Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Sorel Mizzi raised to 35,000 from the button and Kees van Brugge called from the big blind. The flop came down ![]()
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and Van Brugge check called 37,000.
On the turn the
hit and both players checked.
The river was the
and Van Brugge lead for 39,000 and Mizzi called.
Van Brugge showed ![]()
and that was enough to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
100,015
|
100,015 |
|
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760,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Action folded to Farid Yachou on the button and he opened to 35,000. The small blind folded but Giacomo Fundaro in the big blind had bigger plans. He three-bet to 95,000 and without much hesitation, Yachou shoved all in for 183,000 more. Fundaro tanked for some time, asked the dealer to pull the 95,000 in, and eventually folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
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|
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393,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
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Sandro Pitzanti limped in from the small blind and big blind Kees van Brugge raised it up to 40,000. Pitzanti made the call.
Pitzanti gently tapped the table after the ![]()
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flop was spread. Van Brugge bet 41,000 and Pitzanti called.
The
hit the turn and this time Pitzanti check-called a bet of 80,000.
The
completed the board and Pitzanti checked a third time. Van Brugge took his time making his decision. He eventually announced his bet; 165,000. Pitzanti tanked for a bit before releasing his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
964,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
|
|
500,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
No dinner break was announced yet at the start of the day as tournament director Christian Scalzi first wanted to see how things would go. It's clear that there is need for a dinner break today, as still 12 players remain and the stacks are deep. It's therefor decided that a 1-hour dinner break will start at the end of this level (in a little over an hour).
Farid Yachou raised to 35,000 and Giacomo Fundaro called in position after which the flop brought out ![]()
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.
Yachou bet 50,000 on the flop and Fundaro made the call.
On the turn the
hit and Yachou opted to check. Founder bet 103,000 and quickly Yachou moved all in for 258,000.
Fundaro looked back down at his cards and folded right away, giving up this pot to Yachou.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
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|
|
485,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
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Sandro Pitzanti raised to 35,000 in the hijack and Pim van Riet in the big blind made the call. Van Riet check-called a bet of 35,000 on ![]()
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, only for the two of them to check the
on the turn. The river
made Van Riet bet out 55,000. Pitzanti called, and won with his ![]()
from Van Riet's ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,120,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
586,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
Pim van Riet has been very much under the radar all day, but his stack is still very prominent with 12 players remaining. Just now we saw Van Riet lose one, but he still had more than a million chips.
We picked up the action on the flop that showed ![]()
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, and Van Riet check-called 60,000 from the small blind.
The turn was the
and this time both players checked.
On the river the
hit and Van Riet checked a third time. Jason Wheeler, his opponent, bet 150,000 and that was too rich for the Dutchman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,160,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
1,055,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Giacomo Fundaro opened to 35,000 from the hijack and his neighbor Aki Pyysing three-bet to 85,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Fundaro and he made to call to see a flop of ![]()
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.
Fundaro checked and Pyysing made a bet of 85,000. Fundaro check-raised all in for 310,000 and Pyysing instantly called.
Aki Pyysing: ![]()
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Giacomo Fundaro: ![]()
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The
on the turn was a good card for Fundaro, but the
didn't improve his hand the way he needed. The last Italian takes home €14,650.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
323,000
|
323,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Jason Wheeler raised to 35,000 and Pim van Riet called from the big blind. The flop brought out ![]()
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and Van Riet check-called 60,000.
The turn was the
and this time Van Riet check-called 85,000.
On the river the
hit and Van Riet checked a third time. Wheeler fired 205,000 this time around and Van Riet made the call.
Wheeler looked back down at his cards before mucking, and that meant Van Riet did not have to show. Van Riet raked in this big pot and he's once again the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,420,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
600,000
560,000
|
560,000 |