Florian Strasser's defeated hand was turned over and the rest of his chips were being pushed over to Joseph Cheong, his tournament over in 10th place.
Florian Strasser's defeated hand was turned over and the rest of his chips were being pushed over to Joseph Cheong, his tournament over in 10th place.
After nearly three hours since the previous elimination, Juha Helppi was all in pre-flop holding ![]()
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of Evangelos Kokkalis.
The board ran out in favor of the Greek player as it came ![]()
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to finish Helppi's tournament.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 0
John Richards opened for 100,000 on the cutoff, Ka Lau three-bet to 420,000, and Richards made the call.
The flop came ![]()
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, Leu potted, and Richards made the call, putting him all in.
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Ka Lau: ![]()
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Richards was ahead on the flop with top two pair, and improved to a straight on the
turn. The river
gave Lau a set but it wasn't enough, as Richards took down the massive pot.
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Evangelos Kokkalis bet 75,000. he was raised to 240,000 by Juha Helppi. The turn was the
. Both players checked. The river came the
. Helppi put out a hefty bet of 350,000. Kokkalis thought long and hard about the bet and did not make a decision for about three minutes, when he eventually pushed the call button.
Helppi immediately said "Nice call" and gave a nod of acknowledgement to his opponent as Kokkalis turned over his winning hand of ![]()
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John Richards raised to 80,000 on the cutoff, Michael Kuney three-bet to 200,000 on the button, and Richards called.
The flop came ![]()
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, and both players checked. Richards potted the turn, betting 460,000, and Kuney folded.
In a pre-flop raised pot, Evangelos Kokkalis and Joao Vieira saw a flop of ![]()
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. Kokkalis moved all in which forced Vieira to relent quickly.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 0
Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day.