Prior to dinner, Shaan Siddiqui was sitting near the top of the chip counts. Unfortunately for him, his luck seems to have dwindled as he was just on the end of a set-over-set hand.
A flop saw Siddiqui and Tomas Sayech engage in a raising war, with the latter getting all in. Siddiqui held pocket fives, but he was drawing to a single out as Sayech had sixes. The turn and river both blanked, and just like that Siddiqui lost more than half his chips.
We noticed Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was no longer in his seat. A quick check with his former table mates confirmed that he had actually fallen just before the dinner break.
Joona Linna was the man who dispatched the Frenchman, and he shared a few details. According to him, Grospellier opened for 900 under the gun and the player to his direct left called. Linna came along from the big blind and the three of them took a flop of .
Linna led out for 1,300, Grospellier called, and the other player got out of the way. Both players checked the turn, and then Linna bet big on the river. Whether Grospellier called off or shoved, we do not know, but whatever the case, he got his chips in holding only to discover Linna held an for aces full of fives.
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Micallef:
Paloniemi:
Micallef needed some major help, but he was left wanting as the board ran out a lackluster .
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Cristiano Blanco opened for 900 from middle position and Paul Berende called from the hijack. Massimo Mosele then three-bet to 2,400 from the cutoff, and after the button and blinds got out of the way, his two opponents both called to see the flop, which they all checked.
Two more checks on the turn saw Mosele bet 2,800, Blanco folded, and Berende called. When the completed the board on the river, Berende checked and then snap-folded when Mosele moved all in.
Matthias De Meulder three bet before the flop and found his neighbor Alexander Rocha cold four bet. De Meulder called and check called another 4,300 on . Both players checked the on the turn and the hit the river. De Meulder bet out 6,300 and his opponent called after some minutes of thinking. De Meulder already knew he was beat and only flashed his , Rocha showed and took it down.
flop saw Siddiqui and Tomas Sayech engage in a raising war, with the latter getting all in. Siddiqui held pocket fives, but he was drawing to a single out as Sayech had sixes. The turn and river both blanked, and just like that Siddiqui lost more than half his chips.
turn, and then Linna bet big on the 
.
. His opponent, Antonio Mitrotta, acted out of the small blind and called the four bet shove with 
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flop, which they all checked.
turn saw Mosele bet 2,800, Blanco folded, and Berende called. When the 
completed the board on the river, Berende checked and then snap-folded when Mosele moved all in.
. Both players checked the 
hit the river. De Meulder bet out 6,300 and his opponent called after some minutes of thinking. De Meulder already knew he was beat and only flashed his 
, Rocha showed 
and took it down.
