Valentin Frunze moved all in for 122,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Robert Willis in the small blind, who just called with a few chips more. Frunze showed the and Willis had that dominated with .
The "old dog" from Ireland, like he called himself, had been entertaining the table for the entire day and said "just give me the jack" to the dealer. The flop fell and nothing much changed. On the turn, Frunze improved and Willis let out a very dry "oh fuck sake," before the river bricked.
Hand 2
One hand later, Willis moved all in from the button for his last 26,000 and Frunze called in the big blind without looking at the cards.
Robert Willis:
Valentin Frunze:
"Oh come on, don't beat me with the worst hand," and the flop came . Willis added some table chat, and after the turn changed nothing, the on the river gave Willis the double and the entire table cheered.
Enzo Del Piero didn't play many hands as of late and opened the action with a raise to to 27,000. Jonathan Therme moved all in for his last 157,000 and Del Piero called after some consideration.
Jonathan Therme:
Enzo Del Piero:
Neither the flop nor the turn helped Therme and he was drawing to a jack or ace only. A blank river failed to improved the Frenchman and Therme had to settle for 15th place and a payday of £5,200.
The remaining players agreed to shorten the 75-minute dinner break by 15 minutes.
Right after, Robert Willis was all in for 59,000 out of the big blind and Vaneltin Frunze looked him up from early position. Willis was at risk with and Frunze had , the board came and Willis paired his queen to stay in.
Chipped down to just 60,000, Firas Nassar faced a raise to 22,000 by Nicolas Beker and moved all in. Beker tossed in the few extra chips and Nassar had a flip.
Firas Nassar:
Nicolas Beker:
After the flop, Nassar was left with just two outs and the turn and river sent the Lebanese to the rail in 14th place for £5,200.
Game over for Robert Willis! He moved all in for 142,000 from early position and Joe Johnson called from one seat over, the rest of the table folded.
Robert Willis:
Joe Johnson:
"That looks good so far," Willis said as the flop fell before the Irishman fell silent on the turn that saw Johnson pair up. A blank on the river reduced the field to the last 12 and Willis took home £5,200.
Just before the dinner break, yet another player was eliminated and that unfortunate honor belonged to Valentin Frunze. It was in fact also in unfortunate fashion, after Joe Johnson open-shoved from the small blind and Frunze called all in for 180,000 in the big blind.
Valentin Frunze:
Joe Johnson:
The board came and the three on the river improved Johnson to eliminate Frunze in 12th place for £5,200. All remaining players have now £6,280 locked up.
Yuriy Boyko pushed all in for 191,000 with the and Jonathan Clark looked him up with . The flop of changed nothing, but start-of-the-day chip leader Boyko turned the to take the lead. A blank on the river locked up the double for the Irishman and Clark lost almost half of his stack.
Hand 2
In the last hand before dinner, Clark raised in the hijack and Nicolas Beker three-bet the button before Boyko four-bet to 105,000 in the big blind. Clark folded and Beker called. On the flop, Boyko continued for 70,000 and received the call before the turn went check, check.
After the river, Boyko moved all in for 226,000 and Beker was sent into the think tank. He eventually called the clock on himself and then said "I think you have nothing at all," having previously also mentioned that he put Boyko on ace-king. With two seconds left, Beker folded and Boyko claimed the pot.
"I had a straight, if you can believe it," Boyko said while leaving the tournament area.
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