In a preflop raising war between two shorter stacks, it was no surprise when two premium pairs were revealed in the showdown between Fraser Bellamy and Tibor Szenasi.
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runout sent Bellamy to the rail.
In a preflop raising war between two shorter stacks, it was no surprise when two premium pairs were revealed in the showdown between Fraser Bellamy and Tibor Szenasi.
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runout sent Bellamy to the rail.
In a post flop all-in contest, Samuiel Stan was all-in for 16,500 with the ![]()
with the flop showing ![]()
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. A move by Rachid El Yaacoubi with the ![]()
had gone wrong and the
turn locked up the double for Stan to make the
river a formality.
Christophe Pommier opened from early position to 1,200 and the action folded around to Iliodoros Kamatakis who called in the big blind.
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, Kamatakis check-called the 1,600 continuation bet from Pommier and the two players went to the turn.
The dealer fanned the
turn and both players checked to the
river.
Kamatakis led out for 2,300 and Pommier mucked his hand quietly as Kamatakis stacked the chips.
Guy Madar raised and Daniel Maequis three-bet to 3,000 which Nicanor Sula cold-called. Madar then jammed for 11,800 and Maequis called while Sula folded and exposed the cards to the dealer, who mentioned "six five".
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and that spelled the end for Madar.
"What did you fold?" a curious Maequis asked and then added "six five?" A very serious Sula replied "no no, I folded five six".
According to Thomas Quaade on the button, Alexander Norden had defended the big blind in three-way action and check-called a bet on the ![]()
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flop. Norden then check-raised the
turn from 5,000 to 12,000 and the preflop aggressor Georgios Alexandropoulos stuck around.
Norden jammed the
river for 20,900 and his opponent went deep into the tank before he called.
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for a straight and Alexandropoulos briefly showed his ![]()
for an overpair to take a large blow to his stack.
In a battle of shorter stacks, Sonny Franco was narrowly covered by Alex Kulev but had the best of it when the cards were revealed.
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and Kulev made a full house on turn and river. His stack of 14,000 covered and Franco was sent to the rail. While Kulev had been taking a massage for a while already, Franco just started one two minutes prior and instantly apologised to the massage therapist before heading out of the tournament area.
After doubling the last hand before the break, Vincze Baranyi found himself all in and at risk against Panagiotis Gavriilidis the very first hand back after the break for a total of 10,200 chips.
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and Baranyi was eliminated by Gavriilidis and his turned full house.
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, Juan Pardo bet just 600. Klas Krueger moved all-in for 6,400 and Pardo went into the tank before he called. Krueger revealed the ![]()
for a flush and Pardo briefly showed his ![]()
to take a hit.