Thorel Left With Fumes; van Holsteyn Eliminated
Level 3
: 200/400, 0 ante
Krzysztof Magott raised it up and was called by Fraser MacIntyre, then Jean-Noel Thorel three-bet and both called. They headed to a flop of 
and action checked MacIntyre on the button, who bet 5,000. Thorel called and Magott check-raised to 15,500, again both opponents called.
The 
appeared on the turn and Thorel moved all in for 30,300, Magott sighed but called all in for slightly less, which forced out MacIntyre.
Jean-Noel Thorel: 
Krzysztof Magott: 
The 
on the river failed to improve Thorel and he was left with 600 chips, headed out of the tournament and his remaining chips are currently blinded out.
At almost the same time, Chris Dowling sent Pim van Holsteyn to the rail to make it three early casualties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
85,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
28,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
600
-47,400
|
-47,400 |
|
Busted | |
flop, Saman Nakhjavani and Dany Chidiac got their stacks in and the former was the player at risk for round 35,000.
on the turn improved Chidiac to a full house and Nakhjavani couldn't get the one outer for the royal flush, as instead the blank 
fell on the river.
and shoved for just 7,400. Fellow Dane Johan Espholm looked him up and the following cards were turned over.
turn brought no help for Espholm, but he got there with the 
river to eliminate Rasmussen on the first bullet.
of Chidiac.
double suit and Chris Dowling looked him up with the 
. The 
on the turn immediately improved the Irishman, and the 
