After unknown action we found some cards on their backs, as Tobias Reinkemeier was all in and at risk for 42,500 chips against Jeremy Palvini.
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and Reinkemeier stayed in the tournament.
After unknown action we found some cards on their backs, as Tobias Reinkemeier was all in and at risk for 42,500 chips against Jeremy Palvini.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Reinkemeier stayed in the tournament.
Faraz Jaka and Andrew Abernathy were among the most recent casualties and there are just 128 players remaining.
Jaka open-shoved his last 55,000 from the cutoff with ![]()
and Kyle Frey called in the big blind with ![]()
. The board ran out ![]()
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Just prior to that, Andrew Abernathy shoved for around 60,000 with ![]()
and Paul-Francois Tedeschi called with ![]()
. The flip was all but over on the ![]()
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flop and Abernathy left to runner runner outs. It was all over on the
turn, making the
river a formality.
After having just doubled not long ago, Tobias Reinkemeier dropped back to only 29,000 and got those in from the small blind. Initial raiser David Susigan called, as did Jeremy Palvini from the button.
The two Frenchman checked down a board ![]()
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and Reinkemeier showed ![]()
, Susigan the ![]()
for a straight and Palvini mucked ![]()
. Palvini had another setback shortly after, losing ace-jack to ace-jack after his opponent made a runner runner four card flush for 107,000 on a ![]()
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flop.
Kristen Bicknell just found herself all in for 54,000 chips and she was up against Pascal Faivre in the following showdown.
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and Bicknell doubled her stack after flopping a set.
Dimitar Danchev, Yucel Eminoglu and Kristen Bicknell checked a flop of ![]()
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, and the
came on the turn. Eminoglu bet, Bicknell called, and Danchev raised, forcing Eminoglu to fold. Bicknell then jammed more than 120,000, and Danchev snap-called.
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It was set over set, but the
river was the one outer for Bicknell, giving him quads and the double up in spectacular fashion. Danchev was crippled to 11,000 and busted straight after.
Fatima Moreira de Melo won some chips back when she opened ![]()
and picked up two callers. The three of them checked the ![]()
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flop, whereafter Moreira de Melo got two streets of value on the
turn (24,000) and
river (70,000) from one opponent. Moreira de Melo's turned set of queens was good as her opponent mucked.
Not much later she was again involved in a pot, though this time she wouldn't be seeing the river.
Erwann Pecheux raised under the gun to 10,000 and his neighbor Igor Pihela called. The flop came ![]()
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and Moreira de Melo checked. Pecheux bet 11,000 and both Pihela and Moreira de Melo called.
The
on the turn saw Moreira de Melo check again, and Pecheux fired 38,000. Pihela called, Moreira de Melo folded. The
saw Pecheux fire a third time, 64,500 this time. Pihela called, but mucked upon seeing Pecheux's ![]()
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With the day's third level in the books, the tournament's 17th, the players have been sent off on a 20 minute break.
Play will resume at approximately 5:45 p.m. local time with the start of Level 18, the day's fourth.
Check out this video in the meantime.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
In one of the last hands before the break, Nacho Barbero raised to 13,000 from middle position. His neighbor Massimo Mauri three bet to 26,000. Barbero called and checked on ![]()
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. Mauri bet 38,000 and Barbero shoved all in for 161,000. Mauri tanked for a long time and eventually called.
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The
on the turn hit Barbero and the
on the river was a blank.
"Old school poker!" Barbero said with a smile while he stacked his newfound fortune.
"I am back," Omar Lakhdari said after the double up for 128,000 was just shipped to the Frenchman.
John Gale's ace-king were in the muck and Lakhdari won the hand with ![]()
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.