Players are heading for their seconde 20-minute break of the day. There are now 62 players remaining. When play resumes, blinds will be on 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante.
Players are heading for their seconde 20-minute break of the day. There are now 62 players remaining. When play resumes, blinds will be on 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante.
Three players were all in preflop. Andy Black had the ![]()
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to give Black the rarest of hands, the royal flush. Beresford was eliminated from the event in 67th place.
You can check out that hand below:
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Eric McGeough and Ghrabie Dost were involved in a pot over at the feature table.
Dost raised from the hijack for 75,000 and McGeough went all-in from the small blind for 860,000, covering Dost's 650,000 chips.
Dost immediately called and a flip was revealed to the viewers.
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Dost took a massive lead on the ![]()
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flop, but was sickened to see the
turn appear. He sat in his chair in disbelief as the meaningless
was put on the board, but that did not change the fact that his time in the spotlights, and the tournament, was officially over.
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Benny Glaser raised from under the gun with ![]()
and Jurgen Hofer made it 145,000 with ![]()
, Jurgen Reichert called all in for 140,000 holding ![]()
and Glaser called.
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and Hofer jammed for 345,000. Glaser made the call and it looked like he was set to lose the hand.
The turn came the
and the river was the
. That gave Glaser trips and he eliminated both Reichert and Hofer from the event.
Glaser, who won the €5,000 Irish Open High Roller just a few days ago, now has 1,300,000 chips and is in serious contention for the title.
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Panteleimon Pontos opened from the cutoff to 50,000 and Kevin O'Donnell three-bet to 170,000.
Pontos went deep into the tank, long enough that the table felt the need to call the clock on him. During his countdown, Pontos decided to four-bet jam all-in for over 500,000 chips. O'Donnell instantly called and Pontos showed his hand reluctantly.
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Kevin O'Donnell: ![]()
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Pontos had put his stack at risk with a daring four-bet bluff, but was a big dog against O'Donnell's dominating ace. Pontos turned a flush draw on the ![]()
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runout. The
river had the right color but the wrong suit for Pontos to stay alive.
He left the tournament area while O'Donnell won a big pot to soar up the ranks.
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Leo Worthington-Leese shoved all in from late position with a relatively short stack. He was called by Jamie Wynne and the cards were flipped on their backs.
Leo Worthington-Leese: ![]()
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Jamie Wynne: ![]()
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. Both players hit a pair of kings on the flop and Wynne had the better kicker. The river brought Wynne two pair with his aces and he won the pot. Worthington-Leese busted the tournament in 73rd place.
Wynne, meanwhile, brought his chip stack up to over 1,500,000.
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Nikolai Mamut was all in preflop against Neil O'Reilly. Players flipped their cards and Mamut was at risk.
Nikolai Mamut: ![]()
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Neil O'Reilly: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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. O'Reilly hit a pair of kings on the flop to give him the pot. Mamut was eliminated in 74th place for €4,550.
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In the previous level, Jurgen Hofer and Michel Molenaar were all-in preflop on the feature table. Hofer opened from early position to 40,000 and Molenaar made it 120,000 from the small blind. Hofer then four-bet all in for 245,000 and received a quick call from Molenaar.
Jurgen Hofer: ![]()
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Michel Molenaar: ![]()
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Hofer flopped the world on![]()
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, leaving Molenaar drawing to one direct out. The turn
locked up the pot for Hofer as he made the nut flush and he rivered a meaningless bonus
to put some salt in Molenaar's wound.
Even having lost the pot, Molenaar is still sitting comfortably on a healthy stack of more than 50 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Scott Kahler was all in from early position for 330,000 chips and Vasyl Laba also moved all in. All other players folded and two players flipped their cards, with Laba the player at risk.
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. Laba didn't improve, so Kahler's pocket eights held up. Laba was eliminated from the tournament in 80th place for €4,550.
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