Sorel Mizzi checked from the big blind and Jonas Kronwitter bet 11,000. That got a call from Igor Yaroshevskyy but Mizzi made the total bet 31,200.
Kronwitter gave it some thought. He faced a check-raise and a man behind him still to act, but his decision to move all in was proved to be the right one as the other players folded and the pot was pushed his way.
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Pablo Fernandez opened for 6,000 and got three-bet by Byron Kaverman to 14,000. Talal Shakerchi made the cold call from the small blind, the big blind folded. Fernandez now shoved all in for 54,600 and Kaverman instantly folded. Shakerchi made the call however and they were off to the races.
Pablo Fernandez:
Talal Shakerchi:
The ace-high flop helped Fernandez keep his chips, and then some: . The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Fernandex doubled.
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.
From the 159 players (with 55 doing a reentry) who started, just 68 remain at the moment. The 214 entries made for a total prize pool of €5,243,000. The winner receives €1,105,000 and a total of 31 players will get paid.
Dani Stern shoved from the button for the remaining of his not too impressive stack, and Alex Kravchenko reshoved from the small blind. After the big blind folded, it was time for them to table their cards.
Dani Stern:
Alex Kravchenko:
The flop wasn't to bad for Stern with and especially Dan Smith and Anatoly Filatov made sure to mention that. The on the turn wasn't bad either, but the failed to hit Stern. "One more" Dan Smith laughed while Stern made his exit with a disappointed face.