Jani Sointula, who finished fourth late last night in the €25,000 Single Day High Roller for €320,300, was tanking for a fair bit as we approached his table.
The community cards to work with were and Sointula in the hijack was facing a 4,400 bet from Dmitry Yurasov.
After some more time passed, a player at the table asked for the clock. "Time!" the dealer shouted to get the floor's attention.
Just as the dealer shouted, Sointula moved all in. "Cancel that!" the dealer added. Yurasov tanked for a bit and folded. Sointula still in it!
Frank Blumlein raised it up from middle position and Menno Mensonides made the call. Patrik Antonius in the big blind over called and the three of them saw a flop of . Antonius checked and Blumlein made a continuation bet. Mensonides and Antonius both called.
The fell on the turn and Antonius checked again. Blumlein bet 7,000 with 27,000 behind and Mensonides folded. Antonius thought about it for a bit before shoving all in. Blumlein wasn't to thrilled to commit all of his chips, but did so anyway.
Patrik Antonius:
Frank Blumlein:
The hit the river and Blumlein left the tournament area with hanging shoulders of diasppoinment. Patrik Antonius plays 265,000.
Players recently eliminated from the field include EPT Season 6 Berlin Main Event champion Kevin MacPhee, November Niner Federico Butteroni, 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure champion Dimitar Danchev, and recent €50,000 Super High Roller champion Sylvain Loosli.
Sebastian Von Toperczer raised to 2,500 from the button and found a single call from Johnny Lodden in the big blind. The flop came out and Lodden checked to the raiser. Toperczer knocked the table back, allowing the to fall down on fourth street.
Lodden took this opportunity to put out a bet, making it 3,200 to go. Toperczer called and the completed the board. Lodden bet 5,500, Toperczer instantly called, and Lodden tabled for merely ace-high. Toperczer showed for a straight to the queen to take down the pot.
Toperczer increased his stack to about 74,000 while Lodden’s fell to around 125,000.