Dominik Nitsche was severely short, by what hand we're not sure. We are sure he had just 32,000 left when action folded to him in the small blind just now. He pushed all in and Giacomo Fundaro in the big blind was quick to call.
Giacomo Fundaro:
Dominik Nitsche:
Nitsche would out flop his Italian opponent on , but the on the turn meant he needed a nine or four to stay alive. The on the river meant he wasn't going to make another heroic comeback, Nitsche busted in 46th place (€10,170).
Vincenzo Scarcella moved his last 69,000 in and got called by Andreas Goeller. The of Scarcella was dominating the of Goeller and it stayed that way as the cards ran out.
Less than 15 minutes into the last level on Day 3, we saw a three-bet pot between Andreas Goeller and Michael Tureniec. On the flop, Goeller bet 40,000 from under the gun plus one and Tureniec raised to 102,000 from the button. Goeller moved all in and Tureniec announced call within a few seconds.
Goeller:
Tureniec:
After the turn and the river, the Swede is one of the short stacks. The double up for Goeller on the flop was for 252,000.
After a raise from under the gun, Yordan Dimitrov moved all in for six big blinds. On the button, Filippo Marroccoli moved all in himself to scare off the blinds and initial raiser Rocco Palumbo.
Dimitrov:
Marroccoli:
The Italian could not get there on the board and Palumbo said, "I would have busted you. I folded ace ten."
In the second last hand of level 18, Alessandro Meoni moved all in for what looked like 55,000 chips from under the gun. The action folded to Dan Murariu in the small blind and he made the call with the , the big blind folded. Meoni showed the and the delivered one of the six outs for the Romanian.
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Two players had reached the river of a board reading and Andreas Goeller had made a bet if 85,000 after several minutes deliberation.
Michael Tureniec sat stock still, eyes hidden behind dark glasses. He too took his time before moving all in.
Goeller asked for a count and found it was 234,000 which would be the majority of his stack. Tureniec had piled the pressure on at apparently just the right time. Goeller acknowledged as much by tapping the table and folding his cards.
Russian player Alex Bilokur has just been eliminated from the tournament in 48th place (€10,170).
He was already extremely short but a bit remarkably he saw a flop first in one of the hands. In that hand it was Andrea Benelli who opened to 12,000 before the flop. Bilokur called from the big blind, leaving himself just 23,000 behind. Bilokur checked the flop, and instantly folded after Benelli bet all in.
The next hand he folded his small blind but the hand after that one he shoved all in. Action folded to him on the button and he shoved his last 18,000 in. Xia Lin in the small blind announced all in as well and the big blind folded.
Bilokur showed and was up against Lin's . The flop gave Bilokur a flush draw but Lin top pair: . The on the turn gave Bilokur some more outs, but the on the river wasn't one of them.
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on the turn meant he needed a nine or four to stay alive. The 
on the river meant he wasn't going to make another heroic comeback, Nitsche busted in 46th place (€10,170).
of Pawel Brzeski against the 
Piotr Shautsou.
to double up.
of Scarcella was dominating the 
of Goeller and it stayed that way as the cards ran out.
flop, Goeller bet 40,000 from under the gun plus one and Tureniec raised to 102,000 from the button. Goeller moved all in and Tureniec announced call within a few seconds.
turn and the 
board and Palumbo said, "I would have busted you. I folded ace ten."
and was up against Lin's 
. The flop gave Bilokur a flush draw but Lin top pair: 
on the river wasn't one of them.
