As of Day 2, there is also live coverage by PokerStars with the feature table. The first line up includes Kitty Kuo, Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen and Thi Xoa Nguyen.
As of Day 2, there is also live coverage by PokerStars with the feature table. The first line up includes Kitty Kuo, Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen and Thi Xoa Nguyen.
Fedor Holz has been busy during both Day 1a, when he won the €50,000 Super High Roller, and Day 1b where he min-cashed the €25,000 Single Day High Roller. However, today he has registered for the Main Event and sat down at a table with Ilari Sahamies, Jens Kyllonen and Gary Swan.
"Congratulations on your win!" said Swan, as the German sat down at the table.
In the very next hand Kyllonen checked to Swan on a board of ![]()
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and Swan bet 4,000. Kyllonen check-raised to 13,000. Swan wasted no time in moving all in, covering his opponent and Kyllonen called.
Swan showed ![]()
and Kyllonen ![]()
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and the river the
, eliminating Kyllonen.
Perhaps some of Holz's run good has rubbed off on the Scotsman!
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61,000
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Ognyan Dimov raised to 2,500 under the gun. Action folded around to 2012 November Niner Russell Thomas in the small blind, who put in a three-bet to 7,500. Dimov called and both players saw the flop of ![]()
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appear. Thomas continued with 8,200 and Dimov called again.
The turn was the
and Thomas now bet 14,000. Once again, Dimov had no intention of folding and committed the calling chips. The
on the river was certainly no blank, completed both flush- and straight draws. Thomas checked and Dimov moved all in, effectively for Thomas' remaining stack of around 30,000
Thomas seemed appalled by the river and took a while before deciding on what to do. After a minute, he picked up his remaining chips and smashed them with a loud bang in the middle.
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Ognyan Dimov: ![]()
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Dimov had rivered a wheel with his ace of spades to scoop the pot, and Thomas was eliminated.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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130,000
53,800
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The board is already complete in a battle of the blinds, showing ![]()
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, and there were around 75,000 in the pot. Michel Fardel moved all in from the small blind for more than 56,000 and Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu called from one seat over in the big blind.
Fardel sheepishly turned over the ![]()
and Nedelcu had the ![]()
for trips deuces. The stacks were counted and Nedelcu had his opponent covered to skyrocket up in the counts.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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230,000
114,400
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114,400 |
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Among the further new entries before the start of Day 2 were also Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz, Kully Sidhu, Sergio Aido, Timothy Adams, Jens Kyllonen and Ronny Kaiser.
At least 28 players have signed up before the start in order to further boost the record-breaking Main Event at the Casino Barcelona.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
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30,000
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30,000
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30,000
30,000
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30,000
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30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
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Sergio Garcia was all in and at risk for only 11 big blinds with the ![]()
and Sergii Zubariev put him at risk, holding the ![]()
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and the Spaniard doubled.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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22,000
12,500
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12,500 |
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12,000
13,600
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13,600 |
Alex Komaromi raised to 2,300 under the gun and Jake Cody called in middle position. Bjoern Rieger three-bet from the cutoff to 8,900, Komaromi four-bet to 19,400, Cody got out of the way, and Rieger called.
Komaromi checked the ![]()
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flop and called an 18,000 bet from Rieger. Both players checked down the
turn and
river. Komaromi showed ![]()
for the turned pair of queens, and Rieger mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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135,000
69,300
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69,300 |
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60,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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50,000
38,800
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38,800 |
Tony Dunst saw Ivan Luca raise to 2,300 from UTG and moved all-in over the top for 15,200 with ![]()
. Luca made the call with pocket nines, and the board saw Luca pair his nine on the turn to send Dunst home.
"I've had my share of luck, there are no complaints from me for at least six months!" Dunst told us after busting. The American won a World Series bracelet in the summer for $339,254.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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99,800
21,400
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21,400 |
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Paul Hoefer raised to 2,000 and Julian Stuer three-bet to 4,900. Hoefer then four-bet to 21,200, leaving himself only around 3,000 in chips. However, Stuer called, thinking that Hoefer was all in, and tabled his hand: ![]()
. The floor was called over and the dealer recounted the action to the pair of them.
The dealer said that the pair were going to see a flop, but Stuer couldn't do any more aggressive actions. As this was being explained, Hoefer flashed the
to his fellow German and the pair exchanged a chuckle.
The flop was dealt ![]()
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and Hoefer exclaimed "Oh that's good for me!" and moved his remaining chips all in. Stuer called. Hoefer tabled ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
and Hoefer shook Stuer's hand as he headed to the exit.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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134,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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