Jean-Christophe Antoine headed into the showdown against Joel Torres Jimenez with ![]()
and was ahead versus ![]()
.
There was a mandatory sweat on the ![]()
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turn but the
river kept the Frenchman in the mix.
Jean-Christophe Antoine headed into the showdown against Joel Torres Jimenez with ![]()
and was ahead versus ![]()
.
There was a mandatory sweat on the ![]()
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turn but the
river kept the Frenchman in the mix.
Over on the feature table, the next all-in showdown took place in which Chris Eubank Jr jammed his shorter stack and was isolated by Bhavin Khatri.
Chris Eubank: ![]()
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Bhavin Khatri: ![]()
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Eubank Jr asked for a king but was drawing to a chop only after the ![]()
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turn. The
fell on the river and that was it for the professional boxer.
In a battle of suited aces on the feature table, Tobias Revenas was trailing with ![]()
as Daniel Rueda Merino turned over the superior ![]()
. Revenas improved on the ![]()
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flop but had plenty of outs to dodge. He did so thanks to the
turn and
river to avoid an elimination not that far away of the money bubble.
Guillermo Nuez Escribano scored a fortunate double for 88,000 when he ran with ![]()
into the ![]()
of Jose Manuel Gonzalez. The ![]()
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board provided the straight on the river.
In the meanwhile, Carlos Diez Martinez was eliminated when his ![]()
failed to get there against ![]()
.
Coming back from the break, Kevin Nader told the dealer "I need aces, then kings, then queens" but didn't specify that these premium holdings were also supposed to hold.
Sure enough he pushed all-in soon after the action resumed with his short stack of 56,000 and Jonatan Castro Segura reshoved for 134,000 to isolate.
Kevin Nader: ![]()
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Jonatan Castro Segura: ![]()
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He had picked up the aces indeed but the fate would have a cruel exit on the ![]()
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board.
Nível: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Pictures courtesy of Gema Cristobal / 888poker.
Only 45 players remain after six levels of play and they have been sent on a scheduled 60-minute dinner break. Another four levels of 60 minutes are on the menu for today and that means a finishing time just shy of 4 a.m. local time.