Action folded around to Nolan Curatolo who opened from the button to 300,000. Tiberiu Tirca quickly put him all in from the big blind and Curatolo called.
Nolan Curatolo: 4♦4♥
Tiberiu Tirca: A♥K♣
Tirca made top two across the A♦J♥Q♣K♥6♣ runout to send Curatolo to the rail.
Jacob Amsellem made it 80,000 from middle position and Ron Jeda called in the big blind.
They saw a flop of 2♦J♥8♦ where both checked to the 7♠ turn. Jeda fired 55,000, and Amsellem called.
The J♠ river was also checked through and Jeda showed a pair of deuces with 4♦2♥, and Amsellem mucked.
"What is this?! This is a tournament, not a cash game," remarked Kabrhel.
"This is not Zynga poker! Four-deuce offsuit. Wow" Kabrhel added.
Nolan Curatolo opened from under the gun to 80,000. Albert Gil moved all in for 145,000. Action folded around and Curatolo called.
Albert Gil: A♠J♦
Nolan Curatolo: 8♠8♥
Gil made two pair across the J♠K♥6♥6♠2♥ runout to secure the double up.
Martin Kabrhel limped in from the cutoff and Catalin Diac also limped on the button before Torsten Kowalke made it 200,000 form the big blind. Kabrhel called, and Diac folded.
They went to a flop of 5♥J♣A♣, where Kowalke shoved for 165,000, and Kabrhel called.
Torsten Kowalke: K♥K♠
Martin Kabrhel: A♦9♦
"Maybe a King Kong is coming," said Kabrhel to Kowalke.
After the runout of 6♥10♦, Kabrhel said "Maybe not,", and Kowalke was sent to the rail.
Jacob Amsellem raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Martin Kabrhel three-bet to 155,000 in the hijack. Amsellem called and they went heads-up to the Q♦7♣4♣ flop.
Kabrhel bet another 40,000 and Amsellem called. The turn was the 3♥ and Kabrhel slid forward a bet of 120,000. Amsellem quickly folded this time.
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
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De Han Kim shoved for 375,000 on the button and Marius Schneider stuck his stack into the middle from the small blind.
De Han Kim: 3♠3♥
Marius Schneider: A♣J♥
It was a fair fight but the pair held up this time as the runout of 10♦4♥8♦10♣2♦ left Schneider unimproved.
Joerg Schneegass raised to 60,000 under the gun and Nolan Curatolo called in the big blind.
The flop came 9♣3♥2♠ and Schneegass bet 45,000. Curatolo called to see the 8♠ turn, where Schneegass bet 130,000. Curatolo peeked back at his cards before sending them into the muck.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 1 | Karl Strasser | 850,000 | 28 |
| 80 | 2 | Nolan Curatolo | 650,000 | 22 |
| 80 | 3 | Joerg Schneegass | 1,100,000 | 37 |
| 80 | 4 | Tiberiu Tirca | 1,300,000 | 43 |
| 80 | 5 | Vito Barone | 600,000 | 20 |
| 80 | 6 | Ib Poulsen | 400,000 | 13 |
| 80 | 7 | Albert Gil | 250,000 | 8 |
| 80 | 8 | Ran Shahar | 650,000 | 22 |
| 94 | 1 | Musa Jusaj | 850,000 | 28 |
| 94 | 2 | Torsten Kowalke | 375,000 | 13 |
| 94 | 3 | Ron Jeda | 1,400,000 | 47 |
| 94 | 4 | De Han Kim | 420,000 | 14 |
| 94 | 5 | Marius Schneider | 625,000 | 21 |
| 94 | 6 | Jacob Amsellem | 800,000 | 27 |
| 94 | 7 | Martin Kabrhel | 1,050,000 | 35 |
| 94 | 8 | Catalin Diac | 950,000 | 32 |
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