Mohammed Ravai raised to 4,100, and big blind Bruno Lopes (aka French rapper Kool Shen) smoothly raised to 12,300. Ravai called. The flop came a raggy . Kool Shen bet 15,000, and Ravai made the call. The turn connected solidly with the flop, but our resident rap star checked this time. Ravai took the opportunity to bet 36,000. "All in," Lopes said as soon as Ravai released his chips over the line. Ravai gave what can only be described as a yelp. It was another 22,000 for him to call, but he declined, sending the pot to a pleased Lopes.
Down to just 11,500, Farag Fadhil pushed all in from early position, and the table folded around to Marvin Rettenmaier who called from the button. Then Santiago Terrazas reshoved all in over the top with his 130,000-plus chip stack, causing Rettenmaier to step aside. Cards on their backs…
Fadhil
Terrazas
Fadhil needed help, but the community cards -- -- failed to provide any. Fadhil is out, and Terrazas is now reorganizing a stack of about 155,000.
Antonin Teisseire's stack is only a third of average, but what it lacks in substance he is making up for in height. Teisseire had all of his chips, including several thousand in T100 chips, in one tower reaching well over his head. But something caused a breeze, and the stack teetered toward the edge of the table. Thinking fast, Teisseire used his body to block the chips from hitting the floor, deflecting them onto the felt instead. They were quickly separated from the pot and no harm was done, but the rail gave a hearty hoot. Even Matt Savage got in on the fun, telling Teisseire he was all in.
Dominik Nitsche opened with a small raise to 4,500 from middle position, and it folded back around to Erik Tamm in the small blind. Tamm thought about a half-minute, then reraised to 12,500. The big blind folded, then Nitsche immediately set his remaining chips out before him, reraising all in for about 55,000 total. Tamm considered the situation further, then made the call.
Nitsche turned over , eliciting an "ah-ha!" from his neighbors on that side of the table. Nitsche smiled a little, but not too much, as he knew he still had to sweat the possibility of Tamm improving his . The board came , and Nitsche survived with a nice double-up.
Nitsche moves to about 110,000, while Tamm slips to the same area of the chip count page with 115,000.
Tristan Clemencon is distinctly in the danger zone now after doubling up Banwari Narendra when Clemencon's failed to hit against Narendra's . Narendra doubled to 50,000, switching stacks with Clemencon, who now sits with less than 25,000.
Daniel El Keslassy just gathered some more chips, busting Benjamin Pollak to move up to 315,000. He's right there with chip leaders Sebastian Homann and Nicolas Levi, all three of whom continue to hover above the 300,000-chip mark.
Erik Tamm opened to 4,300, and Marc Chamirian stood up and shouted, "It is time! The time has come!" He moved all in for 12,700. Tamm called, and it was time to flip them up. Chamirian has been animated enough to make ESPN proud during the tournament, and his big all in called for a special performance.
Chamirian:
Tamm:
"King! King!" Chamirian commanded. "See, a king!," he cheered as the flop delivered. "And a queen!" Chamirian added when the fell on the turn. But he started to make sputtering noises as he realized that queen had given Tamm a straight. The blubbering got louder as the river failed to rescue Chamirian. He said his goodbyes to the table, came back to give the dealer a playful razzing, and then the table was quiet for the first time all day.
Dominik Nitsche and Erik Tamm were just at it again, this time engaging in a series of raises and reraises following a flop that resulted in Tamm being all in, and Nitsche being all in for nearly his entire stack.
Nitsche held for the nut flush draw and a gutshot to a wheel, while Tamm had for top pair. The turn was the and the river the , and Tamm's hand held. Tamm catapults back to 234,000, while that one left Nitsche with less than 5,000.
Nitsche would subsequently double-up on the next hand. Then he'd get his super-short stack all in again with versus Pierre Daw's and spike a five on the flop to survive once more. Nitsche now has 25,200, while Daw is also in the danger zone with 20,000.
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. Kool Shen bet 15,000, and Ravai made the call. The 
turn connected solidly with the flop, but our resident rap star checked this time. Ravai took the opportunity to bet 36,000. "All in," Lopes said as soon as Ravai released his chips over the line. Ravai gave what can only be described as a yelp. It was another 22,000 for him to call, but he declined, sending the pot to a pleased Lopes.
-- failed to provide any. Fadhil is out, and Terrazas is now reorganizing a stack of about 155,000.
, eliciting an "ah-ha!" from his neighbors on that side of the table. Nitsche smiled a little, but not too much, as he knew he still had to sweat the possibility of Tamm improving his 
. The board came 
, and Nitsche survived with a nice double-up.
failed to hit against Narendra's 
flop delivered. "And a queen!" Chamirian added when the 
fell on the turn. But he started to make sputtering noises as he realized that queen had given Tamm a straight. The blubbering got louder as the 
river failed to rescue Chamirian. He said his goodbyes to the table, came back to give the dealer a playful razzing, and then the table was quiet for the first time all day.
flop that resulted in Tamm being all in, and Nitsche being all in for nearly his entire stack.
for the nut flush draw and a gutshot to a wheel, while Tamm had 
for top pair. The turn was the 
and the river the 
versus Pierre Daw's 