Blinds Being Passed Around
In the last four hands
Marvin Rettenmaier picked up the blinds and antes with a raise to 165,000.
Artur Voskanyan shoved twice, both times receiving no callers.
Ran Azor raised to 225,000 and everyone folded.
In the last four hands
Marvin Rettenmaier picked up the blinds and antes with a raise to 165,000.
Artur Voskanyan shoved twice, both times receiving no callers.
Ran Azor raised to 225,000 and everyone folded.
Marvin Rettenmaier opened for 165,000 and Joseph El Khoudry defended his big blind, but ended up check-folding to a 140,000 bet on the flop.
With the blinds and antes now 50,000/100,000 with a running ante of 10,000, the average stack has plummeted to just under 20 big blinds and the players are essentially pushing or folding.
Each of the players — with the exception of Ran Azor — has been all-in at least once during the last orbit but nobody has been called yet. It is only a matter of time before one of these all-in bets gets called and whoever wins it will be in a dominant position to go on and take down this event.
The players have been sent for a 10-minute break. Rejoin us again in 10-minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,565,000
265,000
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265,000 |
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2,245,000
-305,000
|
-305,000 |
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1,495,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
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1,260,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
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1,080,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
All eyes are on Marvin Rettenmaier to see if he can set history on the World Poker Tour and win a back-to-back WPT trophy. While he may be an accomplished poker player, his talents certainly don't stop there. He and one of the gorgeous Royal Flush Girls, Sonia Yasmin Ali, got together for an acoustic duet while here in Cyprus.
Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 205,000 and Joseph El Khoury opted to called out of the big blind leaving himself around 1,100,000 behind.
Both players checked the flop and the
turn, El Khoury then also checked the
river but Rettenmaier bet 280,000. El Khoury called but was very displeased to see the German's
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,000,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
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800,000
-460,000
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-460,000 |
It has taken quite some time but we have finally lost another player; that dubious honor going to Joseph El Khoury.
The action folded to El Khoury in the cutoff and he moved all-in for a total of 1,225,000. Victor Paraschiv folded on the button but Marvin Rettenmaier instantly called and the cards were revealed.
El Khoury:
Rettenmaier:
Rettenmaier held the advantage and it stayed that way on a flop. The
turn gave El Khoury some outs to a straight but the
was not one of them and we are now down to four players in the main event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,300,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
Marvin Rettenmaier raised to 240,000 preflop from UTG and it was folded around to Victor Paraschiv in the big blind. The latter checked his cards for a moment and thought before whispering, "All in."
The dealer looked back at Rettenmaier who said, surprised, "He's all in?" Rechecking his cards he then instantly called.
Rettenmaier:
Paraschiv:
The board offered only the mearest hint of danger to the German coming .
Rettenmaier has a monster chip lead, nearly six times as much as the other two stacks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,310,000
2,010,000
|
2,010,000 |
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1,375,000
-870,000
|
-870,000 |
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1,185,000
105,000
|
105,000 |