Joining the action on the three-way turn of , David Johnson bet 85,000 in the small blind and Smit Trivedi raised it up to 185,000 from the big blind. Ludovic Geilich called that bet from early position and Johnson put in the extra chips as well.
The fell on the river and Johnson checked. Trivedi bet 280,000 and Geilich called, Johnson folded. Trivedi then turned over for two pair and Geilich sent his cards into the muck, dropping from the top spot.
Yuriy Boyko opened to 53,000 from early position and the action folded around to Alexis Fleur in the blinds. The Frenchman three-bet to 123,000 and Boyko folded.
Soon after, Boyko raised again and Adam Harsanyi called on the cutoff. On the flop, Boyko continued for 64,000 and then folded to a big shove worth 760,000 by Harsanyi. "I had a queen," the Irishman said in table chat.
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Action folded round to Muhamet Perati in the small blind who took his time before moving all in on Edgar Drozdov’s big blind only to see a quick call from Drozdov.
Perati had
Drozdov had
The board ran out . Guit-shot on the flop providing a little sweat but Drozdov was good for a big double up.
In a battle of the blinds, Peter Bergman raised and Lucian Tartan got his short stack of 215,000 in with a decent pocket pair. The only problem was the fact that Bergman had woken up with the best of it.
Lucian Tartan:
Peter Bergman:
The board came and the full house of the Swede sent Tartan to the rail in 31st place.
The remaining 31 players have been sent into a 15-minute break and will return for one additional level before bagging and tagging. With 24 left a redraw will take place.
"Did you see my king-three? That was literally my best hand for the last four hours," Matt Perrins said after he had just busted. Perrins doubled with said hand before to stay in, but just now he pushed from the cutoff for the last 213,000 and Jose Astima called in the small blind.
Matt Perrins:
Jose Astima:
The board ran out and the treys stayed ahead to eliminate Perrins.