Maria Ho opened in the cutoff and got action from big blind Chi Zhang. He check-called 53,000 on the flop but came out betting with 56,000 on the turn. Ho called. The river was a and Zhang checked. Ho bet 160,000, and after a couple of minutes in the tank, Zhang called.
Ramin Hajiyev limped in from the small blind and Jack Salter checked in the big blind. On the flop both players checked. Hajiyev bet the turn for 22,000 and Salter called before the river was checked again. Hajiyev shook his head and flipped over , which Salter had beat with .
Table 40 is the feature table and Maria Ho, as well as Rainer Kempe and Kristen Bicknell are back in the spotlight. Play has resumed with 69 minutes left in the current level. Day 4 will play a total of six 90-minute levels or until 12 players remain, whichever of the two comes first.
The flop read and Rainer Kempe checked from the big blind. Niall Farrell bet 40,000 from the cutoff and Kempe called.
The turn brought them the on which they both checked.
The river completed the board with the , Kempe checked again. Farrell now bet 138,000 and Kempe went into the tank. He looked at the board several times, counted some of his chips, took chips to raise, then took some other chips to make the call and then looked at the board again. In the end, he decided to call. Farrell showed for queens and deuces with the ace-kicker and that was good enough to take the pot as Kempe mucked his hand.
Parker Talbot moved to the feature table and played only a couple hands before being eliminated in 25th place.
He played a hand against Andrei Boghean just before he busted. Boghean opened from middle position to 46,000 and Michal Mrakes called on the button and Talbot called from the big blind.
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the and Talbot checked. Boghean bet 112,000 and Talbot was the lone caller.
The river paired the board with the and Talbot checked again. Boghean bet 260,000 and Talbot took a moment.
"Pretty tough spot to bluff," Talbot said.
He folded and then wanted to know if Boghean would tell him before the hand came up on stream. Boghean did not oblige.
A few hands later, Talbot got all in from the small blind with against the of Luis Rodriguez.
Talbot couldn't find an ace and was eliminated in 25th place. He will take home €26,530 for his finish.
David Hudson moved all in for his last 189,000 from late position and Stoyan Obreshkov called from two seats over in the cutoff while the rest of the table folded.
David Hudson:
Stoyan Obreshkov:
The board came and Hudson was drawing dead on the turn to be eliminated in 26th place for €26,530.
Marc MacDonnell opened for 45,000 and got three-bet by Ramin Hajiyev, to 140,000 on his left in the cutoff. MacDonnell shoved and Hajiyev called for 628,000.
MacDonnell:
Hajiyev:
The flop gave MacDonnell some more outs but the and were harmless bricks.
Marti Roca De Torres raised to 42,000 from the cutoff. Abdelhakim Zoufri shoved from the small blind for about 180,000 and fellow Dutchman Mathijs Jonkers was up next.
"How much?" Jonkers asked.
"Too much for you!" Zoufri laughed.
The dealer counted and confirmed it was 184,000 in total. Jonkers called. Roca De Torres checked his cards again and then folded.
Mathijs Jonkers:
Abdelhakim Zoufri:
The board ran out - not enough help for Zoufri as he was eliminated in 27th place.
"I had king-ten" Roca De Torres said.
'I was trying to figure out how to get some chips from your stack but you would have never called with king-ten. Those cards weren't good enough to call, right?" Jonkers said to Roca De Torres.
"No, I wouldn't." Roca De Torres replied.
Jonkers is now the last Dutchman left standing, he will be hoping to win the second Dutch bracelet in this year's WSOPE.
Kristen Bicknell raised to 44,000 from under the gun and Sebastian Langrock three-bet to 95,000 on the button. "How much did you start the hand with?" Bicknell asked and Langrock revealed that he had 102,000 behind. Bicknell moved all in and Langrock called it off.
Sebastian Langrock:
Kristen Bicknell:
The board of gave Langrock a pair of tens on the turn only for Bicknell to spike the ace on the river, eliminating the 2017 WSOP bracelet winner in 28th place for €26,530.