The remaining 20 players are taking another 20-minute break in the action.
The remaining 20 players are taking another 20-minute break in the action.
Level: 27
Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000
Ante: 1,200,000
Preben Stokkan opened with a raise to 2,100,000 from middle position, prompting Jiri Horak to move in for his last 14,400,000 from the small blind. Roberto Vahlis cold-called from the big, with Stokkan quickly moving out of the way.
It seemed this confrontation was unavoidable, with Horak tabling ![]()
and Vahlis revealing his ![]()
. There was no king for Vahlis on the ![]()
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run out and Horak doubled up to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,900,000
10,800,000
|
10,800,000 |
|
|
15,900,000
6,400,000
|
6,400,000 |
The action folded around to Jason Koon on the button who raised to 2.8 million. Troy Quenneville was in the small blind and three-bet to 8.8 million. The big blind folded and Koon stuck in a pile of T5,000,000 chips, enough to Quenneville's stack. Quenneville took a look at the tournament clock and then called.
Jason Koon: ![]()
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Troy Quenneville: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Koon's pocket fives held on to eliminate Quenneville. Last year at this same event, Quenneville made a deep run all the way to second place, along with winning the $2,500 side event as well. He has had plenty of deep runs in Punta Cana, but this one fell a little bit short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
159,800,000
30,000,000
|
30,000,000 |
|
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Busted | |
It all went in on an ![]()
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flop in a hand between Jiri Horak and Josef Snejberg. Horak bet 2,200,000 and called instantly when Snejberg shoved his last 14,200,000.
Snejberg's ![]()
was flipping versus Horak's ![]()
, with the most interesting card in the deck, the
, rolling off on the turn. Horak held on as the dealer put the
on the river, knocking Snejberg out in 21st.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,700,000
16,800,000
|
16,800,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Dan Dizenzo raised to 2.6 million from under the gun and Jonas Gjelstad called from the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and Gjelstad check-called a continuation bet of 3.0 million from Dizenzo.
The turn was the
and both players checked to the
on the river. Gjelstad led out for 4.7 million and Dizenzo instantly tossed in a chip to signify a call. Gjelstad turned over ![]()
but Dizenzo showed ![]()
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
96,000,000
15,600,000
|
15,600,000 |
|
|
36,700,000
11,700,000
|
11,700,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
49,000,000
25,300,000
|
25,300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
41,000,000
31,000,000
|
31,000,000 |
|
|
40,000,000
7,700,000
|
7,700,000 |
|
|
29,000,000
13,100,000
|
13,100,000 |
Josafat Cruz raised to 2.6 million from the hijack and was called by Sam Greenwood on the button and Jonas Gjelstad in the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and the action checked around to the
on the turn.
All three players checked one more time and the
completed the board. Gjelstad checked again and Cruz finally made a bet of 7.5 million. Greenwood called and Gjelstad folded. Cruz turned over ![]()
for the nut flush and Greenwood's cards hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
81,000,000
7,000,000
|
7,000,000 |
|
|
51,400,000
9,800,000
|
9,800,000 |
|
|
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On the feature table, Roberto Vahlis opened with a raise to 2,500,000 from the cutoff, picking up Felipe Ramos on the button as well as Pavel Gonchakov and Preben Stokkan in the blinds.
Action checked all the way to Felipe on the ![]()
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flop, who bet 6,300,000 and managed to knock all three players out of the pot, picking up the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,200,000
5,200,000
|
5,200,000 |
|
|
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Andrey Shatilov raised to 2.7 million from the hijack and Jason Koon called on the button. Ruben Perceval was in the small blind and three-bet to 12 million. Shatilov called and Koon was forced to fold.
The flop came ![]()
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and Perceval led out for 9.5 million. Shatilov called and the
peeled off on the turn. Both players checked to the
on the river and Perceval announced all in. Shatilov instantly mucked his hand and Perceval raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,800,000
18,400,000
|
18,400,000 |
|
|
61,500,000
18,600,000
|
18,600,000 |