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05-01-2025 16:58 UTC+2

Gaassand Gets Flatt

Richard Hayes

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Manuel Janas opened to 2,200 from early position, and received a call from Oliver Mihajlovski, before Per Gaassand produced a three-bet to 6,500 from middle position.

Jan-Thore Flatt was in the small blind, and he four-bet jammed for 17,000. Janas and Mihajlovksi got out of the way, but Gaassand called.

Jan-Thore Flatt: K♦Q♦ All in
Per Gaassand: J♥J♣

Flatt was behind in a race, and he couldn't find any help on the A♥7♣6♠8♦2♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Gaassand	86,000
Jan-Thore Flatt	Busted

Tags: Manuel Janas Oliver Mihajlovski Per Gaassand

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

05-01-2025 16:46 UTC+2

Carpenter Forces Paris River Fold

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Charlie Carpenter opened to 2,200 from the button, and was called by James Paris in the small blind.

Paris check-called in the face of a bet of 2,600 from Carpenter on the 8♥7♠5♦ flop.

The 5♥ turn paired the board and was checked through to the 3♣ river, where Paris checked once more. Carpenter took quite a bit of time before sliding out a bet of 11,000.

Paris went into the tank, and after what seemed like an age, ultimately folded his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Paris	78,000 78,000	78,000
Charlie Carpenter	48,000

Tags: Charlie Carpenter James Paris

05-01-2025 16:44 UTC+2

Unorthodox Line Works for Padovani

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Sonia Padovani limp-called from the under the gun versus a raise to 3,500 from Grzegorz Skawinski in the small blind.

On the Q♠10♥5♣ flop, Skawinski continued with a bet of 2,500, only to be met with a raise to 6,000 from Padovani. After some thought, Skawinski called.

The 3♦ rolled off on the turn, and Skawinski checked to his opponent.

Padovani fired out a smallish bet of 5,200, and Skawinski looked suspicious. However after around 90 seconds of thought, he dumped his hand, smiling wryly at his foe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonia Padovani	80,000 80,000	80,000
Grzegorz Skawinski	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Grzegorz Skawinski Sonia Padovani

05-01-2025 16:27 UTC+2

Wilbertz Takes Chunky Pot

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A chunky pot of 27,000 had developed by the turn on a board of A♦K♣8♦9♦, in a hand between Raffael Wilbertz in the small blind and Dejan Prikulovic in early position.

Wilbertz slid out a bet of 12,000, and after a bit of thought, Prikulovic sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raffael Wilbertz	86,000
Dejan Prikulovic	39,000

Tags: Dejan Prikulovic Raffael Wilbertz

05-01-2025 16:24 UTC+2

Meyfroot Dumps Three Ladies

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A pot of 14,000 had developed on a completed board of A♣9♣Q♣10♣2♦, in a hand between Marinko Tubak and Eddy Meyfroot.

Tubak fired out a bet of 6,400 and Meyfroot went into the tank. After around 90 seconds, he open folded Q♠Q♦ for a set of queens, on an ugly runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddy Meyfroot	66,000 16,000	16,000
Marinko Tubak	32,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Eddy Meyfroot Marinko Tubak

05-01-2025 16:15 UTC+2

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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Level: 5

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

05-01-2025 16:05 UTC+2

Top Stacks at First Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Van der Berg	180,000 130,000	130,000
Jovan Pisani	138,000 88,000	88,000
Jan Jensen	120,000 30,000	30,000
Oisin Conroy	120,000 70,000	70,000
Jakob Simonsen	115,000 65,000	65,000
Vincent Bignalet	110,000
Melanie Simpson	105,000
Sascha Manns	105,000