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Niveau: 6
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Jean-Noel Thorel opened under the gun for 7,000 and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet from the hijack to 21,000. Isaac Haxton in the big blind, down to his last 35,500, announced all in. Thorel folded, O'Dwyer called.
Steve O'Dwyer: 
Isaac Haxton: 
The flop came 
, giving Haxton top set but O'Dywer still had outs. The 
on the turn gave Haxton a flush draw on top of his set and the 
on the river didn't hurt either. Double up for Haxton, O'Dwyer down to 61,000.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
81,500
43,900
|
43,900 |
|
61,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
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Action folded to Jean-Noel Thorel on the button and he raised to 7,000. Big blind Steve O'Dwyer pushed all in for 60,500 and Thorel called.
Steve O'Dwyer: 
Jean-Noel Thorel: 
Thorel acted like he had just burned his fingers, but it wouldn't work out so bad for him.
Thorel flopped top-two: 
and the 
on the turn wasn't a good card for O'Dwyer either. The 
fell on the river and O'Dwyer said "See you guys in a bit", hinting at reentering.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
285,500
65,500
|
65,500 |
|
|
Eliminé | |
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|
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Nick Petrangelo shoved all in under the gun for 34,500. Daniel Dvoress asked for a count and then called all in. All other players folded and Petrangelo asked Dvoress if he had tens.
"Better" replied Dvoress as he showed... 
.
Petrangelo showed the 
and not much later the to go along with it.
The flop came 
and Petrangelo needled Dvoress some more. All in good fun he said "Showers!" to Dvoress who got up and made his exit.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
74,500
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Henrik Hecklen was down to just a couple big blinds and made his final move with . Justin Bonomo looked him up with 
and wouldn't get in trouble beating his Danish opponent. The board ran out 
and Hecklen made his exit.
"See you guys!" Hecklen said as he made his way out the door.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Niveau: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
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Sam Greenwood got the last of his chips in with 
from the button. His opponent was Jean-Noel Thorel who was acting out of early position and showed 
. The board came an unadventurous 
and Greenwood made his exit.
"Yesterday second place, today first?" Mikita Badziakouski asked.
"Long way" answered Thorel while stacking his chips.
"Actually not that long, it's just 12 people" Badziakouski said.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
Eliminé |
Mikita Badziakouski got his chips in from the big blind in a blind battle with small blind Jean-Noel Thorel on a flop of . Badziakouski showed but was trailing the 
of Thorel. The on the turn was a good card for Badziakouski but proved useless with the 
completing the board.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
Eliminé |
