Henrique Pinho opened to 800 from the hijack, Simon Deadman called in the cutoff before Philip Sternheimer moved his short stack all-in from the big blind.
Pinho made an isolation raise to force Deadman out of the pot and we were heads up.
Pinho:
Sternheimer:
Board:
No tournament saving combo for Sternheimer and he was out.
Luca Pagano opened in early position, Roberto Romanello flatted on the button and Toni Judet called in the big blind. The action checked through to the turn on a board of and it was Judet who bet first with a 3,000 lead; Pagano folded and Romanello just called. The final card was the , Judet checked and a sick looking Romanello also checked.
Judet turned over a flopped set of fives, but the Welshman was holding a flopped set of tens.
“Pretty sick innit…horrible cards,” said Romanello referring to the run down.
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The flop was showing when the action checked to Konstantin Puchkov on the button. The Russian WSOP bracelet holder bet 2,300, Jan Collado called from under the gun and Rudy Blondeau moved all-in for around 10,000.
All eyes on Puchkov, who raised Collado out of the pot, to take the showdown heads up.
Puchkov:
Blondeau:
The fours were good but looking shaky. The dealer burned and turned the and Puchkov had hit his straight. The river finishing things off and Blondeau was eliminated.
Team PokerStars Pro Henrique Pinho and Simon Deadman were heads up on a board of . Pinho moved all in for 16,300 into a pod of around 20,000, and Deadman tank-folded.
Pinho didn't reveal his hand, rather he tossed it into the muck and raked in the pot.
Jeff Sarwer, Patrick Uzan and an unidentified player have just played for stacks in a pre flop free for all that had a piece of everything for everyone.
Uzan was holding pocket queens, the player without an i.d. ticket was holding pocket tens and Sarwer was holding ace-king. The flop was giving Sarwer top pair, the unknown player a set of tens and Uzan a set of queens. Nothing much changed after that. The turn, and river, ended proceedings and Uzan moved up to 65,000, Sarwer moved down to 90,000 and the third player in the hand was eliminated.
On one of the last hands of Level 8, Carlos Arjona Galgo opened to 1,250 from middle position. Sam Greenwood called in the big blind, and Marc-Andre Ladouceur three-bet to 3,825 from the big blind. Both Galgo and Greenwood called.
The flop fell , and Ladouceur checked. Galgo fired 7,000, and both Greenwood and Ladouceur released.
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and it was Judet who bet first with a 3,000 lead; Pagano folded and Romanello just called. The final card was the 
, Judet checked and a sick looking Romanello also checked.
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against Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov's 
on a 
when the action checked to Konstantin Puchkov on the button. The Russian WSOP bracelet holder bet 2,300, Jan Collado called from under the gun and Rudy Blondeau moved all-in for around 10,000.
and Puchkov had hit his straight. The river 
finishing things off and Blondeau was eliminated.
. Pinho moved all in for 16,300 into a pod of around 20,000, and Deadman tank-folded.
giving Sarwer top pair, the unknown player a set of tens and Uzan a set of queens. Nothing much changed after that. The turn, 
ended proceedings and Uzan moved up to 65,000, Sarwer moved down to 90,000 and the third player in the hand was eliminated.
, and Ladouceur checked. Galgo fired 7,000, and both Greenwood and Ladouceur released.
