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05-03-2025 16:25 UTC+1

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05-03-2025 16:40 UTC+1

Blender Positions Reversed as Gentile Jams on Eketrapp

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A pot of 16,000 had developed on a completed board of Q♥10♣9♣A♠8♣.

Feliciano Gentile led out with a bet of 9,000, and was faced with a raise to 42,500 by Stig Eketrapp. Gentile went deep into the tank, taking at least two minutes counting out his remaining stack, asking to see his opponent's, and considering his next move.

It looked like a fold was the most likely outcome, but suddenly he gathered the rest of his 110,000 total stack together, and confidently moved it into the middle.

Eketrapp was surprised, and suddenly the pressure positions were reversed. Eketrapp then took four minutes deciding what to do, completely bamboozled by the jam.

A table mate decided to put him out of his misery by calling the clock and forcing a decision, and with about 20 seconds left, Eketrapp flicked his hand into the muck, sending a big pot to Gentile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Feliciano Gentile	161,000 161,000	161,000
Stig Eketrapp	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Feliciano Gentile Stig Eketrapp

05-03-2025 16:51 UTC+1

Eketrapp Forced to Fold Again

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Stig Eketrapp had immediately got involved in another big pot, in a hand against Julianna Soirio, with the flop reading A♦Q♥2♠ and around 20,000 in the middle.

Soirio fired out a bet of 11,000 and Eketrapp called.

The 4♠ hit on the turn, and Soirio confidently slid out a bet of 33,000, sending Eketrapp back into a tough spot.

After around 90 seconds of thought, he folded and blew out his cheeks, his growing frustration clear to see.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julianna Soirio	95,000 24,800	24,800
Stig Eketrapp	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Julianna Soirio Stig Eketrapp

05-03-2025 16:58 UTC+1

Triple-Up for Defending Champ Lando

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Defending champion Domenico Lando jammed for 37,000 from the hijack, and Sameh Elamawy rejammed for around 105,000 from the cutoff.

Max Eberle was in the small blind, and he agonized over his decision before the clock was called, and he stuck his stack of around 49,000 into the middle, creating a three-way all-in scenario.

Domenico Lando: K♠Q♠ All in
Max Eberle: 7♣7♦ All in
Sameh Elamawy: 10♥7♥

Eberle was ahead, and flopped a set on the J♦7♠5♠ flop. However Lando had the flush draw, and he binked the A♠ turn.

The 8♣ river was a brick, and Lando secured a triple-up, while Eberle won a small side pot against Elamawy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Domenico Lando	115,000 115,000	115,000

Sameh Elamawy	58,000 36,000	36,000
Max Eberle	11,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Domenico Lando Max Eberle Sameh Elamawy

05-03-2025 17:04 UTC+1

Break Time

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

Level: 8

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

05-03-2025 17:26 UTC+1

Top Stacks at Second Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian Rautu	250,000 250,000	250,000
Kevin Jung	235,000 75,000	75,000
Carsten Mawick	230,000 230,000	230,000
Mathias Jordi	220,000 220,000	220,000
Gustaf Soderholm	190,000 190,000	190,000
Filip Danyi	190,000 190,000	190,000
Metin Aslan	185,000 25,000	25,000
Giovanni Caggi	175,000 175,000	175,000
Alfredo Cuzzocrea	170,000 138,000	138,000
Sami Barghouthi	170,000 89,000	89,000