Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Keith Brennan raised with the ![]()
and Robbie McCormack called with ![]()
on the button. On the ![]()
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flop, Brennan bet 50,000 and McCormack raised to 130,000, which Brennan called. Both checked the
on the turn, and the
on the river killed the action to award the pot to McCormick by virtue of the kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
Over on the outer table, Robert Franks was all in for 141,000 and big stack Joseph Ellis looked him up to set up the following showdown:
Robert Franks: ![]()
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Joseph Ellis: ![]()
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Franks flopped well with the ![]()
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, improving to a pair of queens. The
on the turn was even better as he now held top two pair. However, it was all for nought, as the
river restored the preflop order with the nut straight for Ellis. Franks was eliminated in 15th place and takes home €4,750.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
214,000
|
214,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Per Helge Gassand had already open-raised far bigger than usual in most tournaments and just did so again for 66,000 with the ![]()
. Keith Brennan three-bet with ![]()
and Gassand called. The flop brought ![]()
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and a bet of 135,000 did the trick for Brennan, who jumped to almost 1.5 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,463,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
|
598,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
Feature Table
Down to his last 94,000, John Farrell was all in and Per Helge Gassand called.
John Farrell: ![]()
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Per Helge Gassand: ![]()
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The board came ![]()
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and Farrell busted in the first hand after the two table redraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
777,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The remaining 16 players are back in their seats and the action recommences with some 14 minutes left in the current level. Another two levels beyond that or down to the final table are scheduled for tonight.
| Seat | Table 1 | Chip Count | Table 2 | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory de Vos | 195,000 | Mick McCloskey | 430,000 |
| 2 | Keith Brennan | 1,217,000 | David Schable | 816,000 |
| 3 | John Farrell | 96,000 | Patrick Clarke | 913,000 |
| 4 | Robbie McCormack | 997,000 | Joseph Ellis | 1,086,000 |
| 5 | Michael Brock | 1,004,000 | Robert Franks | 179,000 |
| 6 | Paul Jux Holderness | 778,000 | Jakub Groblewski | 230,000 |
| 7 | Henri Koivisto | 844,000 | Julien Kron | 1,010,000 |
| 8 | Per Helge Gassand | 653,000 | Andy Black | 345,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,217,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
1,086,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
|
1,010,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
1,004,000
334,000
|
334,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
997,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
913,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
844,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
|
816,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
778,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
653,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
430,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
345,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
230,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
195,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
179,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
96,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Michael Brock raised it up under the gun on the outer tables and Sean Foley moved all in from the cutoff, picking up an instant call from Brock.
Sean Foley: ![]()
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Michael Brock: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop was bad news for Foley and he was left drawing dead on the
turn, the
river was a formality. All remaining 16 players will now redraw again and take a short break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
965,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Per Helge Gassand limp-called a raise with the ![]()
and ultimately raised tiny on the river of a board ![]()
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when he had hit a full house. By then, only Rory De Vos remained and cbet-called with ![]()
to drop some chips. All other players in the hand had a chuckle as well and the play carried on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
635,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
|
197,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
The cards were all but rushed away and Andrew Whitehouse had grabbed his belongings after being eliminated in 18th place over on the outer tables. He had three-bet all in out of the big blinds for fewer than 20 big blinds with ![]()
and Keith Brennan called with the ![]()
.
The flop had brought ![]()
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and a blank on the turn left Whitehouse drawing dead. All remaining 17 players are now already guaranteed €4,750.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
Busted |