Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Out of a field of 190 entries, some 178 players remain upon completion of level two. They are heading out of the poker arena as the first 15-minute break has kicked off.
With around 10,000 in the middle to the ![]()
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turn, Ferdi Pamdir bet 6,000. Bart Boermans was the only opponent and almost instantly raised to 15,000, sending Pamdir into a long tank.
Mulling it over for more than five minutes, Pamdir eventually sigh-folded the ![]()
face-up. "Good fold," Boermans said while raking in the pot and Pamdir chimed in "if it was a good fold, you have to show" but the cards were already pulled into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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83,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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65,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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57,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Michael Strauch chipped up early on with straight over straight and then three-bet an open raise and two callers from 700 to 3,200 while on the button. Yves Thalmann out of the big blind was one of three callers and the ![]()
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flop was checked to Strauch, who bet 7,200.
Only Thalmann called before both then checked the
turn and
river. Thalmann revealed the ![]()
for nines and sevens to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
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50,000 | |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
|
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50,000 | |
|
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50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000 | |
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|
50,000 | |
|
|
50,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Joining the action on the ![]()
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turn, Ivo Gerber's bet worth 10,000 was called by Iman Ghashayar and the duo headed to the
river. Gerber bet another 16,000 and Ghashayar called to then muck upon being shown ![]()
for the wheel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Vinesh Kotecha bowed out and subsequently re-entered while two other players have run out of chips and didn't buy back in including Luca Serra and Adam Polek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
A three-bet to 2,500 by Arash Karimkhanzand was then four-bet to 6,500 by Marcello Miniucchi in the cutoff. Georges Sultanem on the button tossed in two T-5,000 chips without saying anything and the floor was called. It was ruled as just a call and Karimkhanzand called.
The ![]()
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flop was checked by Karimkhanzand and Miniucchi bet 10,000. Sultanem pushed all-in for Karimkhanzand to fold and Miniucchi to snap-call.
Georges Sultanem: ![]()
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Marcello Miniucchi: ![]()
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Neither the
turn nor the
river provided any help to Sultanem and he became the next early casualtty, while Karimkhanzand mentioned in table chat to have folded pocket jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
34,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Another player has been sent to the rail and that happened to be former WSOP Main Event finalist Pierre Neuville, who continues to run bad in the €1,700 Main Event at King's Resort.
With some 15,000 in the middle in a battle of short stacks over on table eight, Neuville in the hijack and Ferdi Pamdir got their chips in as follows.
Pierre Neuville: ![]()
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Ferdi Pamdir: ![]()
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The
turn improved Pamdir to the superior pair and left Neuville with the case queen as out. No miracle happened on the
river to send the Belgian to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
Busted |
David Hu entered and was involved in the first three-way pot to the ![]()
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flop. The action checked to Georges Sultanem who bet 1,100. Hu folded while Marcello Miniucchi in the cutoff called.
Both then checked the
turn and
river. Sultanem tabled the ![]()
and chopped with the ![]()
of Miniucchi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
52,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
49,500 |