| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Sergi Reixach raised under the gun to 3,000, Kenny Hallaert, in early position, called and Motokatsu Uhara three-bet to 10,000, from the cutoff. Tom Fuchs four-bet to 23,000 from the big blind and only Uhara called.
Fuchs continued for 10,000 on a flop of 7♦8♠4♦. Uhara called.
The 9♥ turn saw Fuchs empty the clip, moving all in and putting Uhara to the test for his remaining 56,000. Uhara elected to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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143,000
74,000
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74,000 |
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109,000
109,000
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109,000 |
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106,000
106,000
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106,000 |
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56,000
56,000
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56,000 |
Rona Gergely opened from middle position, but Khalil Ghassan in the hijack three-bet to 9,000. In the cutoff, Marcin Kreft looked at his cards, and went all in for 22,500.
Action came back to Gergely, who five-bet all in for 82,500. Ghassan seemed to hesitate, but he eventually called with the biggest stack.
Marcin Kreft: Q♣Q♠
Rona Gergely: A♠K♦
Khalil Ghassan: A♦10♦
Gergely hit top pair on the flop 9♦9♣K♥, but Ghassan could still win thanks to the turn 6♦ that gave him a flush draw. However, the A♥ came on the river to secure Gergely's win with two pair and eliminate Kreft.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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191,500
191,500
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191,500 |
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54,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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Busted |
A controversial hand on Table 17 captured the attention of most of the tournament room.
There was around 60,000 in the pot on the 3♥2♦8♥7♥J♠ board. Merijn van Rooij announced all in from early position, and his opponent, Maan El Hachem, called off his remaining stack of 17,200.
Van Rooij tabled his K♥K♦ for a pair of kings. El Hachem kept his cards face down and pushed them forward, thinking Van Rooij had K♥J♥ for a flush. The dealer then placed his cards on top of the muck, where they were still easily retrievable.
El Hachem then realised that Van Rooij had just a pair of kings, and he could beat that. El Hachem said he had deuces, which was good for a set, and the cards were taken from the top of the muck and turned over. It showed that El Hachem indeed had 2x2x.
The floor was then called over, and the initial ruling was that El Hachem's hand was dead due to going into the muck. El Hachem and a few players at the table then said his hand should still be alive because when there is an all-in and a call, the cards should go on their backs.
The floor went to EPT Tournament Director Toby Stone for a final say due to the grey area about hands going into the muck in this scenario. The decision was made during the tail end of the break, and the original decision had been overruled, and it was declared that El Hachem's hand was still in play. With that, he scooped in the pot.
"At all-in and call, it is the dealer's responsibility to protect the player's cards, so for this reason, the hand is still alive," said Stone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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150,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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95,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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85,000
38,000
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38,000 |
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Razvan Nicolae Sabau raised from middle position, Benjamin Spragg three-bet to 10,500 from the button and Sabau called.
Sabau check-called a bet of 7,000 from Spragg on a flop of 3♣8♣2♦.
The 7♠ turn saw Sabau play out of flow, moving all in for 23,000. Spragg thought for a moment before making the call.
Razvan Nicolae Sabau: 4♣4♠
Benjamin Spragg: A♥K♣
The river fell an inconsequential 3♥ and Sabau's fours held to double him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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83,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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47,000
47,000
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47,000 |
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From early position, Kurt Kemal raised to 3,500, then saw Mark Smith in the hijack moving all in for 7,500. All the other players folded, and Kemal made the call.
Mark Smith: Q♠Q♣
Kurt Kemal: A♦7♦
Smith easily doubled up as he found a queen on the flop on 5♠8♣Q♦7♥A♠. He doubled up to 19,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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48,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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19,000
19,000
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19,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
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The remaining 401 players have been sent on another 20-mintue break.
Alejandro Lococo opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and called when Fabian Niederreiter jammed for 27,000.
Fabian Niederreiter: A♥6♥
Alejandro Lococo: K♣J♣
Lococo was open-ended on the Q♠10♥7♣ flop but failed to improve on the 8♦ turn and 3♠ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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95,000 | |
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56,000 | |
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