"Where was the ace?" asked Anders Pedersen as he watched on as Alexandre Amiel stacked some chips that had previously belonged to him. Amiel had raised to 8,000 from under-the-gun and Pedersen defended from the big blind. On the flop Amiel c-bet 10,000 and Pedersen called. The turn checked through and the fell on the river. First to act Pedersen fired out a bet of 22,000 and Amile snap called. The Norwegian showed for the missed straight draw, whilst Amiel had for top pair, top kicker.
"He's been three-betting me and exploiting me all day," said Amiel pointing to Mikolaj Zawadzki who's to his direct left. "I had to get my chips back somehow." Amiel then turned to Zawadzki and said: "It's just a loan, I need them back so the money stays in France."
There then followed a conversation about the relative amount of tax the Norwegian, Frenchman and Pole have to pay on poker winnings.
Hungarian player Norbert Szecsi opened for 8,500 under the gun and was met by a reraise from Frenchman Aurelien Soutchkov on the button to 21,500. Szecsi four bet to 59,500 and was quickly met by a 5-bet by Soutchkov to 110,500. Soutchkov had 266,000 behind at that moment but wasn't willing to invest those chips as well. Szecsi 6-bet to 164,500 and Soutchkov folded after less than a minute of thinking.
"You got aces" he asked Szecsi who didn't answer. You'll never know" said table mate Danny Blair.
98 players remain, those who've just missed out on a payday include: Sam Benoliel, Maximilien Werth, Abdel Boukbir, Aurelien Guiglini, Olivier Piechaczyk, Yury Gulyy, Quentin Lecomte, Iaran Lightbourne, Martin Schleich, Jack Melki, Loredan Hanganu, Ange Besnainou, Olof Haglund, Jorma Nuutinen and Pierre Mace.
A ação começou com raise para 8,000 do jogador under the gun e continuou com um call em middle position. No botão, Manji faz re-raise para 18,000 e recebe call da big blind e dos dois outros jogadores já na mão.
O flop é e toda gente faz check. No turn aparece um e após o check da blind e do raiser inicial, o tiozão em middle position aposta 20,000, apenas Manji faz call.
O river é uma e o villain aposta 30,000, Manji agarra nas suas fichas de 5,000 e joga-as quase todas para o centro, umas 100,000.
O adversário vai all in e call do luso com , o villain mostra e leva o pote, Manji é eliminado na 98ª posição.
On a board reading Ayaz Manji bet 90,000, most of his stack. His opponent Ekrem Sanioglu moved all in. “Queens?” Said a startled and anxious Manji. Eventually he made the call with and a full house. Sanioglu didn’t have queens, he had and his quads bust Manji from the tournament just short of the bubble.
Alex Klimashin from Russia was crippled when his was beaten by the of Danny Blair on a board of . He nursed his short stack for a while before shoving his last 8,000 and was again called by Blair. Klimashin had and his timing couldn’t have been worse as Blair now had it with . The board ran out and Klimashin had to leave with nothing for his troubles.
Yerai Iribarren went all in as the short stack and was instantly called by Jean-Yves Malherbe. Iribarren had but Malherbe held . The final board read . No ace to the rescue and Iribarren fell just short of the money.
Even if you're all-in near the bubble with aces, as Timothee Jerbillet just was, the Poker Gods never make it easy. After Renato Almeida raised to 8,000 from the cut-off, Jerbillet moved all-in with for 36,500 total. Back on Almeida he made the call and showed . The flop gave Almedia some straight outs but he missed them all on the turn and river.
Jerbillet let out a huge sigh of relief and the player next to him gave him a little hug. Even Almeida was smiling as it hardly dented his stack at all.
flop Amiel c-bet 10,000 and Pedersen called. The 
turn checked through and the 
fell on the river. First to act Pedersen fired out a bet of 22,000 and Amile snap called. The Norwegian showed 
for the missed straight draw, whilst Amiel had 
for top pair, top kicker.
e toda gente faz check. No turn aparece um 
e após o check da blind e do raiser inicial, o tiozão em middle position aposta 20,000, apenas Manji faz call.
e o villain aposta 30,000, Manji agarra nas suas fichas de 5,000 e joga-as quase todas para o centro, umas 100,000.
, o villain mostra 
e leva o pote, Manji é eliminado na 98ª posição.
. He nursed his short stack for a while before shoving his last 8,000 and was again called by Blair. Klimashin had 
and Klimashin had to leave with nothing for his troubles.
