After sending a double up to Luca Beretta, Sulaiman Sesay was on the short stack with just 370,000 chips remaining. He found himself all in and at risk against [Removed:402] in a coin flip.
[Removed:402]:
Sulaiman Sesay:
The flop of gave Rinkevicius a set of sevens and things looked grim for Sesay. The on the turn gave him a straight draw but the on the river was not meant to be as Sesay was eliminated in 10th place.
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Alan Carr opened to 60,000 in the cutoff and Henri Jantunen three-bet shoved all in from the big blind. Carr quickly called off his stack of 735,000 and the cards were on their backs.
Alan Carr:
Henri Jantunen:
The flop came and Carr still had a stranglehold on the hand. The on the turn was an interesting card as Jantunen picked up a flush draw and some chop outs. However, the on the river bricked off and Carr picked up a big double up.
The action folded to Matthew Ireland on the button who made it 60,000 to go. Serdar Demircan shipped all in for 410,000 in the big blind and was bet my a snap-call from Ireland.
Serdar Demircan:
Matthew Ireland:
Demircan was on the verge of being eliminated on the final table bubble but the dealer fanned the flop of to put him in the lead. The on the turn narrowed Ireland's outs and the on the river ensured Demircan of a double up.
Alexandru Cinca was one of the short stacks still remaining and he moved all in for 315,000 in the cutoff. Christopher Heidelbacher instantly flicked in a chip to call from the big blind and they were off to the races.
Christopher Heidelbacher:
Alexandru Cinca:
The flop of was safe for Cinca who was looking for a double up. However, the on the turn put Heidelbacher out front. The on the river only improved Heidelbacher to a full house and Cinca was eliminated in 11th place.
On the feature table, a completed board of was spread across the felt with 250,000 in the middle. Henri Jantunen checked from the cutoff and Serdar Demircan fired out a bet of 140,000 on the button.
Jantunen check-raised all in for 570,000 and Demircan went into the tank before making the call. Jantunen turned over for a full house while Demircan was forced to show his .
Sulaiman Sesay opened to 55,000 from under the gun and Christopher Heidelbacher defended from the big blind. The flop fell and both players checked to the on the turn.
Heidelbacher led out for 50,000 and Sesay raised to 150,000. Heidelbacher just called and the completed the board. Heidelbacher fired out another bet of 265,000 and Sesay wasted little time before making the call. Heidelbacher turned over for the nut flush and Sesay mucked his cards.
Gedas Petrauskas opened to 50,000 from under the gun and was called by Henri Jantunen on the button and Alan Carr in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn and the on the river.
Carr checked for the third time and Petrauskas finally tossed in a bet of 100,000. Jantunen folded but Carr check-raised all in for 610,000. Petrauskas thought for a minute before finally sending his cards to the muck.
After falling down to one of the short stacks early on, Sulaiman Sesay is proving that he will not be picked on by the bigger stacks. Sesay pushed all in back-to-back ends to pick up the blinds and ante and continued his momentum.
Tonio Roeder opened to 55,000 in the hijack and Sesay defended his big blind. The flop came and Sesay checked to Roeder who continued for 45,000. Sesay check-raised to 115,000 and Roeder folded.
In the next hand, [Removed:402] made it 60,000 from the cutoff and Sesay called from the small blind. The flop fell and Sesay checked. Rinkevicius bet 55,000 and Sesay check-raised again to 140,000 which got a fold from Rinkevicius.