Denis Alimanovic was all-in preflop with the K♥J♦ and up against Traian Stanciu with the Q♥Q♣.
There was no king on the 9♣5♠3♠A♥6♥ board and Alimanovic headed to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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475,000
91,000
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91,000 |
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Busted |
Ilie Smintanca-Januszewski moved all in for 150,000 from middle position before Blaz Zerjav moved his shorter stack of 88,000 in as well on the button. The blinds got out the way and the cards were turned up.
Blaz Zerjav: K♠J♥
Ilie Smintanca-Januszewski: A♦Q♦
Zerjav stood up as soon as he saw the 2♣A♠4♣ flop, which left Smintanca-Januszewski squarely in front. The 8♥ turn and 4♠ river changed nothing, as Zerjav was sent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
80,000
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80,000 |
|
Busted |
Matthew Davenport was seen on his way to the payout desk when he couldn't beat the A♥4♣ of Robert Saffran on a board of A♦7♥3♣Q♠Q♥. "Snap call? You had a soul read on him ..." another player at the table chimed in.
Shortly after, Henning Wendlandt had opened and Rene Majed three-bet to 100,000 with around 230,000 behind in the blinds. Wendlandt then pushed for 377,000 and Majed eventually called, grabbed his phone and recorded the showdown.
Rene Majed: K♦Q♥
Henning Wendlandt: A♦K♥
The ace-kicker prevailed on a board of J♥J♦4♥K♣6♠ and Majed was knocked out.
"I miss-clicked preflop and raised to high. He has also been doing some weird shit before," Majed said on his way out.
Last but not least, Halil Coknez was all-in with a short stack on the button holding the K♣9♣. Samuel Mullur in the hijack was ahead with A♥Q♠ but Coknez got there on the J♠J♦9♦4♦9♥ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
725,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
|
725,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
180,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
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140,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
Max Lohse open-shoved a short stack with the A♦K♥ and Vatan Baruti looked him up with the inferior A♣5♥.
The K♣4♣2♠ flop gave Lohse top pair and Baruti a wheel draw. Nothing changed with the 6♣ turn but the 3♠ river improved Baruti to a wheel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
317,000
|
317,000 |
|
Busted |
Felix Seelentag moved all in from middle position and found a call from Igor Falkovsky in the big blind.
Felix Seelentag: A♣5♠
Igor Falkovsky: A♠10♥
Seelentag could not make up any ground on the 2♦6♠4♦8♣10♦ runout, as Falkovsky improved to score the knockout.
Hyungwoon Kim also exited the tournament area from a nearby table as the tournament was trimmed to the final five tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
910,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Bruno Skosples defended his big blind against an under-the-gun raise by Sefora Pop and check-called the 6♣5♦4♦ flop for 25,000. He then check-called the A♠ turn for 60,000 and jammed the 9♦ river for around 130,000, Pop snap-called.
"Nothing," Skosples declared and flung his Q♠7♥ for a busted straight draw towards the dealer. Pop showed her A♦2♦ for the nut flush and scored the knockout.
"I almost called preflop, I had ten eight of diamonds," Yuzhou Yin in the eight seat mentioned.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
409,000
|
409,000 |
|
500,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ertan Cicekdemir got it in preflop when Vlad Darie jammed out of the blinds and had the best of it.
Ertan Cicekdemir: 10♦10♠
Vlad Darie: A♥5♥
The A♦J♠8♠3♦K♣ board gave Darie a pair of aces and knocked out Cicekdemir.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Duc Tuan Tran and were heads up Jan Wieckenberg in early position, and all of Wieckenberg's chips in the middle.
Jan Wieckenberg: A♥K♣
Duc Tuan Tran: A♣Q♣
Wieckenberg was in great shape until the 6♣9♦Q♥ flop saw Tran hit top pair. Another Q♦ turn locked up the hand for Tran, with the 8♣ river sealing Wieckenberg's exit.
"Ace-queen is a monster" said Theodoor Woolschot, as Tran raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,125,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Kacper Pawlowski got it in for the last 77,000 with the A♦J♦ and Emil Bise called holding the 8♠5♠.
The K♦Q♠2♠ flop gave Bise a flush draw while Pawlowski had a broadway draw. Nothing changed with the 3♣ turn but the 7♠ river improved Bise to a flush.
Another two players departed right after as the field dropped to 44 hopefuls within the first hour of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
A double elimination was announced for table eight and Ilija Savevski as well as Dennis Jung grabbed their belongings, while the chips were pushed to Andrzej Jedryczka.
According to Savevski, he got it in via three-bet shove with pocket tens and Jung had pocket nines. They were well covered by Jedryczka, who flipped with the A♥K♣. The A♣A♦3♦3♣2♦ runout left both shorter stacks drawing dead on the turn.
Moments later, Jared Strauss departed from one table over after losing a flip for the last eleven blinds with ace-king versus pocket tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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