Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Isaac Haxton opened for 28,000 from early position and was called by Sami Kelopuro from the cutoff.
Haxton fired out for 51,625 on the ![]()
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flop and Kelopuro called. Haxton then check-called a bet of 49,525 on the
river.
The
river completed the board and Haxton checked before he gave up on the hand facing a bet of 233,240 from Kelopuro.
"xyzpoker" lost their short-stack shortly before the break to leave 15 players remaining and 13 guaranteed at least a min-cash of $44,861.
Malinowski was leading the way of the final 15 players. Here is a look at all of the chip counts at the break.
The tournament is on its sixth short break.
The table quickly broke but Timothy Nuter got it in with ![]()
and didn't win a flip against Pedro Garagnani's ![]()
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The action was down to just 16 players and consolidated onto two tables after that hand.
Level: 22
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
Stephen O'Dwyer opened for 26,400 from the hijack before he called off for 228,645 facing a button jam by Sami Kelopuro.
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O'Dwyer hit top pair on the ![]()
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flop but this also gave Kelopuro a set. The
turn opened up a flush draw but O'Dwyer was ousted in 18th place when that failed to complete on the
river.
Anatoly Filatov opened to 36,00 from under the gun and was called by Sam Greenwood from the big blind.
Filatov fired out for 41,205 on the ![]()
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flop and Greenwood called off for his stack of 30,874.
Sam Greenwood: ![]()
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Anatoly Filatov: ![]()
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Both players had top pair but Greenwood had kicker problems. Those problems weren't solved on the
turn nor the
river and Greenwood was eliminated in 19th place.
Wiktor Malinowski, Samuel Vousden, and David Coleman were the only three players over 1 million in chips and were also on the same table with three tables remaining.
Just before the blinds increased, Matthias Eibinger opened for 20,000 from early position. Isaac Haxton raised to 48,000 from the hijack. Eibinger four-bet jammed for 236,006 and Haxton called.
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Isaac Haxton: ![]()
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Haxton's ladies were good enough to win the hand with the ![]()
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board blanking Eibinger to send him packing.