We weren't witness ourselves, but our photographer told us about the start of an interesting hand. Jesse Sylvia opened under the gun for 6,000 and Ivan Soshnikov three-bet the button to 8,700. Small blind Ludovic Geilich made a cold four-bet to 17,800. Big blind Patrick Leonard's cards were then mucked by the dealer by accident.
Floor Kate Badurek came over, took Leonard aside and asked him what his cards were. He told her the exact cards, and she retrieved them out of the muck exactly where Leonard had said they would be.
With his cards back in his possession, Leonard now shoved all in for 98,000 to make the interesting hand even more bizarre. Soshnikov folded his button and Geilich went into the tank.
This is where we picked up the action and witnessed the two chatting a bit. We heard Leonard at one point say "You gotta gamble." Geilich wasn't convinced just yet and needed some more time. A player at the table called the clock and once more floor Badurek got involved. She started the one-minute countdown and at half way through, Geilich made the call.
Ludovic Geilich: 
Patrick Leonard: 
The flop came about as good as they could for Geilich with 
. After the 
on the turn Geilich didn't have to worry anymore, the 
on the river was there just to make things official.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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230,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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Busted | |
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against 
. His neighbor [Removed:551] made the call with 
. Back in action!
when Josip Simunic and Artur Koren checked to Jorryt van Hoof on the button. Van Hoof bet 3,800, Simunic called from the big blind and Koren folded from the cutoff.
and both players checked. On the river the 
hit and Simunic checked again. Van Hoof paused and bet 4,900 after which Simunic tanked for about 30 seconds and folded.
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and the British pro bet 5,800. Veiga called, Shorr folded.
and the flop brought 
and the river the 
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and [Removed:552] raked in this pot while Billard was knocked out.
