Play is now four handed, and Russian Anatoly Filatov is holding over half of the chips in play.
Play is now four handed, and Russian Anatoly Filatov is holding over half of the chips in play.
Pedro Garagnani raised to 2,400,000, leaving behind just a few big blinds, but from the big blind, chip leader Anatoly Filatov had woken up with ![]()
. He set Garagnani all in, and he called with pocket eights.
The board came down ![]()
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, and FIlatov made an unneeded set on the river to secure yet another knockout.
Anatoly Filatov raised it up to 800,000, and Christian Rudolph moved all in for 3,600,000 and change. Filatov called with ![]()
, and it was flipping against the ![]()
of Rudolph. The flop of ![]()
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shot Rudolph into the lead, and they improved with a king on the turn.
Filatov would win with a six and a six only, but the
came instead. Rudolph doubles up right before the second break of the day.
Level: 18
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 50,000
Markus Leikkonen raised on the button, and Christian Rudolph defended his big blind to see a flop of ![]()
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come down. Rudolph checked to Leikkonen, who continued for 300,000. Rudolph raised to 1,500,000 and change, and Leikkonen moved all in.
Rudolph quickly called with ![]()
for top two pair, and Leikkonen was in rough shape with ![]()
. The
on the turn gave him some extra outs, but they weren't needed, ans the
spiked on the river to give Leikkonen an unlikely double up.
Markus Leikkonen, who started the final table as the short stack, is now second in chips after that pot.
Level: 17
Blinds: 175,000/350,000
Ante: 45,000
Mark Radoja started the final table as the chip leader, but he wasn't able to win many pots of significance, and he just busted in the biggest pot of the final table so far.
Marius Gierse raised to 660,000, and Anatoly Filatov and Christian Rudolph called. In the big blind, Mark shoved for just over 10,000,000. Gierse folded, and FIlatov thought for a while before shoving all in. Rudolph folded what ended up being pocket jacks, and the cards were shown.
Radoja: ![]()
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Filatov: ![]()
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The flop of ![]()
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missed both players, and a three on the turn meant that only six outs would work for Radoja. The
came instead though, and Radoja will have to settle for a disappointing sixth place finish. Meanwhile, Filatov has taken a stranglehold on this final table.
Level: 16
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 37,500
Isaac Baron had grinded the short stack throughout the final table so far, and his luck just ran out, as he bowed out in seventh place.
Action folded to Baron on the button, and he shoved all in for 4,531,933. In the small blind, Marius Gierse had woken up with ![]()
, and he called to put Baron at risk with ![]()
.
The flop of ![]()
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brought Baron little help, and the
turn meant that only a king would save him. The
came instead, and Gierse scooped a nice pot to get him up to second in chips.
Baron will have to settle for a quarter of a million dollars for seventh place.
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