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Michael "Timex" McDonald
Michael "Timex" McDonald showed some creative play when he won a medium-sized pot against Johannes Strassmann. Strassmann raised pre-flop and McDonald called. It was checked down to river with a board of where McDonald bet out 110k and Strassmann called with . McDonald then raked the pot with his for top pair. Right after that hand, all the players began an hour-long dinner break. We will be back at around 8:00 PM local time in Dortmund.
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Table 1:
1: Johannes Strassmann 461,000
2: Mike McDonald 698,000
3: Daniel Ryan 157,500
4: Dan Carter 247,000
5: Manfred Hammer 100,000
6: -
7: Andreas Gülünay 267,500
8: Alexander Milanov 181,000
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After an hour-long dinner break, the players are now back in their seats. The back-and-forth fight for the chip lead has turned again as Diego Perez has gone up to 730k to Mike McDonald’s 698k. The blinds are now at 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante.
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Aniol Alcaraz
There was some action on table two as we first saw Thibaut Durand double up to 240k against chip leader Diego Perez, and then an elimination, as Aniol Alcaraz departed after going all in with and Christian Harder called with . The board came and there are now 14 players left in the PokerStars EPT German Open.
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Suddenly the bustouts are coming quickly. Both Jiri Kulhanek and Manfred Hammer were eliminated within two minutes of each other and each received €31,700. The next player out will get €41,100. As soon as we are down to eight players, the day is over and the remaining players will come back tomorrow to play the final table.
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Daniel Ryan went all-in pre-flop holding and was called by Daniel Carter, who had . Carter looked good to eliminate Ryan up until the turn, as the board was at that point, but the on the river saved Ryan, who is now back in great shape. Carter is down on a short stack.
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In the hand following that big blow, Daniel Carter went all in with his final 58k holding and was called by Andreas Gülünay's . The board showed and Andreas' kicker eight was enough to eliminate Daniel Carter.
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Tyler Friederich and Diego Perez saw an flop and both players checked. On the turn, Friederich checked again, Perez bet 40k into the 85k pot, Friederich went all in with for two pair, and Perez called straight away showing for the Broadway straight. Friederich needed a jack or a ten but the river brought a instead. Tyler Friederich is our 11th-place finisher, collecting 41,100 Euros. We will see two more eliminations today before Day 3 is over and they will both receive 52,200 Euros.
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where McDonald bet out 110k and Strassmann called with 
. McDonald then raked the pot with his 
for top pair. Right after that hand, all the players began an hour-long dinner break. We will be back at around 8:00 PM local time in Dortmund.
and there are now 14 players left in the PokerStars EPT German Open.
and was called by Daniel Carter, who had 
. Carter looked good to eliminate Ryan up until the turn, as the board was 
at that point, but the 
on the river saved Ryan, who is now back in great shape. Carter is down on a short stack.
. The board showed 
and Andreas' kicker eight was enough to eliminate Daniel Carter.
flop and both players checked. On the 
for two pair, and Perez called straight away showing 
