Among the latest trio of players to bust were two Dutchman in Raoul Refos and Pascal Van Den Brand. Pierre Trauer also departed and that brought the field down to the final 68 contenders.
Among the latest trio of players to bust were two Dutchman in Raoul Refos and Pascal Van Den Brand. Pierre Trauer also departed and that brought the field down to the final 68 contenders.
In a battle under the gun versus hijack, the completed board showed ![]()
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. Simone Miracoli pushed all-in for around 500,000 and was only facing Ion Tabacaru, who had under 300,000 behind.
Some swear words in Russian followed and Tabacaru then called it off. Miracoli tabled the ![]()
for a flush and Tabacaru's ![]()
for a set of treys was no good.
Chip leader Mahersh Selvakumaran raised to 25,000 and Volkan Alkan three-bet to 80,000. Ladislav Kellner then moved all-in for more than 900,000 and Ronnie Lemmens shipped it in over the top from the big blind. Both Selvakumaran and Alkan folded to see the following cards exposed.
Ronnie Lemmens: ![]()
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Ladislav Kellner: ![]()
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flop was a freeroll for Lemmens but a blank on the turn ensured the split pot.
Do Tran defended the big blind and check-called a bet worth 45,000 by Luis Miguel Magan on the ![]()
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turn. On the
river, Tran bet 50,000 and Magan called to get shown the ![]()
for quads.
Magan himself flashed the ![]()
after he had tossed over two blue T-25,000 chips.
While the pot was not quite big until the ![]()
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river, Gheorghe Butuc opted to check and subsequently check-raise to 525,000. Cecil Moagi had bet 93,000 and was in the tank for a while but made the call.
Butuc tabled the ![]()
for aces and kings, which Moagi had beat with the ![]()
for trips aces.
The cards of Claudio Romeo were already mucked as Josef Huber celebrated. On a board of ![]()
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, Huber had rivered the nuts with ![]()
to score the knockout and reduce the field by one.
Dalibor Dula defended the big blind and was then spotted leading the ![]()
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turn. Sergiu Covrig raised and Dula reraised to 500,000 for Covrig to snap-call all-in.
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The
river ensured the double up of Covrig for 234,000.
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Only 74 players remain after the end of level 17 as the final 15-minute break has commenced. One more level will be played before Day 2 concludes.