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During a poker tournament one has to climb many hills to get deep and Tom Hall just did so, literally to speak, by doubling up through Andrew Christopher Hills. He opened to 3,200 and got three callers including Hills. On the flop, Hall continued for 5,000 and Hills raised to 13,000, the other two players folded.
Hall tanked for three minutes before moving all in for 30,000 in total with and Hills snapped him off with a set of fours. The turn and the river both provided a queen and the Brit doubled up in spectacular fashion.
A few big names. Timothy Davie and Anton Wigg were sent to the rail. Wigg started the day as one of the big stacks but lost quite a few of them within the first two levels. Last we had him on 70,000 still and that has since been reduced to zero. Same also applies for online qualifier Carla Larson as well, the media card of the Canadian found the way to our desk.
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Fahredin Mustafov started as one of the big stacks and also slightly increased his stack further to become a force to be reckoned. Until Seth Berger arrived at the table. The American just got gifted a huge double up for 110,000 preflop when the Bulgarian six-bet jammed with into the pocket kings of Berger. The flop gave Mustafov some outs but two blanks later his stack was halved.
Sorel Mizzi three-bet shoved for 19,400 chips with and initial raiser Maxim Panyak called off with . The board ran out and the pot was awarded to the Canadian.
The tournament speed carries on at hyperactive pace and the field has been reduced to 75 players. Among those to join the rail was Vladimir Schwarz, who three-bet shoved with pocket deuces and was called by an opponent with . The board ran out to deliver both over cards for the bigger stack.
Marvin Rettenmaier won't win another WPT title for now either, as he also ran out of chips.
The entire action of the hand was unknown, but Fahredin Mustafov fired 40,500 on the river of a board and Alexander Lakhov called with . The Bulgarian only had and dropped more chips.
Sebastian Langrock profited from an opponent that six-bet jammed for 120,000 and the German had an easy call with pocket aces. The flop gave his opponent a flush draw, but the best starting hand in No Limit Hold'em didn't get cracked.
Nikolay Tsanev won a middle-sized pot with against the of Michel Leigborin after the Frenchman had spiked middle pair and the Bulgarian top pair. Both players take different directions with their stack size and the same also applies for Andrew Hulme and Zo Karim on their respective table.