of Level 16. If the players request more time, the tournament director is willing to give them the full hour.
On the second hand of hand-for-hand play, Max Lykov raised to 15,000 out of the small blind, and Aaron Lim three-bet to 41,000 out of the big blind. Lykov tanked for a bit, then called.
The flop fell , Lykov led out for 36,000, and Lim called. The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Lykov led out for 67,000, and Lim tank-folded.
Thanks to this hand and a big one against Chris Brammer, Lykov is back up to 675,000.
Georgios Karakousis checked to Jannick Wrang on a flop of , and Wrang bet 12,000. Karakousis called.
The turn was a third ace - the - and Karakousis check-called another 15,000 from Wrang.
The completed the board, and Karakousis led out for 50,000. Wrang moved all in for just 2,000 more, and Karakousis instantly called with for quad aces.
Wrang showed for aces full of queens, and hit the rail in 18th place. We are now hand-for-hand.
Joni Jouhkimainen opened with an early position raise to 13,000. It folded to Ronny Voth on the button who flung out a call. Vojtech Ruzicka announced an all in for his last 79,000 from the small blind and it folded back to Jouhkimainen who called.
Voth tanked for a bit before also announcing a call.
The three took a flop of . Jouhkimainen checked over to Voth who checked it back. The turned and Jouhkimainen cut out 99,000. Voth got rid of it and the hands were rolled over.
Jouhkimainen:
Ruzicka:
Ruzicka was dead heading to the on the river. He picked up his belongings and headed to the rail. We're now just two eliminations away from the money.
The prize pool information has finally been released, and the 140 total entries generate a €1,400,000 purse. The top 16 players will receive a minimum of €22,000, each member of the final table will earn €41,200, and the winner will bank a cool €429,000.
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. Jachtmann check-called a 36,000-chip bet, and the river was the 
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for a set of eights, but Jachtmann somehow had that beat with 
for a better set.
and was looking good to double against Lim's 
.
, Lykov led out for 36,000, and Lim called. The turn was the 
completed the board. Lykov led out for 67,000, and Lim tank-folded.
, and Wrang bet 12,000. Karakousis called.
- and Karakousis check-called another 15,000 from Wrang.
. Jouhkimainen checked over to Voth who checked it back. The 
turned and Jouhkimainen cut out 99,000. Voth got rid of it and the hands were rolled over.
