Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Among others, it appears that two players have already cracked more than half a million in chips but there doesn't seem to be a runaway chip leader yet. The final level of the night has just commenced.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
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|
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510,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
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|
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500,000 | |
|
|
450,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
440,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Following a flop of ![]()
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, Mihai Niste checked his option in the cutoff and Remi Wyrzykiewicz made it 6,500 to go on the button. Niste then check-raised to 19,000 and earned a call by Wyrzykiewicz. Niste also fired the
turn for 27,000 and Wyrzykiewicz stuck around.
The
river completed the board and Niste then bet 75,000 with around 100,000 behind. Wyrzykiewicz studied his opponent and the board for some time before sending the cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
245,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
The three-way flop showed ![]()
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and Fadi Alakzam announced a bet of 6,600 in the cutoff. Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina called in the small blind and both players then opted to check down the
turn. The
river brought no action either and Alakzam tabled ![]()
as the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
145,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
"He bluffed the previous time and showed. He showed again and it still works," Bart Lybaert joked as Ivan Zakharov raked in the pot. Zakharov bet the ![]()
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turn for 55,000 into 120,000 and his opponent surrendered. Zakharov revealed ![]()
for a cheeky bluff and jumped above the average,
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
410,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
290,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Heads-up action on the ![]()
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flop saw Nikolay Fal and Jacques Torbey invest 8,000 each. They checked the
turn and Fal then bet the
river for 8,000.
"Will you show if I fold? How much are you playing?" Torbey inquired. Fal revealed he had 100,000 behind and Torbey folded with the words "okay, take it." Fal returned the favour and flashed the
before collecting the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
135,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
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On a three-way flop of ![]()
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, [Removed:464] bet 5,000 in the small blind and Thom Greben called in the hijack. Erik Bauer raised to 20,000 in the cutoff and Semaska then reraised to 60,000. Greben folded and so did Bauer.
"I will show if you show," Bauer offered and Semaska instead suggested they both show one card. Bauer revealed the
and Semaska flashed the
. "I am glad you showed that card," Bauer replied and then put his opponent on king-nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
165,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Nicolas Chouity check-called a bet by Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy on the ![]()
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flop and the
turn was checked. Chouity bet the
river for 7,000 and Merzhvinskiy surrendered. It was just a small pot for Chouity but he has amassed a big stack so far, which only trails the tower in front of Fahredin Mustafov on the same table.
"Jack nine?" Mustafov inquired and Chouity replied "there is no jack in my hand" while dragging in the chips and enjoying a massage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
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|
|
540,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
145,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
110,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Seref Amar's ![]()
earned a knockout as he made the wheel on the ![]()
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board. His opponent Aziz Efe was narrowly covered as the stacks were counted but the ![]()
were no good to send Efe to the rail just shy of making Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
Busted |
With 182 players out of 327 entries remaining, the clock has been stopped. All those with chips at their disposal will play another three hands before bagging and tagging for tonight.