Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Anatoly Savin opened to 60,000 from under the gun. Gaetano Ferrara three-bet to 170,000 from the hijack, then Oleksandr Shevchenko in the cutoff jammed for 185,000. Both Savin and Ferrara called.
Savin checked the 4♣8♠7♠ flop, then folded after Ferrara bet 200,000.
Oleksandr Shevchenko: A♦J♠
Gaetano Ferrara: K♣K♦
Shevchenko was on the edge of elimination. But he was lucky enough to hit a runner-runner flush with the 9♠2♠ runout to triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,400,000
425,000
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425,000 |
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880,000
790,000
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790,000 |
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630,000
570,000
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570,000 |
Heads-up on a three-bet pot on a flop of 3♥6♥2♦, Francesco Di Domenico in middle position bet 165,000 and Oleksandr Shevchenko check-called from under the gun.
Both players quickly checked the 4♠ turn leading to the J♦ river where Shevchenko checked. Di Domenico bet 435,000, and Shevchenko went into the tank before raising to 2,000,000.
Now facing a tough decision, Di Domenico made the call with Q♦Q♥. Shevchenko only had A♥7♥ for a missed flush draw, so Di Domenico won this massive pot to reach 6,400,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,400,000
3,820,000
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3,820,000 |
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1,200,000
3,025,000
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3,025,000 |
Andrea Bottinelli opened from the button, Maciel De Oliveira in the big blind three-bet all-in for 620,000 and Bottinelli called.
Maciel De Oliveira: A♣K♣
Andrea Bottinelli: 10♣10♥
Bottinelli flopped a set on 6♦9♠10♠. Despite having a straight draw thanks to the Q♠ turn, De Oliveira was eliminated on the 9♥ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,950,000
750,000
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750,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Luigi Andrea Shehadeh in the cutoff found himself at risk for 570,000 against Oleksandr Shevchenko in the hijack.
Luigi Andrea Shehadeh: A♣Q♠
Oleksandr Shevchenko: Q♦J♦
Shehadeh found a straight draw with the K♦A♥4♣ flop, and the 10♥ completed the straight, so Shehadeh was eliminated. Almost at the same time, Philippe Ktorza and Tahar Said were eliminated as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,200,000
2,395,000
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2,395,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
The action was picked up on 8♠7♣2♥5♣ after Alan Bono in early position saw his 215,000 chip-stack being called by Francesco Delfoco on the button.
Alan Bono: A♠5♠
Francesco Delfoco: A♣A♥
Bono ran into aces and he was eliminated after the J♣ turn. Moments later, Umberto Ruggeri and Hans Sandy Andrianty were eliminated from other tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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980,000
230,000
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230,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Aleksandrs Golubevs opened to 50,000 from the hijack. He was called by Pierre Basile on the button and Isabel Baltazar in the small blind.
Golubevs continued for 40,000 on the 7♥7♠K♦ flop. Basile called, but Baltazar check-folded.
On the 5♠ turn, Golubevs fired a second barrel of 130,000. But it was too much for Basile, who snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,700,000
400,000
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400,000 |
|
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1,520,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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700,000
245,000
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245,000 |
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Busted |
An all-in and call situation occurred on Table 3 with Valerio Chionsini in the cutoff at risk for 450,000 against Andrea Bottinelli in the big blind.
Valerio Chionsini: J♦J♣
Andrea Bottinelli: 8♦8♠
Chionsini kept the lead all the way through a board of Q♣5♦7♠K♦3♥ and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000
230,000
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230,000 |
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935,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |