The remaining 24 players are currently on a break to set up the final three tables.
The remaining 24 players are currently on a break to set up the final three tables.
Ido Aboudi was all-in for the last 200,000 and Natale Allegra then reraised to 425,000. Samuel Tebege pushed over the top from one seat over and Allegra called all-in with the slightly inferior stack.
Ido Aboudi: ![]()
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Natale Allegra: ![]()
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Samuel Tebege: ![]()
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The kings prevailed thanks to the ![]()
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board and Aboudi was eliminated in 25th place to set up the final three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000
1,925,000
|
1,925,000 |
|
|
190,000
1,440,000
|
1,440,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Georgios Tsouloftas had Uwe Mauerhoff at risk with ![]()
versus ![]()
but the ![]()
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board kept Mauerhoff still in contention.
Shortly after, Tsouloftas also got it in with the ![]()
only to see Radu Pitic turn over ![]()
. An unusual "vamos" by the Romanian followed on the ![]()
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board as the next short stack doubled.
Elias Abou Saleh flipped with ![]()
against the ![]()
of David Hu and doubled for 655,000 thanks to a ![]()
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board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
1,170,000
|
1,170,000 |
|
|
2,000,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
830,000
|
830,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
|
|
950,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Ido Aboudi got his short stack in with the ![]()
and Marek Blasko woke up with the ![]()
in the small blind. The [Ag7c3d8s9s] board ensured the double up of Blasko for 320,000 to leave Aboudi short.
He then tripled up for the rest of it with ace-eight.
At the same time, Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 100,000 and Uwe Mauerhoff called in the small blind. Andrea Sirigu jammed for 125,000 in the big blind and was called both ways.
The ![]()
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flop was checked and Mauerhoff check-folded the
turn to a bet worth 85,000 by Ruzicka.
Andrea Sirigu: ![]()
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Vojtech Ruzicka: ![]()
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The
river knocked the Italian out in 26th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
740,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
|
450,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
300,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,945,000
1,565,000
|
1,565,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,370,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
3,000,000
1,385,000
|
1,385,000 |
|
|
2,790,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
2,565,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
2,385,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
|
2,275,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
1,725,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
1,630,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
1,440,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,435,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,420,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
1,180,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
1,175,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
985,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
930,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
|
765,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
725,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
685,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
|
655,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
620,000 | |
|
|
565,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
|
525,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
420,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
320,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
The last 26 players have been sent on an extended 30-minute break and it seems very unlikely that the final table will be reached today. Tournament staff has mentioned earlier that they may play up to nine levels or down to the last 16 contenders.
So far, six levels have been completed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
On the heads-up turn of ![]()
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, Dorian Melchers and David Hu invested 150,000 each and the
river slowed down as both opted to check. Hu had the best of it this time with the ![]()
and leaped further ahead.
One table over, Marek Blasko raised to 80,000 and Natale Allegra three-bet to 215,000 in the big blind. Blasko tanked for a while and folded, to which Allegra insisted they'd reveal their cards as he wasn't bluffing.
Allegra showed the ![]()
and Blasko showed ![]()
for a brief second.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
1,225,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
450,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Sergiu Covrig opened the action with a raise to 80,000. Andrea Sirigu jammed his short stack on the button and Radu Pitic called all-in for 230,000 and Covrig folded.
Radu Pitic: ![]()
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Andrea Sirigu: ![]()
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Pitic told his Romanian rail about the flip and a small crowd gathered around the table in the poker arena. The ![]()
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board gave Pitic a set for the double and left Sirigu short once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
620,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
180,000
320,000
|
320,000 |