David Benyamine was under the gun and raised to 31,000, his standard open at this level. Chip leader Zsolt Vasvenszki made the call from the next seat. Chris Karagulleyan tanked for a bit from the cutoff seat, but eventually decided to fold his hand after it looked like he might reraise. Everyone else folded and the flop came down .
On the flop, Benyamine fired 48,000 and aftera long, drawn out process of thought, Vasvenszki made the call to see the land on the turn. Both players checked and the fell on the river. Both checked again.
Benyamine tabled the for ten high and lost to the for Vasvenszki. Benyamine slipped back to 345,000 in chips while Vasvenszki increased his chip lead to 940,000.
Chip leader Zsolt Vasvenszki raised to 27,000 from the button before Jeff Hakim moved all in from the small blind for 177,000. Vasvenszki made the call and held the . Hakim held the , ahead for the time being.
The flop came down and Hakim ducks were still quacking. The turn gave Vasvenszki a few more outs when the paired the board, meaning any king, queen, seven or four would give him the win.
The river hit one of those outs when the spiked and Hakim's tournament was over. He finished in 14th place for $14,290. Hakim now has about $300,000 in live tournament earnings, but that's not where he does the bulk of his work. Hakim has well over $3.2 million in online tournament winnings, known mostly under the moniker "YoungSupremacy" on Full Tilt.
Konstantinos Nanos moved all in for 190,000 over the raise to 27,000 from Zsolt Vasvenszki. Vasvenszki made the call and held the . Nanos was dominated with the .
The board ran out and the two players chopped it up, allowing Nanos to stay alive.
David Benyamine raised to 40,000 and Zsolt Vasvenszki reraised to 102,000. Benyamine made the call and the flop came down . The action was checked on the flop by both players. It was also checked on the turn () and river (). Vasvenszki tabled two queens and won the pot to move to 1.2 million.
Finally we were able to catch some action with Australian Van Marcus, but it wasn't much. Nevertheless, he won the pot.
On the flop of , Marcus checked to Ahmet Ucali. Marcus had completed from the small blind preflop and Ucali checked his option in the big blind. Ucali checked behind to see the fall on the turn. Marcus checked and Ucali bet the minimum, 16,000.
"16,000, right? OK," said Marcus, tossing in the chips for the call.
The fell on the river to complete the board and both players checked. Marcus announced a queen and tabled the to win the pot. He's now up to 500,000 in chips.
Georges Hanna raised to 40,000 from the hijack seat. David Benyamine moved all in from the small blind for 183,000. Hanna folded and showed the . Benyamine moved up to over 250,000 chips.
Manig Loeser moved all in for his last 180,000 from the hijack seat. Andreas Krause was in the cutoff seat and took his time as he always does before making the call. Everyone else folded and it was Krause's against the for Loeser.
The flop was just what Krause needed when it came down and spiked him with a set. The turn was the and the river the -- both no help to Loeser. He was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place while Krause jumped to 625,000 in chips.
This finish, which earned him $14,290, comes at a time when Loeser is running pretty hot. He came in 187th this year in the WSOP Main Event for $48,847. Later in the month of July, he won the €1,000 Main Event at the European Masters of Poker II in Bulgaria. His win was good for €49,080. He chopped when three-handed, but went on to win the event and take the most money, besting a field of 260 entrants. Loeser will surely be someone to be on the lookout for in poker tournaments in the near future, especially with the results he's been putting up lately.
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for Vasvenszki. Benyamine slipped back to 345,000 in chips while Vasvenszki increased his chip lead to 940,000.
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paired the board, meaning any king, queen, seven or four would give him the win.
spiked and Hakim's tournament was over. He finished in 14th place for $14,290. Hakim now has about $300,000 in live tournament earnings, but that's not where he does the bulk of his work. Hakim has well over $3.2 million in online tournament winnings, known mostly under the moniker "YoungSupremacy" on Full Tilt.
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