Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Steven Game was the first casualty right after the dinner break. He was at risk with ![]()
against the ![]()
of Kully Sidhu, who flopped best on the ![]()
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board.
Hongting Xu followed moments later. Benjamin Spragg was involved as the open raiser and Xu jammed the small blind. Alex Whitenstall called in the big blind and folded to Spragg's isolation-shove.
Hongting Xu: ![]()
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Benjamin Spragg: ![]()
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board kept jacks in the lead and Xu was the next to bow out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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950,000
330,000
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330,000 |
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800,000
220,000
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220,000 |
|
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575,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Antoine Saout had won a bigger pot off Mauricio Ferreira Pais before and after the dinner break. Up next, Ferreira Pais raised and received one call before Florian Duta shoved for 337,000 out of the blinds. Ferreira Pais went over the top and forced out Gary Solomons.
Florian Duta: ![]()
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Mauricio Ferreira Pais: ![]()
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board missed both players and Duta had to settle for 35th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000
370,000
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370,000 |
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875,000
105,000
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105,000 |
|
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200,000
25,000
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25,000 |
|
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Busted | |
Jonathan Clark was all-in for a short stack of just 135,000 with the ![]()
and his previous nemesis Ori Hasson looked him up with the ![]()
. The ![]()
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flop gave Clark a full house, which held on the
turn and
river.
Ben Slack then raised to 25,000 and Raul Lozano jammed it in for just un der 170,000. Naaman Morris also pushed with more chips from one seat over and Slack eventually folded.
Raul Lozano: ![]()
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Naaman Morris: ![]()
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board gave Lozano the winning flush and Morris was left short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,050,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
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450,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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|
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420,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
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290,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
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85,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
The action started with a raise to 25,000 by Julien Sitbon and Naaman Morris moved all-in for 108,000 in the small blind. Alberto Speranzoni gave it some thought in the big blind and folded, Sitbon called.
Naaman Morris: ![]()
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Julien Sitbon: ![]()
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, the mighty pair was counterfeited and Morris became the next casualty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
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Busted | |
Yet another preflop contest brought the near even stacks of Tom Hall and Sorin Pruteanu in the middle and Hall was the player at risk for around 330,000.
Tom Hall: ![]()
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Sorin Pruteanu: ![]()
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The kicker problem for Hall turned out to be crucial as the board ran out ![]()
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to end his run in 33rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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700,000
370,000
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370,000 |
|
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Busted |
Following an open raise by Alberto Speranzoni, it was the table short stack Yucel Eminoglu who three-bet jammed for 106,000 out of the small blind and Speranzoni instantly called.
Yucel Eminoglu: ![]()
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Alberto Speranzoni: ![]()
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The "Mad Turk" asked for plenty of high cards but the ![]()
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flop gave Speranzoni a set. However, the
turn provided a huge double draw. The escape was not meant to be as a blank
river followed to knock Eminoglu out in 32nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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560,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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Busted |
Alexander Zeligman opened the action with a cutoff raise to 25,000 and he then called a shove by Paul Simmons from the small blind for what appeared to be 176,000.
Paul Simmons: ![]()
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Alexander Zeligman: ![]()
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flop all but sealed the fate of Simmons, who then spiked some outs on the
turn with the wheel draw. What followed was the
river and the field was reduced to the final 30 hopefuls.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,075,000
245,000
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245,000 |
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Busted | |
The initial madness after the return from the dinner break has somewhat slowed down and Kully Sidhu appears to be in the zone. He just faced an open raise to 25,000 by Dongze Hao and the call of Joshua Boulton. Sidhu then clicked it up to 85,000 and forced two quick folds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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1,150,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
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1,050,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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|
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920,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
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900,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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775,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
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|
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760,000 | |
|
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330,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
Henrik Hecklen opened to 25,000 and then called a three-bet to 80,000 by Joshua Boulton. On a flop of ![]()
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, Hecklen checked and subsequently called a bet worth 65,000 by Boulton.
They headed to the
turn on which Hecklen checked once more. Boulton now bet 105,000 and that was enough to win the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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950,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
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