PokerStars ambassador Benjamin Spragg and 2016 EPT Barcelona champion Sebastian Malec have joined the list of bustouts here on the first level of Day 3.
PokerStars ambassador Benjamin Spragg and 2016 EPT Barcelona champion Sebastian Malec have joined the list of bustouts here on the first level of Day 3.
Manuel Bardon Oshea moved in his short stack from early position and was at risk against Ramiro Petrone in middle position.
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board ran out all low cards to keep the Argentinian ahead, while Oshea made his exit from the tournament.
Artur Martirosian bet 13,000 on a flop of ![]()
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from middle position and was called by Giovanni Petroni in the small blind.
Both players checked the
turn before Petroni led out for 35,000 on the
river.
Martirosian came back with a raise to 85,000 and Petroni used a time bank before folding.
The hand earlier, Martirosian and Stephen Chidwick got the rest of Chidwick's 160,000 in the middle on a board of ![]()
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for the rivered flush, but Martirosian showed ![]()
for a higher flush to send Chidwick to the rail.
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in a pot of just over 70,000. Vasyl Pidhrusnyi checked from early position with only a single 5,000 chip behind. Byron Kaverman slid in 5,000 from the hijack and Pidhrusnyi went deep in the tank.
Pidhrusnyi tossed in all of his time bank cards to give himself several minutes, hoping to make the pay jump at 183. With one second left on the clock, Pidhrusnyi made the call.
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completed the board and was no help to Pidhrusnyi as he exited in 185th place.
Seth Davies and Torben Sorensen played a very memorable hand at Table 21 that ended in the two chopping with the nuts.
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with Davies in the cutoff and Torensen on the button. Davies checked the flop and Torensen fired a bet of 30,000. Davies called.
Davies checked again on the
turn and Torensen sized up to 55,000. Davies, with his face concealed by a grey baseball cap pulled over his eyes, used a time bank and called.
The
river put quads on the board and Davies again used a time bank as he sat stoically in his chair. Eventually, he announced "all in," only to get snapped off by Sorensen. Davies tabled ![]()
for the stone nuts with quad sixes and an ace kicker. But holding the nuts wasn't enough to earn Davies the pot as his Danish opponent also held the nuts with ![]()
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"That's one of three rivers where I don't have a hard decision," Davies said after the hand.
"It's funny: One of you is bluffing on the turn and the other is bluff-catching. Then you both have the nuts on the river!" laughed Gergely Kulcsar from the one seat. "It's fun to watch you guys."
"It was a fun hand," agreed Davies.
Level 17 has come to an end and players are on the first 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Action folded around to Said Chegdane in the small blind who moved all in for his last 90,000. Maria Lampropulos asked for a count in the big blind, and after a moment of thought made the call.
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Chegdane was well ahead with his better kicker and when the board ran out ![]()
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, it was the pair of queens for Chegdane that scored him the full double up.