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Internet prodigy Michael ”Timex” McDonald eliminated Syikrai Istafan and put a dent in Aniol Alcaraz stack at the same time. Istafan went all-in holding pre-flop and Alcaraz and McDonald called from the blinds. The flop came , Alcaraz checked, McDonald bet 25k and got a call. The turn was the , and was checked by Alcaraz; McDonald then bet 40k and got the call while the all-in Istafan was losing hope.
The river brought the , and another check from Alcaraz was followed by a final 80k bet from McDonald, who had a big smile on his face after Alcaraz then made the call. McDonald showed to rake the pot and eliminate Istafan at the same time.
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The biggest name left in the tournament, PokerStars pro Marcel Luske, was eliminated a few minutes ago by Johannes Strassmann. Strassmann raised pre-flop from late position and Luske went all in from the big blind holding . Strassmann called with . The flop came , but no more kings or fives showed on the turn or river and we have now lost the Flying Dutchman to the rail.
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Michael "Timex" McDonald has been on a rush during the first two levels of the day at PokerStars EPT German Open and is now far ahead of the other players with 745,000 in chips. He has now been moved to the TV table along with five other players, as there are now only 18 players left in the tournament. This is the seating on the TV table for level 18 where the blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante:
Seat 1 Manfred Hammer (Germany) 77,000
Seat 2 Aniol Alcaraz (Spain) 139,500
Seat 3 -
Seat 4 Mike "Timex" McDonald (Canada) 745,000
Seat 5 Claudio Rinaldi (Switzerland) 201,000
Seat 6 Daniel Carter (UK) 287,000
Seat 7 Alexander Milanov (Bulgaria) 113,000
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It is again time for a redraw in this fast-paced EPT tournament. We are now down to two tables and 16 players. Diego Perez has been running over his table for the past hour and is now back as leader with 900k in chips. McDonald is second with 765k.
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Marco Liesy, with , called an all-in by Andreas Gülünay holding in a pre-flop battle. The flop came , giving Gülünay a pair of nines which held up after the blank turn and river. Gülünay is now up to 370k and Liesy is out in 16th.
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1: Johannes Strassman 464,500
2: Mike McDonald 678,000
3: Daniel Ryan 191,500
4: Dan Carter 268,000
5: Manfred Hammer 85,000
6: -
7: Andreas Gülünay 370,000
8: Alexander Milanov 97,000
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Johannes Strassmann
Andreas Gülünay raises to 18k pre-flop, Johannes Strassmann re-raises another 49k and Gülünay calls after three minutes in the tank. The flop comes , Strassmann bets out 70k and Gülünay folds his . Strassmann shows as he rakes the pot.
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After a frantic tempo during the first two hours of the day, it has now slowed down as we are down to 15 players. There is quite a big jump in the prize list, from 16th place (€22,150) to 15th place (€31,700). In three minutes we will go on a dinner break.
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pre-flop and Alcaraz and McDonald called from the blinds. The flop came 
, Alcaraz checked, McDonald bet 25k and got a call. The turn was the 
, and was checked by Alcaraz; McDonald then bet 40k and got the call while the all-in Istafan was losing hope. 
, and another check from Alcaraz was followed by a final 80k bet from McDonald, who had a big smile on his face after Alcaraz then made the call. McDonald showed 
to rake the pot and eliminate Istafan at the same time.
. Strassmann called with 
. The flop came 
, but no more kings or fives showed on the turn or river and we have now lost the Flying Dutchman to the rail.
, called an all-in by Andreas Gülünay holding 
in a pre-flop battle. The flop came 
, giving Gülünay a pair of nines which held up after the blank turn and river. Gülünay is now up to 370k and Liesy is out in 16th.
, Strassmann bets out 70k and Gülünay folds his 
as he rakes the pot.