Play at Rainer Kempe's table is three-handed after he eliminated Harry Lodge. Kempe holds more than half the chips in play three-handed and will be looking to move on and secure himself a seat at the final table.
Play at Rainer Kempe's table is three-handed after he eliminated Harry Lodge. Kempe holds more than half the chips in play three-handed and will be looking to move on and secure himself a seat at the final table.
Alexandru Papazian opened to 10,000 and Taylor Paur three-bet to 38,000. Papazian moved all in for 211,000 and Paur called.
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Papazian's pocket pair held on the ![]()
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and he doubled into the lead in this contest.
Eric Froehlich raised to 7,000 on the button and Taylor Paur re-raised to 24,000 in the big blind. The action was back on Froehlich who four-bet shoved all in for 198,000. Paur snap-called and was in a dominating position.
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to put Paur way out front with two pair. The
on the turn left Froehlich drawing dead to the
on the river. Paur will now take a commanding lead into the heads-up battle with Alexandru Papazian.
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Ben Farrell opened to 7,000 and Dario Sammartino three-bet to 20,000. Bryon Lachance then four-bet all in for 100,000. Farrell called and Sammartino folded.
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flop and on the
turn but the
river gave Farrell top pair and he sent Lachance to the rail.
Pavel Plesuv limped in from the small blind and Adrien Delmas raised it up to 10,000 from the big blind. Plesuv called and the flop came ![]()
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. Plesuv checked to Delmas who continued for 6,000 and Plesuv called.
Both players checked the
turn card and the
completed the board. Plesuv checked once more and Delmas thought for a moment before deciding to check it back. Plesuv tabled ![]()
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Plesuv was on the short stack at the table and just moments later was seen leaving his seat with his chips being pushed toward Delmas.
Ludovic Riehl was all in pre-flop with ![]()
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of Martin Zamani.
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and Zamani said au revoir to the man he had earlier called "Frenchy."
Benjamin Chalot looks to be the heavy favourite to advance from Table 605 with a commanding chip lead over Weiyi Zhang and Erik Lemarquand.
Meanwhile, one table over, things are still pretty even between Taylor Paur, Eric Froehlich and Alexandru Papazian who have four bracelets between them.
Arthur Conan opened to 8,000 in the cutoff and Kristen Bicknell called on the button while both of the blinds folded. The two players saw a flop of ![]()
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and Conan continued for 8,000. Bicknell called and the
landed on the turn.
Conan checked this time and Bicknell tossed in a bet of 14,000. Conan stuck around to see the
on the river. He checked again and Bicknell put together a bet of 32,000. Conan thought for a minute but decided to lay his hand down.
Ryan Leng was down to 100,000 heads-up but doubled after rivering Broadway. Then on a ![]()
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board Justin Bonomo had bet 50,000.
Leng pondered his decision before calling. Bonomo turned over ![]()
for a seven-high straight and took down the pot.