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We just caught the tail end of a hand that ended up costing Adrian Mateos some chips. The board read when Mateos bet 15,000 and Ole Schemion went into the tank.
After a while Schemion called, and Mateos flashed for king high. Schemion showed his , and with a small pair he took down the pot.
Just before the level went up, John Juanda managed to double through Ivan Luca, the same man he bluffed most of his stack off to in the last hand of Level 2.
In the hand, Thomas Muehloecker opened for 4,000 from early position and Luca called from the small blind. Juanda did the same from the big, and the trio watched the flop come down .
Luca checked, as did Juanda, and then both called after Muehloecker bet 5,700. All three players checked the turn, which brought about the on the river. Luca led out for 5,000, Juanda raised to 40,000, and Muehloecker folded. Luca eyed up the little bit Juanda had behind, a paltry 6,700, and moved all in.
Juanda snap-called off with the for the nuts, and Luca showed the before sending over the chips.
Sylvain Loosli raised from the small blind to 4,900 and Tobias Reinkemeier called from the big blind. The flop came down and Loosli bet 5,200, which was called by his German opponent.
The turn brought the and both players opted to check, after which the completed the board.
Loosli bet 12,600 on the river and Reinkemeier stared the Frenchman down for quite a while before ultimately letting go of his hand.
Christoph Vogelsang just raised under the gun to 4,100 and Stephen Chidwick three-bet from his direct left to 12,500. The action folded back to Vogelsang and he made the call after which the flop brought out .
Vogelsang check-called 15,000 on the flop and the turn brought the . Both players checked the turn and the river completed the board with the .
Vogelsang lead out for 32,000 on the river and Chidwick called immediately.
The German pro tabled and Chidwick showed his to claim the other half of the pot.
Leonid Markin, who won this very event here last year, has been busted from this tournament. In a way, this is the first time ever he busted this event ever.
Luuk Gieles made it 5,000 from early position and Leonid Markin on the button three bet to 12,000. Both blinds folded and action was back on Gieles. The Dutchman tanked for a bit before announcing "Raise to forty thousand..." Before finishing his sentence he stopped, made a motion at the dealer to scrap what he had just said, and made it 45,000. The dealer said it was a raise to 40,000 as that was verbally declared, and Gieles accepted the ruling. Markin made the call almost instantaneously.
Gieles checked and Markin moved in instantly for 125,500. Gieles asked for a count, and called after just about a minute or two of thinking about it.
Leonid Markin:
Luuk Gieles:
The on the turn and on the river favored Gieles and Markin was the first to go.
Gieles later explained to the dealer and table what had gone wrong with his pre flop raise. The Dutch pronunciation of numbers is the other way around (five and forty instead of forty-five), so he had some trouble coming up with the right way of saying 45,000. Table mate Bryn Kenney suggested just using chips to raise in that case.
Christoph Vogelsang opened to 5,200 from the hijack seat and Dario Sammartino defended his big blind with a call. Sammartino checked the flop, then folded when Vogelsang continued with a 4,800 bet.
On another table, the dangerous Fedor Holz opened to 5,000 from under the gun and Finland's Joni Jouhkimainen called from the big blind. The Finn checked the , and gave up when Holz made a continuation bet of 4,800.
Leonid Markin was the first player to get eliminated today, but he's also the first player to buy back in. And wouldn't you know it, he drew the exact same seat he departed from not too long ago. He now has the chance to win his chips back from Luuk Gieles.
On a flop of we saw Jean-Noel Thorel check raise Anton Astapau's 8.500 continuation bet to 17.000. Astapau called the min raise from the cutoff and called the 15,000 that Thorel in the small blind fired on the turn as well. The river came the and Thorel checked. Astapau grabbed a handful of chips and moved 'em in the middle. It turned out to be 36,000 and Thorel called. He wouldn;t see those chips coming back though as Astapau showed for the rivered flush. Thorel open mucked his .
Everyone folded to Jeff Rossiter on the button and he made it 6,000 to play. The small blind folded, but Adrian Matoes called.
Both players checked the flop, with Mateos leading out for 7,000 on the turn. Rossitor called, the dealer placed the onto the river, and Mateos bet 25,000. Rossiter snap-called, but then mucked when Mateos turned over .
when Mateos bet 15,000 and Ole Schemion went into the tank.
for king high. Schemion showed his 
, and with a small pair he took down the pot.
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turn, which brought about the 
on the river. Luca led out for 5,000, Juanda raised to 40,000, and Muehloecker folded. Luca eyed up the little bit Juanda had behind, a paltry 6,700, and moved all in.
for the nuts, and Luca showed the 
before sending over the chips.
completed the board.
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and Chidwick showed his 
to claim the other half of the pot.
flop, then folded when Vogelsang continued with a 4,800 bet.
and Thorel checked. Astapau grabbed a handful of chips and moved 'em in the middle. It turned out to be 36,000 and Thorel called. He wouldn;t see those chips coming back though as Astapau showed 
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