James Romero has lost around half of his stack, down from his top-ten position when the claxon sounded today. He has pulled some back however, after eliminating Aram Sargsyan in the penultimate hand of the level.
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Erwann Pecheux shoved from mid-position and was called by Sylvain Mazza on the button.
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for Pecheux to pick up an open-ended straight draw on the turn but brick the river to bust.
Aram Sargsyan was also eliminated in the meantime on one of the other tables.
Ermo Kosk has lost chips so far today. He limped in the small blind out of 90,000 and Francois Evard checked the big blind.
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and Kosk lead for 12,000. Evard raised to 25,000 and it was a snap-all in from Kosk followed by an equally fast call by Evard.
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It was top pair vs an overpair and Evard needed a nine or a king to eliminate Kosk. The ![]()
turn and river didn't oblige and Kosk gets a much-needed double.
Aladin Reskallah raised from the button, Gen Nose three-bet from the small blind and action folded back to Reskallah. Reskallah four-bet shoved which sent Nose into the tank, After using 3 time bank cards, Nose decided to make the call.
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for Reskallah's pocket tens to hold and eliminate Nose from the Main Event.
Over on one of the other tables, Dominykas Karmazinas was eliminated too.
Ramon Miquel Munoz raised from the under-the-gun position to 11,000 and he was called by Seth Davies from the button. Jean-René Fontaine three-bet from the button to 32,000. Munoz four-bet to 64,000 and the call was put in by Fontaine.
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and Munoz took the pot down after he continued with a bet of 47,000.
PokerStars Ambassador Fatima Moreira De Melo has taken a hit to her stack after losing a three-outer against Antonio Scalzi. Moreira De Melo opened to 10,000 and Scalzi moved all in for 65,000 from the small blind. Moreira De Melo made a quick call but Scalzi thought she had folded and his cards almost went into the muck, before the confusion was sorted out.
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The flop was an interesting ![]()
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, giving Scalzi more outs to chop. The
on the river saw Scalzi move into the lead and with no king, ace or case nine on the
river, Fatima counted out the chips to hand over.
Emrah Cakmak raised to 11,000 from the early position and Jean Mikhael shoved from the cutoff for 88,000. Action folded back to Cakmak who looked at his own stack and then made the call.
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for Mikhael to flop top pair immediately to secure a double-up.
Milos Lalovic is amongst the lastest players to bust after failing to win a flip with pocket-jacks against Francois Evard's ![]()
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Lalovic is joined at the rail by Guy Catan, Tamer Kamel, and Enio Bozzano.
Luis Medina opened for 12,000 and it folded round to Ludovic Geilich in the big blind, who made the call.
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and after Geilich checked, Medina checked it back. The turn came the
and Geilich lead for 13,000, which Medina flatted.
The bottom card paired on the
river and Geilich bet bigger this time, making it 42,000 to go. Medina made the call and Geilich had a quick peek at his cards before sending them into the muck and Medina took it down without having to show his holding.
Ryan Riess raised to 11,000 from the cutoff and Orpen Kisacikoglu three-bet to 35,000 from the button. The players in the blinds got out of the way but Riess stuck around with a call.
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and Riess checked to Kisacikoglu. He fired another bet of 22,000 and Riess called again. The turn was the
and both players checked to see the
river complete the board.
Riess checked to Kisacikoglu for the third time and he checked behind for the second time in a row. Riess opened up ![]()
and took down the pot with the nut-flush.