Daniel Negreanu was left with about 10 big blinds and shoved those in from middle position. The 24,400 shove was called by his neighbor Davidi Kitai in the hijack position. All other players folded to Artem Litvinov in the big blind. Litvinov squeezed his first card, "This is good one", and then the second. Litvinov mucked his cards, showing the first he had received was the .
"Oh damn, I have one of those" said Negreanu who tabled . That meant Negreanu was even in worse shape as Davidi Kitai showed up with .
The gave Negreanu not much to work with, and neither did the on the turn. Negreanu needed to hit an ace on the river but wouldn't get it: .
We've not seen many players as patient as Viktor Blom yesterday. For someone so used to swings, constant action and a lot of adrenaline, we imagined he might rush when finding himself short stacked, but we were proven wrong. He kept on folding, stealing and never forced anything.
All those efforts didn't do him much good though. He lost some chips early on today, and then had to push when folded to with just 17,300. Blom's shove from the small blind got called by Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko in the big blind.
Viktor Blom:
Alex Kravchenko:
Blom had the best hand going in, but on the flop he would fall far behind: . The on the turn didn't help him and netiehr did the on the river. Full house for Kravchenko, nothing good enough for Blom.
Sorel Mizzi had asked out of interest for a clarification of the rule on something he had done a couple of hands ago. Hady El Asmar had moved all in and it was left up to Mizzi on whether to call him. He had said that if one card was an ace he was calling. In the end he turned over one card to give, as he put it, El Asmar “a sweat.” and then folded.
When the floor heard this Mizzi was suddenly facing a one round penalty for exposing a card with action pending, clearly not the answer he was expecting. Mizzi insisted on a ruling from the tournament director who was soon at hand.
In a debate that went back and forth with none of the players wanting Mizzi to have a one round penalty the rule was explained. Turning your cards face up with a forward motion to fold is fine; exposing cards before folding, for example to try to get a read on your opponent, is not. However the matter must be brought to the floor’s attention immediately as retrospective rulings do not apply to this rule. This more than anything saved Mizzi from a penalty.
Was this a new ruling, Mizzi wanted to know? The TD explained that it had been in place since season one.
Everyone at the table was satisfied except for Luke Schwartz who was angry that time was ticking away and short stacks like his were being punished by the waste of time.
Angel Guillen opened for 8,500 and got a call from Sam Trickett in the hijack. Calvin Anderson on the button squeezed to 25,300 and Guillen made the call.
So far, nothing happened we hadn't seen before today. But now Sam Trickett shoved all of the sudden for about 200,000. Calvin Anderson went into the tank, and then announced all in as well. Guillen folded quickly and Anderson and Trickett put their cards on their backs.
Sam Trickett:
Calvin Anderson:
Trickett got up from the table as soon as the flop came , as he now needed runner runner perfect to stay alive. He got the first perfect on the turn () but the king of hearts wouldn't appear on the river. Instead it was the popping up and Trickett was eliminated.
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It didn't take too long to burst the money bubble.
In the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Davidi Kitai opened for 17,000 under the gun and action folded to Igor Yaroshevskyy, who was in the big blind and extremely short stack. The Ukrainian wasn't about to try to grind it out and instead splashed in his stack of 28,000. Kitai called and the two had to wait several minutes while action concluded at the outer tables.
Eventually the time came for them to turn up their cards.
Kitai:
Yaroshevskyy:
Yaroshevskyy was behind, but at least he was drawing to two live cards. The flop didn't hit him directly, but it did give him a gutshot to go with his live cards. The turn was no help to him, and neither was the river. With that, the bubble was burst.
Yaroshevskyy's elimination in 32nd place means the remaining players are guaranteed a minimum payday of €46,150.
Philipp Gruissem opened the action with a raise only to have Govert Metaal three-bet all in. Gruissem made the call and it was off to the races.
Metaal:
Gruissem:
Metaal was racing for his tournament life, but this was one race he wouldn't win as the board ran out . Gruissem ended with a straight and Metaal ended with a €46,150 consolation prize.
After a raise to 16,000 by Anatoly Filatov from the cutoff, it was David Peters who shoved all in from the button for about 100,000. The small blind folded but Aleksei Platonov in the big blind called all in for 75,000. Filatov added the extra chips as well to put them both at risk.
David Peters:
Aleksei Platonov:
Anatoly Filatov:
The board would solely consist of blanks as nobody hit or improved: . Holding the small straight, Filatov jokingly asked for one more card. He wouldn't get the card, but he did get some chips out of it as Peters had more than Platonov.
Action folded to Benjamin Pollak in the small blind and he moved all in. Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen, who barely had less than Pollak, hit the tank in the big blind and debated what to do. Eventually the clock was called, and that inspired Guillen to call off his paltry stack.
Guillen:
Pollak:
Guillen was behind, but he was drawing to two live cards. Unfortunately for the Team Pro, he would receive no help as the board ran out .
Guillen will take home €51,400 for his 26th-place finish.
Ole Schemion has just been eliminated from the €25,000 High Roller.
Scott Seiver raised under the gun to 22,000 and Schemion shoved all in for 163,000. All other players folded, including big blind Philipp Gruissem who thought about it for some time. Seiver however made the call.
Ole Schemion:
Scott Seiver:
The flop was a blow for Schemion who now needed to look for a seven on the turn or river. The on the turn wasn't a card he was looking for, and neither was the on the river.
Ole Schemion cashed in all three of the biggest tournaments this EPT Grand Final Festival, something he did in the PCA and Barcelona in Season 10 as well.
Festival
Event
Position
Prize
Barcelona
€50,000
Super High Roller
6th
€159,200
€5,000
Main Event
123rd
€10,000
€10,000
High Roller
6th
€90,700
PCA
$100,000
Super High Roller
7th
$277,080
$10,000
Main Event
144th
$17,600
Monaco
€100,000
Super High Roller
7th
€265,000
€10,000
Main Event
44th
€24,400
€25,000
High Roller
25th
€51,400
Besides his three "EPT Triple Crowns" he also cashed in numerous other EPT events, including a win in the €10,000 EPT Sanremo High Roller two weeks ago for €265,000. One cash you'll not find on his Hendonmob page is the qualifier he won for the €100,000 High Roller here this week, he qualified for €10,000.
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