The players are now on a 45-minute dinner break.
2017 partypoker LIVE German Poker Championship
Martin Kabrhel opened with a min-raise to 12,000 from middle position, with Bertrand Grospellier, also known as "ElkY," defending from the big blind. They went heads up to a ![]()
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flop, with ElkY checking the action over to Kabrhel who put in an 11,000 continuation bet. ElkY flicked in the call, as the dealer burned and turned the
. ElkY check-called again, this time to the tune of 30,000.
The
landed on the river, with ElkY checking a third time. Kabrhel thought for a moment before locking eyes with the dealing and announcing "all-in" as he emptied the clip for 98,000. ElkY was clearly not convinced, as he went dee into the tank, using two of his 60-second timebank cards.
Exactly two minutes and 20 seconds later, ElkY reigned himself to a call and turned over ![]()
for king high. Kabrhel tapped the table to indicate a good call, tabling ![]()
. The King's Poker Room Twitch chat went wild! "There is no way, such a good call," said one viewer, whilst all most spectators could interject was, "wow!"
That means we are down to our final eight, on our official final table.
Level: 22
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
After a raise by Ngoc Minh Hoang and a three-bet by Albert Skobolev on the button, Hoang called and the duo headed to a flop of ![]()
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. Hoang checked and called a bet of 5 million by Skobelev before checking again the
on the turn. Skobelev immediately announced all in and Hoang folded.
Over on the other table, Marc Doring raised to 1,050,000 and Sonay Kehya defended the big blind. The flop fell ![]()
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and Kehya check-called a bet before the
turn was checked. On the
river, Kehya check-called a bet of 3 million and showed ![]()
, however Doring had that beat with ![]()
for the wheel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,000,000
6,500,000
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6,500,000 |
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36,500,000
16,500,000
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16,500,000 |
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33,200,000
4,200,000
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4,200,000 |
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33,000,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
Rinaldo Aquino got the remaining stack in from the button and he was called by Philipp Zukernik in the big blind.
Rinaldo Aquino: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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and Aquino was drawing dead on the turn to join the rail in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,200,000
12,200,000
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12,200,000 |
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Busted |
We're down to eight players, who make up our official final table. Payouts are as follows
- 1st: €350,000
- 2nd: €200,000
- 3rd: €115,000
We'll be playing down to a winner today, and you can follow along with Simon Trumper on the King's Poker Room Twitch channel.
The board at the river read ![]()
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and Matous Skorepa bet 1,375,000.
Witold Krawczyk was the man facing a decision and it was for almost half his stack.
Krawczyk decided it was worth a call, then wushed he hadn’t as Skorepa showed him round his house tabling ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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22,000,000
11,000,000
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11,000,000 |
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3,000,000
2,500,000
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2,500,000 |
Robin Hegele raised to 900,000 and Gerald Karlic in the small blind took advantage of his big stack and pushed all in against Hegele and fellow short stack Dominik Desset in the big blind. The latter however called all in for 9,375,000and Hegele folded ![]()
face up.
Gerald Karlic: ![]()
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Dominik Desset: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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and Desset doubled with trips queens.
However, his fortune was short-lived as Josef Snejberg won a big flip against him soon after.
Josef Snejberg: ![]()
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Dominik Desset: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Snejberg doubled for 11,450,000 to see Desset drop back to fewer chips as before.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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28,000,000
6,000,000
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6,000,000 |
|
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23,500,000
14,500,000
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14,500,000 |
|
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7,500,000
2,500,000
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2,500,000 |
|
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7,000,000
500,000
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500,000 |
Witold Krawczyk got the last of his chips in the middle and another shorty at the table, Aleksandar Tomovic, joined the all in party.
Sonay Kehya wa sin the big blind and looking like there was a decent amount of chips in there for him to gamble with is hand but he folded.
Krawczyk: ![]()
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Tomovic: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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Everything was looking rosy for Krawczyk to bet his double up but a two-outer on the river put pais to his tournament hopes and it was off to the pay-out desk for the Pole.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,000,000
4,500,000
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4,500,000 |
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Busted |