Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
One table had still been playing well more than 10 minutes into the previous break and the board showed ![]()
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. Demosthenes Kiriopoulos in the big blind and Danut Chisu in the cutoff invested 100,000 each and the
came on the river.
Kiriopoulos bet 67,000 only into a pot of 300,000 and Chisu eventually folded, reducing their break from 20 to just seven minutes.
Several players joined the rail soon after coming back from the break and among them was also Hulya Pehlivanlar. Short-stacked, she shoved for her last 47,000 from early position and the action folded to Tsugunari Toma in the small blind, who called with only a few chips more.
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The board came ![]()
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and Toma scooped the pot with a full house.
After a raise by Nicolas Chouity, short stack Rumen Nanev shoved for only 37,000 from the button. Action folded back to Chouity, who called with ![]()
. Nanev had two over cards in ![]()
and got there on a board of ![]()
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While many hands have been going quickly, with the field getting smaller, some hands are taking 10 minutes or even more to complete.
Konstantin Uspenskiy opened up in early position to 13,000. The action folded around to Paul-Francois Tedeschi who called. Both players check on the flop of ![]()
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Uspenskiy fired out a bet of 27,000 when the
appeared on the turn which was quickly called by Tedeschi. Uspenskiy then went all in for 178,000 when the
hit the board on the river. Tedeschi, who barely had his opponent covered with 195,000 chips at that point in the hand, went into the think tank for more than 10 minutes. Eventually, Tedeschi folded and the dealer shipped the pot over to Uspenskiy whose stack increased to 256,000.
Rumen Nanev eventually busted only a few minutes later and he was soon followed by [Removed:568]. The latter min-raised from middle position and Andrew Hulme called in the big blind.
On the ![]()
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flop, Hulme check-called a continuation bet for around 20,000 before checking again the
turn. Salah shoved for his last 90,000 and Hulme called after brief consideration.
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"Of course," Salah said after noticing that he was behind, and that didn't change with the
river anymore either to eliminate the Frenchman.
A player with only 41,000 jammed on the button, and Viacheslav Belyaev woke up with ![]()
in the big blind and called. His opponent had a measly ![]()
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to leave him dead on fourth street.
Samuel Vousden opened early and got a caller before Dick Postel shoved for 103,000. Action got back to Vousden and he chased away the flatter with a jam.
"Good luck," someone told Postel.
"I need it," he said, tabling ![]()
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He had live cards against ![]()
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on the flop. The
turn sealed it for him.
Marius Gierse made a raise from under the gun. Kent Roed, from middle position, who didn't notice the raise, announced one himself, but the floor had to be called to determine the size of the bet which was 25,000.
Gierse led out for 15,000 on the flop of ![]()
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, which was quickly called by Roed. Both players checked when the
appeared on the turn. After the
completed the board, Gierse bet 25,000. Roed thought for a few minutes before he raised the action up to 75,000 with him still having 120,000 behind in his stack. Gierse thought for a couple of minutes before folding to bring his stack down to 365,000 and Roed's stack up to 275,000.