Erik Seidel was moved over to table one and below are the chip counts of the remaining eight players, only seven of them will make the money.
Erik Seidel was moved over to table one and below are the chip counts of the remaining eight players, only seven of them will make the money.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The hand that was still going several minutes into the break saw Rainer Kempe limp the small blind, and Yu Liang raised to 12,000, Kempe called. Both players checked the ![]()
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flop, Kempe then bet the
turn for 13,500. Liang called and the duo headed to the
river.
Kempe checked and Liang bet 50,000 with around 150,000 behind. Kempe check-raised to 270,000, enough to cover his opponent. Liang spent more than three minutes in the think tank before calling. Kempe flipped over ![]()
for a set of eights and Liang sent his cards into the muck.
The tournament will continue hand-for-hand when everyone comes back from the break.
Over on table two, Timofey Kuznetsov was able to build his stack against Mikita Badziakouski and the players were then sent into a 15-minute break while table one was still in action.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 11,000 and the action folded to Dan Colman in the big blind. The American moved all in and Kanit quickly called to put his opponent at risk for the second time in the past hour.
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, Colman completed a runner-runner straight to double for 114,000, taking more than half of Kanit's stack.
The stack of Mustapha Kanit has taken a slight hit and same applies for Timofey Kuznetsov as well.
After Mikita Badziakouski gave up a pot against Dan Colman over on table two, he faced the raise to 11,000 by Kuznetsov. Badziakouski three-bet to 30,000 in the big blind and that shut down all further action.
Kuznetsov was sent back into the middle of the pack, after heavily dominating for most of Day 1 and the early stages of today.
Hand 1
In a battle of the blinds, Rainer Kempe checked the ![]()
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turn and called a bet of Yu Liang in the big blind for 25,000. The
river completed the board and Kempe checked again. Liang moved all in and Kempe asked for a count, then called when it was deemed to be for 66,500.
Liang turned over his ![]()
for second pair, and Kempe mucked to let the Chinese double.
Hand 2
Liang wasn't even done stacking yet when Kempe raised to 11,000 from the button. Liang folded, and Koray Aldemir then shoved for around 50,000 from the big blind. Kempe quickly called and Aldemir was the player at risk with the worse kicker.
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Both players paired their kicker on the ![]()
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flop, and the
turn and
river changed nothing to send Aldemir to the rail.
Mustapha Kanit got into a raising war with table neighbor Timofey Kuznetsov in a battle of the blinds and four-bet to 80,000, leaving himself only 30,000 behind. Kuznetsov called and the duo headed to a flop of ![]()
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. Kanit check-called all in and was at risk.
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The
turn and
river were blanks and Kanit scored a double, then immediately joked "now I am coming for you Erik (Seidel)".
Over on the other table, Yu Liang limped the cutoff and Sergio Aido called in the small blind. Richard Yong shoved out of the big blind for around 180,000 and forced two folds.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Mustapha Kanit raised from under the gun and Dan Colman shoved from the small blind. Mikita Badziakouski took his time before folding in the big blind, and Kanit called.
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and Colman doubled for 39,000 with a full house.
"Would you have folded if I call?" Badziakouski asked Kanit and then mentioned that he had ace-jack.
"Now we are even," Kanit joked over to Colman.