Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Players have been sent on their first break of the day. There are now 106 players remaining after the first two levels. When action resumes, blinds will be on 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante.
Alvaro Almeida was under the gun and had raised to an unknown amount, placing two T-25,000 chips in front of him. Joe O'Neill, who told PokerNews that he folded kings preflop correctly yesterday, was in the cutoff and made it 127,000 to go.
Almeida was in the tank for several minutes before announcing a call and the ![]()
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flop was dealt. Almeida instantly led all-in for 249,000 chips and O'Neill snap called with the covering stack.
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Top pair for Almeida but he was in dire shape against the overpair of O'Neill.
O'Neill let out an expletive as the
turn hit the felt, turning the tables massively in Almeida's favor. The
river did nothing to amend the situation and Almeida was as happy as could be that he was still in contention for the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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792,000
68,000
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251,000
610,000
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610,000 |
Julian Bartholmes popped into the press area to relay the story of his bustout.
He open raised to 35,000 and was called by Bjorn Gravlien in the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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, Gravlien checked and Bartholmes bet 35,000, which Gravlien called.
The turn was the
and Gravlien checked again. Bartholmes bet out for 60,000 and Gravlien moved all in.
"Well, fuck it," said Bartholmes, "if you've got the queens then you're good." He called and flipped ![]()
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The river though, came
to give Gravlien the set and Bartholmes was eliminated from the tournament.
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508,000
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Tom Waters raised from under the gun, John Adderley called on the button and Conor O'Rourke called in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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. O'Rourke checked and Waters made it 40,000 to go. Adderley called and O'Rourke folded.
The turn was the
and Waters moved all in. Adderley swiftly made the call and flipped over ![]()
for a set of twos. Waters showed ![]()
for top pair with a flush draw.
The river was the
, which gave Waters his flush and put a hude dent in Adderley's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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610,000
213,000
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213,000 |
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130,000
435,000
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435,000 |
Michel Molenaar opened from the hijack to 33,000 and Jurgen Hofer called from the button. Benny Glaser was in the big blind and saw his opportunity to go for it all. He went all-in for 265,000 chips, just over 16 big blinds.
Molenaar and Hofer both asked for a count, but both decided to fold after hearing the exact number, saving Glaser some sweat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,200,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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660,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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345,000
201,000
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Gary Robertson raise to 35,000 from late position and Tomas Jauring moved all in from the small blind. Robertson called and two players flipped their cards, with Jauring being the player at risk.
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. The turn brought Jauring a pair of aces and the river gave Robertson a set of jacks.
"Oooofff", said a neutral player as Jauring was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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560,000
250,000
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250,000 |
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The action folded to old-school legend Ross Boatman in the small blind, who made it 40,000 to go. Big blind Stefan Bratanov obliged and the pair saw the flop of ![]()
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appear.
Boatman continuation-bet for 40,000 after inquiring about his opponent's stack and Bratanov called once more.
Boatman slowed down on the
turn with a check, after which Bratanov put Boatman all-in with a bet of 150,000. Boatman quickly folded and was left with nine big blinds, while Bratanov, who also started the hand short, got a much-needed double-up.
An orbit later Boatman got his stack in preflop the same blind-versus-blind situation.
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Bratanov hit a pair on the ![]()
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board and Boarman's king-high spelled the end of his tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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441,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Damian Moran found himself all in against Eugeniu Barbaros in a classic poker cooler. Barbaros was at risk but holding the superior hand.
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The board ran out ![]()
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. Barbaros held with his pocket aces and got the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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890,000
360,000
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255,000
177,000
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177,000 |