We are now on a 75 minute dinner break. There will be two more levels when the action returns unless the field trims down from its current 28 players to 16 before then.
While you wait, here is a closer look at octochamp on Countdown Andrew Hulme.
We are now on a 75 minute dinner break. There will be two more levels when the action returns unless the field trims down from its current 28 players to 16 before then.
While you wait, here is a closer look at octochamp on Countdown Andrew Hulme.
Georges Chehade got his stack down low without playing any hands since joining the feature table since break. That just changed as he shoved for 116,000 from the hijack. Team PokerStars Pro Felipe Ramos reshoved for 704,000 from the small blind and the player from the big blind folded.
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Ramos had a good lead going into the flop and his hand held throughout the hand as the board ran out ![]()
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. Shehade wished all his opponents good luck as he left the table and hit the rail.
Kent Roed bet what looked like 250,000 in a battle of the blinds from the small, and Stefan Fabian jammed in the big on the ![]()
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board. It was enough to put Roed at risk for his last 500,000 or so and he folded after some time, showing ![]()
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Salvatore Bonavena made a wager of about 200,000 from the big blind on a ![]()
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flop and then called a shove of 636,000 from Janos Kurtosi.
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The Italian was crushed but got some chopping outs on the
turn. The
bricked off on the river.
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flop, and Marius Gierse bet 85,000 when checked to by both opponents. Sergei Petrushevskii shoved for 430,000, chasing away the third player, and Gierse called.
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The
turn and
river were blanks, enabling Petrushevskii to double up.
Martin Kabrhel opened for 48,000 from the hijack and was called by Cristinel Dumitru from the cutoff. Kabrhel led out for 45,000 on the ![]()
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flop and Dumitru called.
The
paired the board and Kabrhel fired out for 69,000 and got a call from Dumitru . The
completed the board. Kabrhel checked before Dumitru bet 163,000. Kabrhel said, "So you still want to go to dinner with me?" before he tanked for more than three minutes. Kabrhel folded and asked for his opponent to show. The duo agreed that if next time Kabrhel showed so would Dumitru.
Kabrhel after the hand was still tried to get info and asked tried to convince his opponent to share what he had during the dinner break.
David Peters bet 115,000 from the small blind on a board of ![]()
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. His opponent, big blind Friedrich Meyer, called. Peters checked the
river and Meyer checked back. Peters showed ![]()
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Tim Cerkvenik was down to a mere 68,000 a bit ago but is full of life now. For his latest double, he shoved 450,000 in from middle position and got a call from big blind Janos Kurtosi. Cerkvenik had ![]()
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. He flopped a ten and rivered another to survive.
Marton Czuczor opened to 55,000 second to act and called the jam of Anton Hrabchak for 375,000.
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Czuczor flopped his shorter-stacked opponent nearly dead when ![]()
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hit and the
ended it on the turn.
Sam Cohen raised to 55,000 from the cutoff. Andrew Hulme called from the button before Aleksandr Nemtcov shoved for 346,000 from the small blind.
The player in the big blind and Cohen folded. Hulme said he believed he would call but asked for a quick count before he did so.
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Nemtcov's pocket aces held strong as the board ran out ![]()
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to double up to 803,000.