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One more hand was to be finished on the outer tables and that one brought a battle of the blinds between Mitchell Halverson and Ehsan Amiri. The former check-called a bet by Amiri on the turn and checked again the on the river.
Amiri bet 125,000 with around 350,000 behind and Halverson used one time bank before check-raising, splashing in nine T-100,000 chips. Amiri was somewhat stunned for a few seconds and eventually called it off.
Halverson revealed the for flopped middle pair that went runner runner to a flush, which beat the for two pair by Amiri. The Aussie bowed out prior to the three table redraw and locked up a pay jump for the final 23 contenders.
Giuseppe Pantaleo raised to 40,000 with from early position before Andre Marques three-bet to 110,000 in the cutoff with . Action folded to Pantaleo who four-bet to 640,000 leaving himself 35,000 behind. Marques moved all in and Pantaleo called.
Pantaleo was flipping for his tournament life however the flop came which left Pantaleo drawing to two outs. The turn came the and the river the which eliminated Pantaleo in 25th place.
Alexandre Raymond raised to 40,000 and Giuseppe Iadisernia three-bet to 130,000. What followed was the jam for around 1.2 million by Raymond and Iadisernia folded.
One hand later, Raymond made it 40,000 to go and Jonathan Little three-bet to 120,000 for the Canadian to call. The flop was checked by Raymond and he then called a bet worth 100,000. Both checked the turn and river as Raymond tabled the to win the next pot.
Sergi Reixach raised to 50,000 and Allan Ribeiro shoved his last 125,000 into the middle. The rest of the table got out of the way and Reixach called to put Ribeiro at risk.
Allan Ribeiro:
Sergi Reixach:
The board ran out and Ribeiro caught up with aces and queens to secure the double.
Artur Martirosian raised to 40,000 from under the gun with before Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 115,000 with on the button. Andre Marques woke up in the small blind with and moved all in for 775,000.
Martirosain folded and Petrangelo went into the tank before making the call. Petrangelo saw the bad news and the board ran out to eliminate Petrangelo from the tournament.
In a battle of the blinds to the river, Giuseppe Iadisernia checked and quickly called a bet worth 125,000 by Mauricio Ferreira Pais for around two thirds of the pot. He was shown the for the nuts and Iadisernia mucked.
Shortly after on the same outer table, Ramon Colillas led the flop for 60,000 and folded when Alexandre Raymond jammed from the next seat.
Action was heads up with 200,000 in the middle and a full board of when Ehsan Amiri bet 130,000 and Ian Matakis raised to 400,000. Amiri used three time banks before he tossed in the chips to call. Matakis turned over for the straight and Amiri tossed the losing hand in the muck.
Action folded around to Ramon Colillas on the button who moved all in for 170,000. A fold from the small blind and it was to Jonathan Little in the big blind, who called.
Ramon Colillas:
Jonathan Little:
Colillas was all-in and ahead but Little had live cards. The flop came hitting neither player. The turn came the and the river the to ensure Colillas doubled up.
Action was heads up with on the board and around 300,000 in the middle when Loosli checked. Halverson bet 140,000 and Loosli went all in for 650,000 to a quick call and the cards were turned up.
Sylvain Loosli:
Mitchell Halverson:
The board ran out and Loosli couldn't catch up to the queens to stay in the tournament.