Andre Lettau and Samuel Phillips were both eliminated on Day 1, but the entire remaining line-up from last year’s final table made it through to today. That sent PokerStars Blog off in search of Mr Ensan and everyone’s favourite Angry Moron, et al.
With about 22,000 already in the middle, Thore Nordboe and Yehoram Houri look down at a flop of 
. Nordboe bets out 8,000 only to have Houri move all in over the top for 61,500. Nordboe goes deep into the tank for several minutes before dropping out a call.
Nordboe: 
Houri: 
The board finishes with the 
and the 
, allowing Nordboe to finish with two pair of aces up. Houri hits the rail and Nordboe boosts his stack to about 185,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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185,000 | 171,100 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000 | 35,000 |
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290,000 | 50,000 |
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224,000 | 4,000 |
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223,000 | 26,000 |
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110,000 | 65,000 |
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105,000 | 15,000 |
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98,000 | -7,000 |
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96,000 | 37,300 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
We ran into Manig Loeser in the hallway where he was registering for one of the side event.
Loeser, who won the WPTN in Rozvadov earier this month, told us the details of his bust out hand.
Action folded to him in the small blind and he shoved for his last 13 big blinds with 
. The big blind called with 
and hit a to send Loeser packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Govert Metaal called us over and smiled that he just played a fun hand. "I had 4% on the flop!" he said. Metaal showed us a tweet he had just send out.
The player under the gun had shoved all in for his last 20,000 with 
. Metaal had called with 
and another player pushed all in behind him for 58,000 with 
. Metaal called to put both players at risk.
The flop came 
and Metaal needed runner runner straight for a chop, or runner runner diamonds to eliminate both players. He did just that with the 
on the turn and 
on the river.
Metaal now at 215,000.
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Nick Petrangelo won his first gold bracelet at this past summer's World Series of Poker. In this event he'll be looking to add a European Poker Tour title to his trophy case, and has recently moved his stack up to 225,000 in chips.
On a recent hand, Nelson Carvalho raised to 4,300 from the button, then Petrangelo called from the small blind. In the big blind was Andrey Shatilov, and he three-bet to 14,500. After Carvalho folded, Petrangelo called.
The flop came down 
, and Petrangelo checked. Shatilov opted to check behind, then the turn was the 
. Petrangelo led with a bet of 24,500, and Shatilov folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000 | 40,000 |
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120,000 | 54,800 |
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70,000 | 9,600 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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285,000 | 13,000 |
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190,000 | 160,000 |
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160,000 | 17,000 |
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110,000 | 67,000 |
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92,000 | 81,000 |
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60,000 | 28,600 |
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56,000 | -69,000 |
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42,000 | -10,000 |
The flop showed 
when Mike McDonald checked from the big blind to his opponent who bet 6,200. McDonald made the call and on the turn the 
hit, which was checked by both players.
The river brought the 
and McDonald bet 8,000, which was called quickly. McDonald tabled 
for two pair and that was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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218,000 | 38,000 |
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