Action has slowed down as the final two tables begin to sense the lion's share of the prize pool waiting for them at the final table.
Action has slowed down as the final two tables begin to sense the lion's share of the prize pool waiting for them at the final table.
With approximately two million chips already in the pot on the river with the board reading ![]()
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, Tjenno Eskes gave several minutes of thought to a roughly 1.5 million chip all-in bet from Mathias Siljander.
Ultimately, Eskes made a hero call from the button with ![]()
for ace-high. Unfortunately for him, Siljander held ![]()
in the big blind for three eights to win the pot.
Level: 32
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Dan Borlan raised to 325,000 from the cutoff and Alejandro Lococo three-bet to 1,500,000 from the big blind. Borlan called after thinking it over and the flop was ![]()
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Lococo bet 1,000,000 on the flop and Borlan called to see
on the turn.
Lococo checked the turn and called when Borlan fired 1,600,000. The river was
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The river brought a check from Lococo and Borlan moved in for his last 2,510,000. Lococo went deep into the tank for several minutes.
After a great deal of thought, Lococo called and turned over ![]()
for a pair of threes. Borlan tabled ![]()
and was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place for €20,780.
After Pawel Bzeski moved all-in from middle position, Karol Konopka moved all-in over top, having Brzeski covered.
Pawel Brzeski: ![]()
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Karol Konopka: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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, bringing no help to Brzeski, and the ace-high of Konopka was good enough to claim the pot and send Brzeski home with €17,320
Ville Jantunen limped in from under the gun and Ricardo Caridade raised to 875,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Jantunen shoved with Caridade covered. Caridade thought for a moment and committed his last 700,000.
Ricardo Caridade: ![]()
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Ville Jantunen: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and the turned pair of aces was good enough to eliminate Caridade from the tournament in 15th place for €17,320.
Alexandre Reard raised to 330,000 from under the gun, Dan Borlan called from the button and Jakub Koleckar came along in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and after two checks, Borlan fired 350,000, only getting a call from Reard. The players checked the
turn, and then on the
river as well.
Reard showed ![]()
for the winner to boost his stack over 15 million.
Heinz Schluter raised to 825,000 from the button and Alejandro Lococo three-bet to 1,805,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Schluter went deep into the tank.
After several minutes, Lococo called the clock and the tournament director came over, but within a few seconds Schluter called for around 7,000,000.
Heinz Schluter: ![]()
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Alejandro Lococo: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and the queens held on to eliminate Schluter in 16th place for €15,200.
| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dan Borlan | 7,270,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Pawel Brzeski | 1,340,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Jakub Koleckar | 3,160,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Alexandre Reard | 13,000,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Heinz Schluter | 6,600,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Alejandro Lococo | 10,700,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Karol Konopka | 3,600,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Jon Kyte | 8,795,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Ricardo Caridade | 1,700,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Bartolomeo Tato | 9,175,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Tjenno Eskes | 5,900,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Ville Jantunen | 9,750,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Mathias Siljander | 1,825,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Yann Nasser | 5,500,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Merijn Van Rooij | 5,900,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Nicolas Cottin | 2,650,000 |
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000