Play will resume in 75 minutes with 21 players remaining.
Play will resume in 75 minutes with 21 players remaining.
Level: 15
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Max Altergott, Igor Kurganov and Christoph Vogelsang were all just a little bit too late back from break, and missed the first hand. All three of them thought the clock was wrong, but the floor said it was correct. Paul Newey backed up the floor, as he said he had set hit timer and was back right in time.
Hassan Fares came back from dinner with very little chips and he just moved all in for 47,000 from late position. Viacheslav Buldygin went into the tank for a while before three-betting to 72,000 and Max Altergott called from the big blind.
With 50,000 in the side pot the flop brought out ![]()
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and both players checked. On the turn the
hit and again the action was checked. The river completed the board with the
and Altergott fired out 110,000.
Buldygin folded right away and Altergott showed ![]()
. Fares shook his head and showed ![]()
as he exited the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,971,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
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633,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
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Busted |
Mustapha Kanit, winner of last season's EPT Grand Final single day €50,000 Super High Roller, has just been eliminated. We saw him getting his chips in on a board of ![]()
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holding ![]()
. His neighbor Michael Egan was the one pushing the action and he tabled ![]()
for the flush draw on top of his open ended straight draw. The river
meant Kanit had to say good bye, and he did just that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Fedor Holz checked on a flop of ![]()
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from the under the gun position. Imad Derwiche made a bet of 155,000 from the cutoff and Holz made the call.
The
hit the turn and Holz checked once more. Derwiche pushed all in for 471,000 and Holz called.
Holz showed ![]()
but he was drawing dead as Derwiche tabled ![]()
. The dealer already killed Holz' hand but did deal the
on the river to make things official.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
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|
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1,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Paul Newey moved all in from the button for 304,000 and Igor Kurganov tanked for a while before making the call from the small blind. Fedor Holz folded from the big blind, and the showdown went as following.
Newey: ![]()
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Kurganov: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Newey kept his tournament hopes alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
620,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
From the cutoff seat, Igor Kurganov raised to 56,000. Christoph Vogelsang called out of the big blind, and the flop came down ![]()
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. Vogelsang checked, and Kurganov bet 71,000. Vogelsang called.
The turn was the
, and Vogelsang checked again. Kurganov bet 170,000, and Vogelsang folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,540,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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1,340,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
From the hijack seat, Igor Kurganov raised to 56,000. Fedora Holz reraised to 158,000 out of the cutoff position, and play folded back to Kurganov. He called, and the flop was ![]()
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. After Kurganov checked, Holz bet 147,000. Kurganov stuck around with a call to see the turn.
The
landed on fourth street, and Kurganov checked. Holz fired 382,000, and Kurganov called. The river was the
, and both players checked.
Kurganov showed the ![]()
, but that was no good against the ![]()
for Holz that picked up the best hand on the turn. Holz won the pot and moved to 3.3 million in chips. Kurganov dropped back to 1.85 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,300,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
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1,850,000
690,000
|
690,000 |
Jason Les raised from under the gun to 60,000. In the small blind, Max Altergott reraised to 200,000. Everyone folded, including Les, and Altergott won the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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1,955,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
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1,940,000
31,000
|
31,000 |