Usually chops aren't high on our list of priorities, but with the action being very slow out there, we figured we would bring you the following hand.
Michael Egan limped from the small blind and Benny Spindler made it 30,000 from the big blind. Egan gave it some thought before moving all in, and Spindler tank-called for his tournament life.
Spindler:
Egan:
The board ran out and the antes were chopped up between Egan and Spindler.
On the button, Chance Kornuth limped in. Eugene Katchalov completed from the small blind, and then Sam Greenwood raised out of the big blind to 40,000. Kornuth came back with a reraise to 100,000, and then in quick succession, Katchalov folded, Greenwood moved all in for around 200,000, and Kornuth called.
Greenwood was at risk with the . Kornuth had two over cards with the .
Thanks to a king on the flop of the board, Kornuth was able to score the elimination and send Greenwood packing in 13th place.
Action folded to Benny Spindler on the button and the German EPT champion raised to 25,000. Steve O'Dwyer defended from the big blind and checked on . Spindler fired a continuation bet of 25,000 and O'Dwyer check raised to 65,000. Spindler called in position.
The hit the turn and O'Dwyer shoved all in, putting Spindler to the decision for his last 161,000. The German high roller tanked long and hard, and eventually called. O'Dwyer showed his and Spindler tabled . The on the river was a blank and Spindler doubled in the last hand before the two table set up would commence.
Chance Kornuth just raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and Steve O'Dwyer called from this direct left. Igor Kurganov called from the big blind, and three players went to see a flop.
The flop brought out and Kurganov checked to Kornuth who bet 25,000, and O'Dwyer folded right away. Kurganov check-raised to 78,000 and Kornuth thought for a while before making the call.
The turn brought the and now both players checked. The river was the and again the action was checked. Kurganov showed for a rivered pair of sevens, and Kornuth mucked, surrendering the pot to his opponent.
In the last hand before the break the two high stakes regulars, who must have played some hands against each other online, clashed in a sizable pot.
It was Jason Koon who started it all with a raise to 23,000 from the hijack. Ben Tollerene called from the small blind and Benny Spindler added the 12,000 from the big blind to get involved as well. All three of them checked on and the on the turn was seen for free. Tollerene bet 50,000 and Spindler called. Koon instantly got out of the way.
The completed the board and Tollerene checked. Spindler bet 112,000 and Tollerene went into the tank. He thought about it for quite some time and at one point it looked like he was going to fold when he removed the chip from his cards. In the end he decided against it and called, only to muck upon being shown by Spindler for the nuts.
Spindler plays 700,000 exactly after the hand, Tollerene drops down to just over half a million.
Igor Kurganov raised from the button to 26,000 and Dominik Nitsche called from the small blind. The flop brought out and Nitsche check-called a bet of 22,000.
The turn brought the and now Nitsche check-folded to a bet of 47,000.