With over 350,000 already in the middle, we arrived at the table to find Marc Witt and Matias Kesanen heads up in a hand. The board read .
Witt double fisted a bet of 200,000 into the center of the table and the action was on Kesanen. He sat pondering for quite a bit of time before he finally tossed out one single chip which signified a call.
Witt rolled over for merely jacks with an ace-high which prompted Kesanen to show for jacks and nines. Witt's cards were picked up and dropped into the muck while Kesanen scooped a huge pot to put him at 1.64 million.
Natalie Hof got her last 160,000 in before the flop holding . Hof was ahead of her caller, Alexander Helbig, who held .
The dealer pounded the table and delivered a flop that paired both of Helbig's cards, coming . Suddenly Hof was ready to depart the tournament floor as the hit the turn. She needed a jack on the river to stay alive but it did not come through. The struck the board and sealed her fate.
Helbig scooped up Hof's chips and is now sitting on 1.125 million.
As Level 21 started, Bryn Kenney came sprinting into the tournament area. Initially, he sat in the wrong seat - his stack was moved at the end of the break - and finally, after some direction from the tournament staff, he found his home.
Luckily he was just in time for the pitch, because he doubled on the very first hand.
Pratyush Buddiga opened to 25,000 from late position, Pascal Vos three-bet to 58,000 from the small blind, and Kenney moved all in for 296,000 from the big blind. Buddiga quickly folded, and Vos tank-called.
Vos:
Kenney:
The board rolled out , and Kenney doubled.
"I never run back during a tournament," Kenney said after the hand, smiling. "It's a good thing I sprinted up the steps."
Jerome Kobina Evans was all in and at risk preflop holding , and was racing against the of Pascal Vos.
The board ran out , and Evans was eliminated.
Over at an adjacent table, David Cabrera was all in and at risk against . Theodoros Aidonopoulos held , and the flop fell , giving Cabrera a pair of kings. The spiked on the turn however, giving Aidonopoulos a set, and the completed the board.
Aku Joentausta opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Philippe Barouk three-bet to 40,000 from the next seat over. Action folded back around to Joentausta who decided to stick around.
The flop brought and the action quickly went check-check. Fourth street brought a third diamond and paired the board with the . Joentausta led for 32,000 and Barouk snap cut out a raise. The raise, however, was not enough and he was forced to make it 64,000- the minimum amount. Joentausta called.
The river was the and Joentausta checked. Barouk fired 100,000 and Joentausta called. Barouk rolled up for an ace-high flush and Joentausta threw away his cards. Barouk is now up to 700,000 while Joentausta has fallen to 1.14 million.
Freerk Post opened to 20,000 from early position only to have Yakov Onuchin three-bet ship all in for 196,000 from the button. Khiem Nguyen flat called out of the small blind and after some tanking, Post opted to let it go.
Onuchin showed but was crushed by Nguyen's . The flop fell down giving Onuchin additional outs to make a straight, but he failed to do so through the turn and the river.
After an early position open, Matias Juhani Kesanen three-bet to 43,000 from the button. Mihai Manole four-bet shipped all in for 206,000 from the big blind and it folded back to Kesanen. He tanked for quite some time before dropping in a call.
Kesanen:
Manole:
The flop brought a super sweat when it fell . Suddenly Manole was looking to dodge both an ace and a club. The turn was safe with the but the river spelled disaster when it brought the , sealing Manole's fate in the tournament.
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for merely jacks with an ace-high which prompted Kesanen to show 
for jacks and nines. Witt's cards were picked up and dropped into the muck while Kesanen scooped a huge pot to put him at 1.64 million.
. Suddenly Hof was ready to depart the tournament floor as the 
hit the turn. She needed a jack on the river to stay alive but it did not come through. The 
struck the board and sealed her fate.
, and Kenney doubled.
of Pascal Vos.
, and Evans was eliminated.
completed the board.
. The flop fell down 
turn and the 
, sealing Manole's fate in the tournament.
