Lucchini Doubles Through Brandstrom, Leaves Him With Crumbs
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Claudio Lucchini saw action folded to him in the hijack and shoved his last 147,000 into the middle. He received action from Simon Brandstrom, who was on the button and covered Lucchini by just a few big blinds.
Claudio Lucchini: 
Simon Brandstrom: 
Lucchini pulled further ahead on the flop 
, flopping top set. However, the turn 
gave him a sweat to fade the straight draw that Brandstrom picked up. The river 
was safe, resulting in a fist pump as the amount to be sent his way was counted and committed from Brandstrom, leaving him with just 25,000 behind as Lucchini stacked his newly-earned chips to bring him over 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
309,000 | 309,000 |
|
25,000 |
, giving Kozenkai the nut flush. However, Soulier's top set meant he had outs at the board pairing to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, the turn 
and river 
rolled off the deck, but the river was indeed the 
. According to Durnegger after the hand, he opened and Sibgatova called. Sibgatova then check-called a continuation-bet on the flop before check-raising all in on the turn. 
would give Durnegger a flush. That card did not come as the river fell 
. The turn 
provided a clean runout and Kurko found new life with under 20 eliminations left to go before the day's end.
and Kozenkai led out with a bet of 8,000. Rados called. The river fell 
