Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
The last 40 players have been sent into their second scheduled 15-minute break of the day.
Asaf Adato opened the action with a raise to 50,000 in the cutoff and David Hu three-bet to 175,000 in the small blind. No call followed as Adato reluctantly folded.
Several players hold near identical shorter stacks on the table and there has been no major clash in quite some time.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Hu |
1,825,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Hans Kersebom |
1,400,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Elias Abou Saleh |
900,000
-325,000
|
-325,000 |
Matthew Bushell |
850,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
||
Samir Boudeliou |
650,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Asaf Adato |
650,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Berkan Munar |
550,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Fabio Pilato |
500,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Andreas Chalkiadakis raised it up to 50,000 and Dawid Smolka checked his cards before moving all-in for 435,000. The Greek tanked for a while and then called with a stack of 450,000.
Dawid Smolka:
Andreas Chalkiadakis:
The board ran out and that spelled the end for Smolka.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andreas Chalkiadakis |
935,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
Dawid Smolka | Busted |
On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Frans Van Staalduinen in the big blind and Iman Ghashayar on the button, the board showed . Van Staalduinen bet 250,000 and Ghashayar reluctantly called.
"Just the six," Van Staalduinen announced and flashed the , which Ghashayar had beat with the .
"Now you have everything back ... I always have very good hands against you," Van Staalduinen added with a smile on the face.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Iman Ghashayar |
1,500,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
Frans Van Staalduinen |
1,300,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
The action folded all the way to Vojtech Ruzicka in the small blind and he pushed all-in. Georgios Tsouloftas was the only opponent behind and the Cypriot called for the 235,000 he had behind.
Georgios Tsouloftas:
Vojtech Ruzicka:
Thanks to a board of , the king played and Tsouloftas doubled to remain in contention.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vojtech Ruzicka |
1,600,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Georgios Tsouloftas |
495,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Frans Van Staalduinen raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Jason Wheeler defended the big blind. Both checked the flop and Wheeler led the turn for 65,000, which Van Staalduinen called.
The river was checked again and Wheeler tabled the as the winning hand. Van Staalduinen made up for the minor loss by knocking out Eden Anzio soon after and the Dutchman chipped up to almost 2 million in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lars Kamphues |
2,200,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
Frans Van Staalduinen |
1,900,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Natale Allegra |
1,000,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
Jason Wheeler |
850,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
Iman Ghashayar |
600,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
Dawid Smolka |
500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Mirza Veletanlic |
500,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Eden Anzio | Busted |
Darko Percic raised to 55,000 and was called by Waheed Ashraf, Ido Aboudi and Alessandro Pagliuso. On the flop, it checked to Percic and he bet 85,000. Only Ashraf called and the turn was checked. On the river, Percic checked once more and Ashraf now bet 200,000, sending his opponent into a frazzle.
Ultimately, Percic called and won the pot with as Ashraf only had the .
"The sizing was perfect, if you make it 500k I snap-call," Percic admitted after the hand was over.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Darko Percic |
1,850,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
Ido Aboudi |
1,350,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Alessandro Pagliuso |
1,300,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Waheed Ashraf |
800,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
In a battle of shorter stacks, Georgios Tsouloftas on the button and Sergiu Covrig in the small blind got their chips into the middle.
Sergiu Covrig:
Georgios Tsouloftas:
The run bad of Tsouloftas continued on a board as further damage was inflicted on his rapidly shrinking stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sergiu Covrig |
650,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Georgios Tsouloftas |
200,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
Marius Gicovanu chipped up his short stack in a split pot thanks to the blinds and big blind ante before he was then all-in once more for a couple of blinds only. He was looked up by Ido Aboudi and the cards were flipped over.
Marius Gicovanu:
Ido Aboudi:
The flop improved Aboudi to the top pair while the turn gave Gicovanu broadway. However, there was one further twist as the river improved Aboudi to kings full.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ido Aboudi |
1,400,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Marius Gicovanu | Busted |