Break Time
The remaining three players are taking their first 20-minute break of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Georgios Kitsios | 2,005,000 | 110,000 |
Seth Davies | 1,010,000 | 100,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 485,000 | -90,000 |
The remaining three players are taking their first 20-minute break of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Georgios Kitsios | 2,005,000 | 110,000 |
Seth Davies | 1,010,000 | 100,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 485,000 | -90,000 |
Charlie Carrel opened to 35,000 in the cutoff and Georgios Kitsios three-bet to 115,000 in the small blind. Carrel called to see a flop of . Without looking at the flop, like he's done most of the tournament, Kitsios led out for 80,000. Carrel moved all in for around 445,000 and Kitsios snap-called.
Georgios Kitsios:
Charlie Carrel:
Carrel flopped a flush draw but it was Kitsios' pocket aces that currently held the lead. The on the turn and the on the river bricked off and Carrel was eliminated in fourth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Georgios Kitsios | 1,895,000 | 550,000 |
Charlie Carrel | Busted |
On a flop of , Sylvain Loosli and Charlie Carrel were heads-up in the pot. The two players quickly got all of their chips in the middle with Loosli being the player at risk for 248,000.
Sylvain Loosli:
Charlie Carrel:
Loosli out-flopped Carrel's pocket aces by making two pair and the on the turn improved him to a full house. The river was the and Loosli scored a double up again.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charlie Carrel | 710,000 | -285,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 575,000 | 225,000 |
It took only two hands, but Georgios Kitsios has wrestled the chip lead away from Charlie Carrel. Kitsios managed to put a dent in Carrel's stack when he turned the nut flush and Carrel made trips on the river.
Just a couple of hands later, Carrel raised to 35,000 on the button and Kitsios defended from the big blind. The flop came and Kitsios checked to Carrel who continued for 22,000. Kitsios check-raised to 68,000 and Carrel called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Kitsios announced a bet of 200,000 and Carrel said things suddenly got "weird".
Carrel was forced to use his first time bank of the tournament. "You finally got me," he said.
"I want them all," Kitsios responded.
After about a minute, Carrel splashed in a call. Kitsios turned over for two pair and Carrel sent his cards to the muck, relinquishing the chip lead for the first time in quite awhile.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Georgios Kitsios | 1,345,000 | 704,000 |
Charlie Carrel | 995,000 | -587,000 |
Sylvain Loosli was down to just 10 big blinds and he picked up a hand to go with for 163,000 on the button. Seth Davies confirmed the count and then made the call.
Sylvain Loosli:
Seth Davies:
The flop came to give Loosli a pair of tens and the lead. The on the turn made two pair for Loosli but Davies picked up an open-ended straight draw. The river was the and Loosli held on for the double up to stay alive.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Seth Davies | 910,000 | -165,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 350,000 | 187,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charlie Carrel | 1,582,000 | -138,000 |
Seth Davies | 1,075,000 | 284,000 |
Georgios Kitsios | 641,000 | 149,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 163,000 | -19,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Although Erik Seidel managed to find a double up through Charlie Carrel, he was still on the short stack with less than 200,000 chips. Carrel raised it up from the cutoff and Seidel moved all in for around 175,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Carrel quickly called.
Charlie Carrel:
Erik Seidel:
It was a coin flip with Seidel's tournament life on the line. The board ran out and Seidel was unable to connect in any way. Carrel claimed his chips back plus some extra as Seidel was eliminated in fifth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charlie Carrel | 1,720,000 | 80,000 |
Erik Seidel
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Busted |
Courtesy of Rene Velli
With a little over 100,000 in the middle and a completed board of spread across the felt, it was just Charlie Carrel and Erik Seidel left in the pot from the blinds.
Carrel had an overbet of 175,000 placed in front of him and Seidel was deep into the tank. After using up three of his time banks, Seidel finally flicked in a call. Carrel turned over for trip jacks and Seidel's cards went into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Charlie Carrel | 1,640,000 | 40,000 |
Erik Seidel
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112,000 | -225,000 |