Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
The final ten players are now on another 20-minute break. One more elimination is required to conclude the action for tonight and the clock has ticked over to 1 a.m. local time already.
Over on the outer table, Rene Kuhlman limped in from the small blind. Domenico Gala then pushed all-in for 240,000 in total and Kuhlman instantly sighed and dropped back into his chair.
He deliberated the decision for a minute and eventually opted for the call.
Domenico Gala: ![]()
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Rene Kuhlman: ![]()
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A small Italian rail gathered around the table and Gala paired his kicker on the ![]()
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flop. However, the disappointment followed right away on the
turn and the
river avoided a split pot.
Gala was knocked out in 11th place for €6,260 and Day 2 of the Main Event is just one elimination away from the conclusion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
1,200,000
260,000
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260,000 |
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Busted |
For the past hour or two, Angelo Vietti had barely played any hand and it was no surprise that the stack was whittled down. Eventually, the Italian was all-in out of the small blind for just 145,000 and got looked up by fellow countryman Samuele Lo Presti in the big blind.
Angelo Vietti: ![]()
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Samuele Lo Presti: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop and
turn kept Vietti's hope of reaching the final table alive. However, the
on the river improved Lo Presti for Vietti to bust in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
625,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Serdar Demircan raised to 60,000 with the ![]()
in the hijack. He had previously folded to a shove with the ![]()
and this time had a decision once again.
Andreas Hagen jammed for 455,000 with the ![]()
in the cutoff to send Demircan into the blender.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000 | |
|
|
565,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
The outer table brought an open raise by Henrik Juncker, who then called the three-bet shove by the table short stack Gerben Bos for 13 big blinds.
Gerben Bos: ![]()
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Henrik Juncker: ![]()
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While the Dutchman was ahead preflop, that changed on the ![]()
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flop as Juncker improved to a pair of tens. No help arrived on the
turn and
river for Bos to bow out in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Mats Karlsson raised to 40,000 in the hijack and Rene Kuhlman called on the button, Raymond Wheatley defended the big blind. As the trio headed to the ![]()
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flop on which Wheatley checked.
Karlsson bet 40,000 for Kuhlman to call and Wheatley to fold.
After the
turn, Karlsson upped his bet sizing to 80,000 and Kuhlman folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,150,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,575,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
940,000
785,000
|
785,000 |
|
|
900,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
|
|
460,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
300,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
230,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Rene Kuhlman opened to 40,000 and then called the shove by Raymond Wheatley for 235,000 from two seats over in the cutoff.
Raymond Wheatley: ![]()
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Rene Kuhlman: ![]()
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The Irishman was dominated but one of the most difficult pocket pairs in poker resulted in a bad beat story this time. On a board of ![]()
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, Wheatley spiked a jack on the turn and doubled with jacks full of nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
875,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
520,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Mats Karlsson won a three-bet pot against Rene Kuhlman in which they invested no further chips on the ![]()
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turn and
river as they knuckled it down.
Karlsson rolled over the ![]()
and that won the pot.
One hand later, Henrik Juncker raised to 40,000 and Kuhlman called, as did Tal Sardal in the big blind. The ![]()
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flop was checked and Juncker bet the
turn for 65,000. Only Kuhlman came along to then face a bet worth 145,000 on the
river.
No call by the Dutchman followed as he lost the second hand in a row.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
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|
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1,650,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
890,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
After the blinds had gone up, Mark Vella was left with around 15 big blinds and he pushed the last 290,000 in from an early position. It folded all the way to Rain Molderkivi in the big blind and the Estonian reluctantly called after asking for an exact count.
Mark Vella: ![]()
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Rain Molderkivi: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop left Vella in need of running cards to avoid the elimination. One of them appeared with the
turn but the
river ended the run of the local player in 14th place for €4,740.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
Busted |