Ramon Ligthart raised to 10,000 and Marcel Luske moved all in for around 35,000 chips from one seat over to enforce folds all around. Initial raiser Ligthart though made the call and it was a coin flip for the tournament life of the "Flying Dutchman".
Ligthart:
Luske:
The board ran out and Luske shook hands with his table neighbor before departing the tournament area.
Sebastian Mortelmans raised from the button and Marcel Luske called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and then Luske bet the turn for 12,000. Mortelmans called and did so again for 14,000 on the river. Luske showed and Mortelmans won the pot with .
Micha Hoedemaker and Rolf Slotboom have been eliminated at the same time on two different tables. The latter faced a raise to 10,500 by Micael Emanuelson in the hijack and a call by Hans Sybrandi in the cutoff before shoving the small blind for 115,000 effectively. Emanuelsson reraised and Sybrandi let go.
Slotboom:
Emanuelsson:
The board ran out and that was it for Slotboom, who shook hands with all opponents on the table before departing.
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Micael Emanuelson raised and picked up two callers before Krisztian Arvai moved all in for 57,000. Only Emanuelson called with pocket jacks and Arvai had . The Hungarian flopped the ace and turned the king, but the flush draw of the Swede hit on the river.
The action came from half an hour ago at the feature table with Marcel Luske losing a big pot with the against Tom Dingenen with . The latter made a flush on the board and that sent Luske back to a below-average stack.
Kristiaan Magnus raised to 10,000 from the button and Hakan Wingskog three-bet to 26,000 from one seat over before Niko Koop four-bet to 55,000 from the big blind. Magnus quickly folded but Wingskog, in typical Scandinavian manner, moved all in for 166,500. Koop asked for a count, glanced over to the tournament clock a few times and then folded.
Frenchman Jessy Marillaud has not been running as good anymore but recovered some chips when flopping a full house with the . Carlo Mark, Jeffrey Schuurman and Torstein Vonen were less fortunate, as they have all been eliminated.
Johan Verhagen showed a big bluff with for ace-high and Niels de Wijs had been running like god thus far with many good hands holding up when it mattered the most.