The tournament is down to its final three tables, one table has just been broken. The remaining 27 players are on their one hour dinner break.
The tournament is down to its final three tables, one table has just been broken. The remaining 27 players are on their one hour dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
|
500,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
480,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
470,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
450,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
390,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
370,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
345,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
|
340,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
320,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
250,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
240,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
220,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
220,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
195,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
195,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
190,000
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
|
135,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
125,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
110,000 | |
|
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
85,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
75,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
55,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
With a lot of shorties still in.
Action folded to [Removed:551] in the small blind and the Austrian shoved all in for just over 70,000. Big blind Jan-Eric Schwippert asked for a count, and called rather quickly.
Jan-Eric Schwippert: ![]()
[Removed:551]: ![]()
The flop (![]()
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) and turn (
) were safe for [Removed:552], but the
on the river spelled doom for him. Schwippert rivered a straight and [Removed:552] was the first to hit the pay out desk this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Dimitar Danchev has been eliminated from the tournament. The former PCA winner from Bulgaria shoved allin from the button holding ![]()
. Peter Jaksland in the big blind woke up with ![]()
and made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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giving Jaksland two pair and Danchev a gutshot. The
on the turn and
were effectively blanks and Danchev hit the rail in 27th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
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Fedor Holz opened the hand with a raise to 11,500 from the hijack. Action folded to Viktor Katzenberger in the big blind who made it 35,000 to go.
That was just the start of the raising war as Holz four bet (67,000) and Katzenberger five bet all in for about 230,000. Hols wasted no time calling.
Viktor Katzenberger: ![]()
Fedor Holz: ![]()
The board came ![]()
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and Katzenberger hit the rail in 25th place. Fedor Holz once again the overwhelming chipleader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
760,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Start of day chip leader Dzmitry Urbanovich has been eliminated from the tournament. In somewhat unlucky fashion we might add. He had already suffered some losses, and finished his bad run off with a small bad beat just now.
David Boyaciyan opened the hand with a raise from the button to 12,000. Urbanovich called from the small blind and Thomas Bichon over called from the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Urbanovich checked. Bichon lead out for 18,000 and Boyaciyan made the call. Urbanovich check raised to 37,000 and Bichon shoved all in. Boyaciyan folded but Urbanovich called for 140,000 all in.
Thomas Bichon: ![]()
Dzmitry Urbanovich: ![]()
Bichon wouldn't hit a club, but the
on the turn helped him just as good. The
on the river was a blank and Urbanovich headed for the pay out desk to pick up his €5,480.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Pascal Hartmann opened for 11,000 and Michel Abecassis three-bet his big blind to 29,000. Hartmann made the call and the flop came ![]()
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. Abecassis continued for 26,000 and Hartmann called.
The
fell on the turn and Abecassis shoved all in. There was no need for a count as Hartmann called immediately:
Abecassis: ![]()
Hartmann: ![]()
The river
couldn't save the Frenchman and he collected €5,480 for his 23th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |