Peter Lindberg Thomadsen shoved under the gun for what appeared to be 42,500. Right next to him was Mike Hill and the Unibet Open London runner up made the call. Action quickly folded around and Hill tabled , Lindberg Thomadsen showed .
"One time!" said Lindberg Thomadsen while the dealer put the on the flop. The fell on the turn and was no help to Lindberg Thomadsen yet, but the on the river was.
"Third time actually!" shouted Hill after he slammed his hand on the table, indicating he had already lost a similar situation twice before this tournament. Hill started out with a more than decent stack, but has to come from behind now with just 30 big blinds.
A player in middle position opened for 4,500 and Henrik Hecklen on the button was the only caller.
The flop came and the initial raiser fired a bet of 7,000. Hecklen wasted no time calling, and was quick to make his calling decision on the turn as well when face with a 16,300 bet.
The river came the and the aggressor bet 22,000. Hecklen again was quick to make his move, this time folding to the river bet.
Day 2 starts in about half an hour and still 137 players are in the running for that €83,115 first place prize. 45 players will get in the money, so that means 92 players today will leave empty handed.
At noon play will begin with level 11 (1,000/2,000 with 300 ante). The amount of levels played today depends on the pace of elimination and the tournament director's discretion.
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
11
1,000
2,000
300
12
1,200
2,400
300
13
1,600
3,200
400
14
2,000
4,000
500
15
2,500
5,000
500
16
3,000
6,000
1,000
17
4,000
8,000
1,000
18
5,000
10,000
1,000
19
6,000
12,000
2,000
20
8,000
16,000
2,000
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