Thorel Gets Shorter; Tsang Chips Up
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Laszlo Bujtas doubled his short stack and Murad Akhundov won a small pot against Samuli Sipila with quad jacks, then Jean-Noel Thorel lost a bigger pot to Alexander Petersen.
Petersen bet the 
turn for 46,000 and Thorel called. After the 
river, Petersen bet 60,000 and Thorel folded.
Last but not least, Anson Tsang chipped up through Niko Soininen. Tsang raised to 9,000 first to act and was called by Soininen in the cutoff and Cord Garcia on the button. The 
flop was checked to Soininen, who bet 11,000. Garcia folded and Tsang called. Both checked the 
turn and Tsang check-called a bet of 15,000 on the river.
Soininen showed the 
and Tsang won the pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 50,000 |
|
215,000 | -29,000 |
|
190,000 | 60,000 |
|
130,000 | 55,000 |
|
100,000 | -95,000 |
flop and Thorel bet the 
turn for 35,000, Sotiriadis called. On the 
river, Thorel checked and folded when facing a bet of 30,000.
turn was bad news for Keijzer, who now needed a queen and a queen only to avoid the elimination. Instead, it was the blank 
against the top set of tens of Samuli Sipila and bricked the river.
river saw Katz bet 40,000 and Capitan folded.