Steve O'Dwyer just won a banana, but more importantly, Jean-Noel Thorel is building a stack in this event again after finishing second in the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller.
After we wrote down the hand that boosted Thorel's stack to 125,000, Steve O'Dwyer explained to us what happened on the hand before. Thomas Muehloecker raised before the flop and the player on the button moved all in for about 35,000 chips. Muehloecker folded to the shove and the all-in player tabled .
On the very next hand it was O'Dwyer who raised from the button and the small blind shove again, this time for 41,000. Thorel made de call from the big blind and O'Dwyer folded, after which the showdown played out as follows.
Thorel:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Thorel raked in the pot, and the knocked-out player threw his banana into the pot as well as he left the tournament. Thorel was pushed the pot, and the banana, but he surrendered the latter and O'Dwyer snapped it up.
While Thorel stacked some newly won chips, O'Dwyer peeled his banana and both players seemed equally happy with the outcome of this hand.
Walid Bou Habib had worked his stack up to 9,300 and shoved it in from early position. Mike McDonald in the hijack called and action folded to Joao Vieira in the big blind. He three-bet to 26,600 and McDonald folded.
Joao Vieira:
Walid Bou Habib:
"I have some bad news for you" McDonald said to Habib, later indicating he too had . The board ran out and Habib was out.
Mike Watson got his last 34,500 in on a flop of with . He was up against the of Tom-Aksel Bedell who did not improve. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Watson doubled to 83,000.
On a flop it was David Vamplew who had 11,500 out in front of him from the button and Paul Newey threw in 28,500 from the big blind. After a while the former EPT London champion moved all in and Newey called to risk his tournament life for about 80,000 chips.
Vamplew:
Newey:
The turn was the and the river was the , keeping Vamplew's pair of queens in front.
Gleb Kovtunov, who bubbled the €25,000 Single-Day High Roller last week, doubled for the second time today.
Carlos Chadha opened the cutoff for 5,000 and small blind Kovtunov shoved all in for 33,000. Big blind Joao Vieira assessed the situation and looked him up, Chadha folded.
The payouts have been announced and the 315 entries have created a prize pool of €3,150,000, and 47 places will get paid. The winner of this event takes home just shy of €600,000 and as of right now 120 players are still remaining. The money will be reached later today, but the final table seems to be out of reach for now.
As we approached the table Palumbo was already getting his stack counted by the dealer, at that point guaranteed to get it back times two. He told us afterwards what had happened.
Palumbo raised before the flop with and got two calls, one of 'em being Pavel Binar from the small blind. The flop came and Binar checked. Palumbo made a continuation bet of 8,500 and got a call before Binar check raised to 32,000. Just Palumbo made the call. The fell on the turn and Binar bet more than half Palumbo's remaining stack. The two got all of their chips in eventually and Palumbo was shown for a lower trips. The on the river didn't change a thing about that and Palumbo scored a full double.
and Thorel raked in the pot, and the knocked-out player threw his banana into the pot as well as he left the tournament. Thorel was pushed the pot, and the banana, but he surrendered the latter and O'Dwyer snapped it up. 
. The board ran out 
with 
. He was up against the 
of Tom-Aksel Bedell who did not improve. The 
on the turn and 
and the river was the 
, keeping Vamplew's pair of queens in front.
and Kovtunov doubled.
