Down to his last 17,900, Artan Dedusha moved all in and picked up a caller in Alexandre Sato from one seat over. The rest of the table folded and Dedusha already stood up from his chair, ready to leave.
Artan Dedusha:
Alexandre Sato:
The board came and that was it for the Brit. He was soon joined by Norbert Berent on his way to the rail as well.
After a raise by Paris Stavridis, one player called and Boris Kuzmanovic squeezed to 9,500 on the button. Marcin Chmielewski reraised to 26,000 in the big blind to force two folds, but Kuzmanovic had other plans and moved all in. Chmielewski called as second biggest stack at the table for around 90,000 with pocket queens and was up against the of Kuzmanovic.
The board came and that left Chmielewski with no chips, vaulting Kuzmanovic into the lead.
A few days ago, Tomas Soderstrom finished third in the €5,300 King's High Roller, but the Swede won't be able to repeat this success this time.
After a raise to 2,800 by Leonardo Mancuso, Anestis Anagnostidis moved all in for his last 16,900 from the button and Soderstrom reshoved from the big blind for around twice of that. Initial raiser Mancuso quickly folded to see the trio flip over a pocket pair each, and Mancuso was in prime position to eliminate two opponents.
Anestis Anagnostidis:
Tomas Soderstrom:
Leonardo Mancuso:
The board came and Anagnostidis rivered a jack to triple up, while Soderstrom was sent to the rail.
Right after, both Michel Chen and Roman Cieslik were eliminated as well.
A raising war resulted in the all ins of Michel Chen and Rasmus Agerskov. The latter was the player at risk for his last 42,200 with the , and Chen had ace-ten for the inferior kicker. The board came and Agerskov doubled to leave Chen very short.
Early big stack Mladen Ivanov has been eliminated and less than half the field remains with 57 participants out of the 118-entry strong field remaining. Below are assorted chip counts.
Georgios Vrakas has been eliminated and Mohamed Mamouni as well as Milan Sasek followed after. According to Tomas Soderstrom, it was Leonardo Mancuso who knocked out Sasek and Mamouni. On a three-way flop of , it was checked around and the fireworks started on the turn.
Mamouni bet 17,500 and Mancuso called, Sasek called all in. A appeared on the river and Mamouni got it in with for top pair, Mancuso called with for the nut straight, and Sasek mucked. That hand vaulted Mancuso into the big stack, on the same seat that previously saw Mladen Ivanov rise to the top early on.
There were a total of 118 entries in the tournament, generating a prize pool of €228,920, and the top 20 spots will share a portion. The minimum cash is worth €3,437 while the winner takes home €47,929 for the efforts, as well as the elusive PokerStars Festival High Roller trophy.
Mladen Ivanov was moved tables and it got down hill from there on, the latest episode was a big flip with against the of Michal Ozimek. The board came and Ozimek turned and rivered both over cards to stay in.