Pierre Calamusa opened under the gun and his neighbor Lawrence Bayley shoved. Action folded around to Calamusa and he called.
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and Bayley hit the rail in 21st place.
Pierre Calamusa opened under the gun and his neighbor Lawrence Bayley shoved. Action folded around to Calamusa and he called.
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and Bayley hit the rail in 21st place.
Dmitry Ponomarev opened the cutoff and big blind Alex Foxen called. Foxen checked on ![]()
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and Ponomarev shoved for 301,000. Foxen tanked for a bit and called.
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The
on the turn and
on the river were blanks and Ponomarev exited.
James Mitchell shoved for 377,000 in the blinds after Valentyn Shabelnyk opened for a raise in the cutoff.
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, no help to Mitchell.
Diego Zeiter jammed for 257,000 on the button over a cutoff raise from Serhii Popovych, who called after thinking briefly.
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flop brought little for Popovych but he gained outs on the
turn with a double-gutter. The river bricked with the
though.
At the other table, Matas Cimbolas jammed for 415,000 in the big blind over a cutoff open from Colin Robinson, who called.
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Cimbolas expressed surprise at the call and then slid his chair back upon seeing the ![]()
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flop. The
bricked and he stood up but the river was the
.
"He made a bad call and I punish him!" Cimbolas shouted. "Karma's real."
From the hijack, Michal Mrakes raised to 60,000 and Hon Cheong Lee three-bet to 180,000 from the button. Mrakes called to see a flop of ![]()
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. Mrakes checked and Lee bet 110,000. Mrakes was quick to call.
With the pot now at 648,000, the
hit the turn and Mrakes checked again. Lee bet again, this time 225,000. Mrakes called.
The
completed the board and Mrakes checked. Lee tanked for a bit before he shoved 856,000 into the 1,098,000 pot.
Mrakes pondered for a fair bit and eventually slammed a tower of chips in the middle to indicate the call. Lee's face said enough, and Mrakes now tabled his ![]()
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and left with hanging shoulders.
Hon Cheong Lee opened the hijack for 55,000 and Fatima Moreira de Melo called from the button. The shorties in the blinds folded.
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and Moreira de Melo called.
With the pot now at 278,000, the
hit the turn and Lee checked. Moreira de Melo bet 100,000 and Lee folded right away.
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 | Feature Table |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navot Golan | Aleksandr Mordvinov | Michal Mrakes |
| 2 | Harry Lodge | Kalidou Sow | Valentyn Shabelnyk |
| 3 | Alex Foxen | Ivan Soshnikov | Hon Cheong Lee |
| 4 | Jason Wheeler | Gabriele Lepore | Fatima Moreira de Melo |
| 5 | Serhii Popovych | Colin Robinson | Thomas Lentrodt |
| 6 | Diego Zeiter | Pierre Calamusa | Nir Levy |
| 7 | Robert Heidorn | Lawrence Bayley | James Mitchell |
| 8 | Dmitry Ponomarev | Matas Cimbolas | Alessio Isaia |
Hon Cheong Lee opened for 53,000 and called the all-in shove of Daniel Barriocanal, who had 267,000 on the button.
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It was a race, but perhaps Barriocanal wasn't feeling his chances as he began wrapping up his headphones. Sure enough, the flop came ![]()
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, and the
and
river were worthless bricks for Barriocanal.
That leaves 24 players, who will redraw around three tables.
From first position, Gabriele Lepore shoved for 241,000 and found someone interested in Hon Cheong Lee in the small blind who looked him up. The big blind folded.
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and Lepore doubled.
Daniel Barriocanal opened to 58,000 in the hijack and Gianluca Speranza shoved from the button for 300,000. Kalidou Sow in the big blind isolated by moving in over the top and Barriocanal, with 318,000 behind, went deep into the tank. He eventually folded and left Speranza and Sow to it.
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It was a coin flip to start with but the ![]()
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flop changed all that. It was all over after the
on the turn, the
on the river was too little, too late for Speranza and he exited the tournament area.