Minh Phuc Nguyen and Sampo Ryynanen saw a ![]()
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flop for the minimum in the blinds, and Nguyen fired 17,000. Ryynanen called and then called a further 47,000 on the
turn. On the
river, Nguyen bet 116,000. Ryynanen took little time to call, and Nguyen showed ![]()
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for a straight with the nut flush blocker. Ryynanen had ![]()
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and took it with his flush, along with retaking the chip lead.
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Niveau: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
Dominykas Karmazinas defended his big blind from a raise by Minh Phuc Nguyen under the gun. Karmazinas checked and called a bet on the ![]()
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flop and then checked the
. Nguyen bet 46,000.
"I raise the pot," Karmazinas announced.
It was 185,000.
"It's all yours buddy," Karmazinas said. "If you get there, it's all yours."
After a couple of moments, Nguyen announced all in and Karmazinas called for 303,000. Turned out, it was Karmazinas who needed to get there.
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The Lithuanian was looking for a king, but the river was a
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Players are on break for 15 minutes.
Sylvain Loosli opened from middle position, and Mike Watson three-bet on his left for pot, almost all of his stack. Loosli jammed and Watson called.
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The board ran out ![]()
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, and Loosli's danglers made a straight.
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flop for 25,000, and action checked to George Wolff in the cutoff. He put in 80,000, a pot-sized bet, and Minh Phuc Nguyen announced a repot from the big blind. Sylvain Loosli quickly folded, and Wolff put in his last 3,000.
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Again, Nguyen had a set against a combo draw. This time, the sweat was over early as a
hit the turn. Wolff rapped the table and headed out. The remaining players are all in the money.
Photos by Manuel Kovsca
Niveau: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Imad Derwiche and Sylvain Loosli defended their blinds against a raise from cutoff Sampo Ryynanen. The flop came ![]()
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and Derwiche came out betting with 33,000. Ryynanen called after Loosli mucked. Derwiche bet again for 100,000 on the
turn, and that convinced Ryynanen to give up.
After what appeared to be a small Mike Watson bet from the cutoff and a Dominykas Karmazinas call in the small blind, the board read ![]()
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on the turn. Watson bet 50,000, and Karmazinas check-shoved for a messy pile of chips. Watson thought a couple of minutes and then folded.