Hand For Hand
The remaining 137 players are currently playing hand-for-hand. We're one elimination away from the money!
The remaining 137 players are currently playing hand-for-hand. We're one elimination away from the money!
"All in and a call!" a dealer yelled.
We sprinted over to the table to see that Florian Dohnert was all in and at risk against Thomas Hall. Hall, the big blind, held . Dohnert, the small blind, had .
"I didn't want to call," Hall lamented.
The dealer rapped the table, then spread a flop of . The players at the table gasped at the sight of the jack. Dohnert started to gather his things as the rolled off on the turn, and turned to leave once the completed the board.
"Sorry," Hall offered.
With that elimination, we are now two players away from the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Thomas Hall | 270,000 | 170,200 |
Florian Dohnert | Busted |
Team Pro Theo Jorgensen led out for a bet on a flop of . Dominik Nitsche raised to 55,000, Jorgensen re-raised to 110,000, and Nitsche moved all in for effectively 245,000.
"Call," Jorgensen said immediately.
Nitsche:
Jorgensen:
"Wow," Nitsche said at the sight of the Dane's hand.
The Team Pro held as the turn and river came , respectively, and Jorgensen doubled to 540,000 chips. Nitsche slipped to 195,000, and looked non too happy about it.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Theo Jorgensen | 540,000 | 470,000 |
Dominik Nitsche | 195,000 | -205,000 |
A very short-stacked Daniel Dr Wichmann moved all in preflop holding and was called by Dutchman Daniel Reijmer, who held .
The sixes held as the board ran out , and Wichmann was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Reijmer | 345,000 | 85,000 |
Daniel Dr Wichmann
|
Busted |
Alex Kravchenko was timed out in one hand where an opponent put him to the test for all his stack; there was no hanging around from the Russian a few minutes later though.
He opened to 9,500 and then snap-shoved for 82,500 when Manig Loeser three-bet from the small blind. Loeser was just as quick in calling.
Krachenko:
Loeser:
The board ran to make Kravchenko a set on the river. He was walking away from the table as the final card dropped and walked back with a rare smile across his face as his nearby supporters cheered.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Kravchenko | 170,000 | 75,800 |
Manig Loeser
|
90,000 | -88,600 |
Christoph Ritz was just knocked out a few spots shy of the money. Ali Azabdaftar moved all in for 15,500 and Ritz called all in for 8,000. Walid Bou Habib was seated in the big blind and he tossed in the extra chips to put both players at risk.
Christoph Ritz:
Ali Azabdaftar:
Walid Bou Habib:
The board ran out and Ritz was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Walid Bou Habib | 115,000 | -44,700 |
Ali Azabdaftar | 45,000 | 29,500 |
Christoph Ritz
|
Busted |
Khiem Nguyen had the button and made it 8,000 to go. The small blind folded and Juha Helppi called out of the big blind.
The duo took in a flop that read and Helppi checked. Nguyen continued for 9,000 and Helppi stuck around. The turned and Helppi knocked the table once again. Nguyen bet 13,500 and Helppi called.
The river was the and Helppi checked for a third time. Nguyen checked back and rolled over for a rivered pair of fives. Helppi mucked his hand and Nguyen was pushed the pot.
Nguyen is now up to about 530,000 while Helppi has fallen to 258,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Khiem Nguyen | 530,000 | 63,000 |
Juha Helppi | 258,000 | -82,000 |
We are down to just 139 players and three spots away from the money. The average stack is 196,835 or 49 big blinds.
We just got our hands on a list with some of the top stacks during the recent break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Aku Joentausta | 850,000 | -10,000 |
Ronny Voth | 595,000 | 68,900 |
Matias Juhani Kesanen
|
520,000 | 133,300 |
Khiem Nguyen | 467,000 | -23,800 |
Daniel Pidun | 465,000 | 182,500 |
Anaras Alekberovas | 460,000 | -69,800 |
Lukasz Golczyk | 450,000 | 1,800 |
Sebastian Trisch | 423,000 | -87,000 |
Kevin Stani
|
406,000 | 249,900 |
Dominik Nitsche | 400,000 | -133,000 |
Marco Leonzio | 400,000 | -20,000 |
Olivier Busquet | 390,000 | 92,000 |
Dashgyn Aliev | 355,000 | -7,100 |
Artur Rudziankov | 340,000 | -26,200 |
Ramil Yusupov | 340,000 | 199,700 |
Marcelo Bonanata | 301,000 | 36,000 |
Jose Maria Galindo | 301,000 | -29,900 |
Pascal Vos | 280,000 | -146,000 |
Theodoros Aidonopoulos | 270,000 | 28,700 |
Robert Auer | 252,000 | 64,300 |