Last Break of the Night
The tournament screens show 83 players out a 128-entry strong field remaining and they have just been sent into the final 20-minute break of the day.
The tournament screens show 83 players out a 128-entry strong field remaining and they have just been sent into the final 20-minute break of the day.
Preflop Alexandros Kolonias opened to 2,200, Piotr Franczak called in middle position before Dong Zhao squeezed to 7,500 right after him. Only Kolonias made the call, and together they saw a flop of . Kolonias opted for a check-call of the 14,000 from Zhao, before they both checked through the turn.
The river made the Greek fire out a hefty bet of 35,000, and that was enough to win him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandros Kolonias | 180,000 | 123,000 |
Dong Zhao | 65,000 | 5,000 |
Sebastian Veghinas raised to 2,200 and Joris Ruijs called on the button. Georghe Gradinaru moved all in and Veghinas asked for a count. Once it was determined to be 24,800, Veghinas reshoved and Ruijs folded.
Georghe Gradinaru:
Sebastian Veghinas:
The flop of changed nothing and the on the turn meant that all tens were dead for Gradinaru, as that would have given Veghinas the higher straight. A blank on the river let the kicker play and eliminated Gradinaru.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joris Ruijs | 160,000 | 70,000 |
Sebastian Veghinas | 92,000 | 42,000 |
Georghe Gradinaru
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Busted |
Good cards are a blessing, but not connecting with the board can make them quite a burden, as Luxembourg's Christian Thiry just experienced.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau opened to 2,500 preflop and Adrian Mateos called on the button, before Thiry shipped his remaining 18,200 from the small blind. Vaskaboinikau came over the top all-in, and Mateos quickly folded his hand.
Thiry was trailing with against Vaskaboinikau's kings, and despite a queen on the flop it wasn't enough to win Thiry the pot.
"That's the third hand in a row I've gotten that hand", Thiry proclaimed before leaving the table and heading out of the playing area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | 80,000 | 48,000 |
Christian Thiry | Busted |
Ilkin Amirov raised to 2,200 and Adolfo Vaeza called from a few seats over. The action then reached Farid Jattin on the button and he made it 7,000 to go. Both Amirov and Vaeza called and the flop came . The action checked to Jattin and he continued for 12,400. Amirov folded and Vaeza called.
On the turn, Vaeza checked again quickly. Jattin moved all in for around 40,000 and Vaeza gave it brief consideration before calling all in for approximately 30,000.
Adolfo Vaeza:
Farid Jattin:
The on the river failed to improve Vaeza and he was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ilkin Amirov | 120,000 | -5,000 |
Farid Jattin | 116,000 | 66,000 |
Adolfo Vaeza | Busted |
Xiaoyang Luo raised to 2,200 and Alexander Ivarsson called in the big blind. On the flop, Ivarsson check-called a bet of 2,700 and checked again the on the turn. Luo fired a small second barrel worth 3,000 and Ivarsson called.
Both then checked the on the river and Ivarsson rolled over the first followed by the . Luo nodded and mucked his cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Ivarsson | 235,000 | 5,000 |
Xiaoyang Luo | 35,000 | -1,000 |
Martin Finger has just been eliminated from the High Roller by Gaetano Brignone's aces. Luckily for him, the option of a single reentry is open until tomorrow, and with Finger's last words to his tablemates being "Wait here, I'll be back", we'd say the odds of him reentering are fairly good.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gaetano Brignone | 80,000 | 50,000 |
Martin Finger
|
50,000 | -55,000 |
Roman Korenev raised to 2,300 from early position and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 8,000 out of the small blind, which Korenev called. On the flop, Chidwick bet 6,000 and Korenev moved all in. Chidwick called all in for around 40,000 and was at the wrong end of a cooler.
Stephen Chidwick:
Roman Korenev:
The turn and river changed nothing anymore and Chidwick left the tournament area, he may very well be back soon for the second bullet though.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roman Korenev | 192,000 | 57,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | Busted |
Dietrich Fast, Jakub Michalak, [Removed:172] and Piotr Franczak all re-entered after losing their first set of chips while Ben Heath, Adrian Mateos and Alexander Ivarsson are currently in charge.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Ivarsson | 230,000 | 65,000 |
Ben Heath | 225,000 | 70,000 |
Adrian Mateos
|
210,000 | 30,000 |
Gleb Tremzin | 155,000 | 40,000 |
Roman Korenev | 135,000 | 85,000 |
Pierre Neuville | 130,000 | 36,000 |
Connor Drinan | 130,000 | 23,000 |
Vlado Banicevic | 100,000 | 20,000 |
Sergey Sergeev | 90,000 | 30,000 |
Jakub Michalak | 50,000 | |
Frederik Jensen
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Dietrich Fast | 50,000 | 29,000 |
Piotr Franczak | 50,000 | 50,000 |
[Removed:172] | 50,000 | -8,000 |
[Removed:17] | 42,000 | 15,000 |
Senh Ung | 40,000 | -10,000 |
Koray Aldemir | 28,000 | -20,500 |
Stephen Chidwick raised to 2,000 from first position and got two callers; Sergey Sergeev in the hijack and Ilkin Amirov in the big blind.
Flop came down and the action was checked around. On the turn Amirov took initiative and led out for 2,700 that only Chidwick called.
River double-paired the board and yet again Amirov bet. The 7,200 ultimately wasn't enough to get Chidwick to fold, and Amirov turned over with a little shake of his head. King high was no good against Chidwick's , and the Englishman scooped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ilkin Amirov | 125,000 | -20,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | 45,000 | -25,000 |