Garret Gruener Eliminated in 10th Place (€25,190)
Josip Simunic had been stealing the blinds and antes once more and then shoved out of the big blind when Joao Ribeiro min-raised to enforce a fold. Two hands later he limped from the button and Jean-Noel Thorel called to see the flop of
. Garret Gruener in the big blind checked through as well and the three of them headed to the
turn.
Gruener check-folded to a bet of 50,000 by Simunic and Thorel called. The
river saw another check by Thorel and he called the 116,000-bet of the Austrian with
for two pair, Simunic was caught bluffing with queen-high.
Gruener was forced all in the next hand for 10,000 chips after having forfeited his other 3,000 chips as ante. Ribeiro in the big blind turned over
and the American at risk held
. The
flop gave the Portuguese two pair and it was all over after the
turn. A meaningless
river completed the board and Gruener receives €25,190 for his 10th-place finish.
A redraw to the unofficial final table now takes place and new chip counts will be available shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
488,000
|
488,000 |
|
|
83,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
|
Busted |