Over on the feature table, Mads Elle raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Oliver White three-bet to 165,000 in the big blind. Elle four-bet all in for 707,000 and
Mads Elle:
Oliver White:
The board came and Elle departed in 13th place for
On the outer table Honglin Jiang limped in from the small blind and Thomas Cazayous raised to 70,000, Jiang called. The flop of brought a check by Jiang, a bet of 40,000 by Cazayous and a call. On the turn both checked and Jiang bet the river for 320,000 to force a fold.
Jonathan Schuman limped in with and Mads Elle in the big blind raised to 64,000 with , Schuman called.
Schuman check-called a bet of 50,000 on the flop before the turn went check, check. Schuman bet the river for 125,000 and Elle called to muck when being shown the five-high straight.
Over on the outer table Nicolaj Bonnichsen limped in from under the gun and Honglin Jiang limped as well, Tony Blanchandin checked in the big blind. Bonnichsen bet the flop for 25,000 and Jiang was the only caller. Bonnichsen bet the turn for 52,000 and was called before the Dane fired another bet of 95,000 on the river, Jiang once again called.
Andreas Wiborg raised to 46,000 with the and Mads Elle called with the . On the flop, Wiborg bet 72,000 and Elle called before the turn was checked through. On the river, Wiborg bet 135,000 and Elle quickly called to see the bad news.
Nicolaj Bonnichsen raised on the button and Bhavin Khatri moved all in from the big blind, Bonnichsen snap-called with a near identical stack.
Nicolaj Bonnichsen:
Bhavin Khatri:
The flop was a massive sweat, but ultimately Khatri had to forfeit 448,000 chips and was left with a mere big blind.
In the very next hand Clement Tripodi raised and Khatri called all in, and Honglin Jiang came along from the big blind. The two remaining active players checked the flop and a bet fo 30,000 by Jiang on the turn forced a fold from Tripodi.
Bhavin Khatri:
Honglin Jiang:
The on the river was of no help for Khatri and his bid for a third consecutive final table here in London was denied, he claimed £4,140 for his 14th place finish.
On the outer table a short-stacked Tony Blanchandin shoved for his last 84,000 on the button and Nicolaj Bonnichsen called in the small blind.
Tony Blanchandin:
Nicolaj Bonnichsen:
The flop gave the Frenchman top two pair, while Bonnichsen picked up some outs with the turn. A blank river let Blanchandin double once more and he remained in contention with 14 players remaining.
Over on the outer table Nicolaj Bonnichsen raked in a big pot when he flopped top set with pocket tens on a board of and Honglin Jiang called the river bet, then mucked his when he was shown the by Bonnichsen.
Soon after, Clement Tripodi open-shoved into the big blind of Tony Blanchandin and the latter called for 251,000.
Tony Blanchandin:
Clement Tripodi:
The board came and Tripodi was left with a miracle going forward.