Ad Schaap got what looked like about 50,000 in from the small blind with ![]()
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of Kees van Brugge. The latter flopped a king and held on to eliminate Schaap.
Ad Schaap got what looked like about 50,000 in from the small blind with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Kees van Brugge. The latter flopped a king and held on to eliminate Schaap.
After a preflop raising war, Robert Schulz announced he was all in for 196,000 and was promptly called by Laszlo Bujtas.
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Schulz was well ahead when the money got in before the flop and his lead was further solidified after a king appeared on the ![]()
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flop to give him top pair. Bujtas was drawing dead after the
appeared on the turn despite also pairing up when the
completed the board on the river.
Butjas is the middle of the pack again with around 240,000 while Schulz holds one of the bigger stacks in the room with a chip stack of 410,000.
Ofer Zvi Stern was all in when we got to his table, having been called in three spots. The blinds checked to Philipp Gruissem on the ![]()
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flop. He bet 16,000 into the pot of around 40,000, and Martin Kabrhel came along from the big blind. Kabrhel came out betting small with 15,000 on the
turn, and Gruissem called this time. On the
river, Kabrhel thought awhile and moved all in. Gruissem had about 80,000 left.
After a couple of minutes, Kabrhel softly said, "Time please."
Gruissem protested, saying he hadn't really thought that long. A player piped up in agreement and the clock was tabled for the moment. About three minutes later, Kabrhel asked for the clock again. Gruissem decided to fold, and Kabrhel showed ![]()
for a flush. Stern had ![]()
, and Gruissem celebrated, saying he folded a king.
After a raise by Klas Lofberg from the cutoff, Josip Vidovic three-bet to 26,000 on the button and Lofberg then moved all in when the action folded back to him. Vidovic quickly called and the cards were tabled.
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The board came ![]()
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and the stacks were counted. Vidovic had 141,000 and Lofberg had less than that to join the rail.
Ramin Hajiyev opened for 9,000 under the gun and action folded to Illia Kainov in the big blind. He pushed all in for 96,000 and Hajiyev called.
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Illia Kainov: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Kainov doubled up.
Denis Pisarev shoved for around 40,000 from the small blind and fellow countryman Anton Afanasyev in the big blind called.
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Both Russians spoke a few words in their language and smiled, and after a board of ![]()
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, Pisarev quickly pushed his stack over to Afanasyev. He wished the Russian good luck, they shook hands and Pisarev headed to the payout desk.
Level 15 is now in the books and players are enjoying their first of four breaks of the day. When players return in 20 minutes, blinds will be 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 500.
Get to know EPT commentator Matt Broughton on the break.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Right after coming back from the break, Robert Gill raised from under the gun and called the shove of Kitty Kuo in the big blind.
Kuo showed the ![]()
, Gill had that beat with ![]()
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gave Kuo a flush draw, but neither the
turn nor the
river were both blanks.
At the same time, Jerry Wong busted on the feature table.
