The First Elimination for Day 1C
Level 5
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Vadoot Namvar is the first player that departs during the third flight of the 2019 PokerNews Cup High Roller. In his last hand, he min-raised from under-the-gun, Hristo Bogdanov three-bet from the cut-off and Namvar announced all in for 35,000.
Bogdanov called with jacks and he was up against the 
of Namvar.
The board ran out 
and Namvar is in the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
and both players checked.
came on the turn and Sidiki check-called 10,000 that Terzopoulos bet. The 
completed the board and Sidiki checked for the third time, while Terzopoulos announced all in for more than 80,000! Sidiki thought about it for almost five minutes before putting all his stack in the middle.
and Efthimiadis showed jack-ten while Gkikoulis proved that he had nothing more than jack-high himself with jack-eight.
and Gkikoulis check-called again, for 4,400 this time.
and Koutoupas let his opponent pick one of his cards to see. The card Sidiki picked was the 
and he was disappointed thinking that he was bluffed but Koutoupas showed him the other card too, which was the 
. Unfortunately for him, his opponent was holding 
and