Action folded to Simon Ravnsbæk in the small blind. The Danish super star shoved all in for just under 60,000 and Craig McCorkell in the big blind made the call.
Simon Ravnsbæk:
Craig McCorkell:
What started out as a fair fight, changed drastically on the flop: . Ravnsbæk got up from the table and was drawing dead by the time the hit the turn. The completed the board and Ravnsbæk made his exit.
With the elimination of the following players we're now down to 68 players. A total of 39 will get paid, so we are getting quite close to the money before the dinner break, which is in about 90 minutes.
Nick Petrangelo opened the cutoff for 12,000 and small blind Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 36,500. Frederik Jensen folded his big blind, Petrangelo made the call.
Both players checked the flop and the fell on the turn. Geilich checked again, and called Petrangelo's 32,500 bet.
Geilich checked again on the river. Petrangelo thought for a bit and bet 81,000. Geilich snap called.
Petrangelo showed for not much of anything, Geilich tabled and received the pot.
Griffin Benger raised under the gun to 11,000 and from his immediate left it was Rui Ferreira who three-bet to 24,000. The action folded all the way back around to Benger and he moved all in for 117,000.
Ferreira made the call and the showdown went as following.
Benger:
Ferreira:
The board ran out , and while Benger hit a pair of queens he was knocked out by Ferreira's set of nines.
Russell Thomas opened to 10,000 and Ilkin Amirov shoved all in for 60,000 precise from the button. Big blind Walid Bou Habib thought about it for a second, before moving all in over the top. Thomas had an easy decision, he folded right away.
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The flop showed on which both blinds, Sam Greenwood and Joao Vieira, checked to Rui Ferreira on the button. Ferreira bet 11,000, Greenwood called and Vieira moved all in for 99,000.
Ferreira went into the tank for about a minute before folding, Greenwood needed two but folded eventually as well.
One of our colleagues just dropped by to tell us the details on Fady Kamar's last two hands.
Fady Kamar made it 11,000 under the gun and called Gerald Karlic's small blind three-bet to 27,000. Kamar called. Both players checked the flop and turn. Karlic bet 32,000 on the river and Kamar called. Karlic showed and Kamar mucked.
With just 23,000 behind he was in the big blind the next hand. Sylvain Loosli opened for 11,000 and Karlic made the call on the button. Kamar called from the big blind and checked on . Loosli checked as well and Karlic bet 17,000. Kamar called all in and Loosli folded.
Karlic:
Kamar:
The fell on the turn and the completed the board. Exit for Kamar.
. Ravnsbæk got up from the table and was drawing dead by the time the 
hit the turn. The 
completed the board and Ravnsbæk made his exit.
flop and the 
fell on the turn. Geilich checked again, and called Petrangelo's 32,500 bet.
river. Petrangelo thought for a bit and bet 81,000. Geilich snap called.
for not much of anything, Geilich tabled 
and received the pot.
on which both blinds, Sam Greenwood and Joao Vieira, checked to Rui Ferreira on the button. Ferreira bet 11,000, Greenwood called and Vieira moved all in for 99,000.
flop and 
turn. Karlic bet 32,000 on the 
river and Kamar called. Karlic showed 
and Kamar mucked.
. Loosli checked as well and Karlic bet 17,000. Kamar called all in and Loosli folded.
