In the first hand of heads-up play, Fabrice Soulier raised to 110,000 from the button and Anatoly Filatov defended from the big, which brought about a flop of . Filatov proceeded to check-call a bet of 110,000, and then he check-called a bet of 155,000 on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Filatov checked for a third time and Soulier did the same. It was a good thing he did too as Filatov was slow playing two pair with the .
Oleh Okhotskyi has done a fine job laddering up here at the final table, but his deep run just came to an end.
After growing quite short, Okhotskyi called off for 225,000 from the small blind after Anatoly Filatov had moved all in from the small.
Okhotskyi:
Filatov:
Both players held an ace, which meant it came down to the kicker. Filatov was best in that department, but there was still a good chance of a chop, especially after the flop came down . Okhotskyi was looking for either a five or a card eight or higher, but the turn was neither.
The same applied for the river, but once again Okhotskyi came up empty as the blanked. Okhotskyi, who began the day as the third shortest stack, was eliminated in third place for €182,500.
Anatoly Filatov has been doing quite a bit of limping on the button and small blind with decent results, a small bet on the flop often taking it down as he seeks to chip up. Very little has got beyond the flop never mind the turn.
Oleh Okhotskyi seems to be waiting for his spot and has been folding to any aggression. He hasn’t raised any pots himself although there was one where he seemed to be thinking about it on the button before folding.
Chip Leader Fabrice Soulier has been using his freedom to raise more pots with some success so far.
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Dominik Panka & Ole Schemion.
Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
885.90 pts
2
Vanessa Selbst
762.05 pts
3
Thomas Muhloecker
640.55 pts
4
Georgios Karakousis
554.56 pts
5
Dominik Panka
547.34 pts
6
Ami Barer
544.84 pts
7
Jeff Rossiter
535.56 pts
8
Mike McDonald
535.23 pts
9
Adrian Mateos Diaz
527.44 pts
10
David Vamplew
492.14 pts
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In the last hand before the break, Anatoly Filatov opened for 80,000 from the button and then called when his French foe three-bet to 140,000 from the big blind. The flop saw Filatov call a bet of 177,000 from Soulier, and then the appeared on the turn.
Soulier kept the pressure on with a bet of 277,000, but he couldn't shake the Russian. When the river put four clubs on board, both players checked their hole cards. Soulier then put together a big bet of 690,000, and Filatov snap-called.
Soulier rolled over the for the second nuts, and it was good as a frustrated Filatov mucked and began counting out chips.
. Filatov proceeded to check-call a bet of 110,000, and then he check-called a bet of 155,000 on the 
turn.
completed the board on the river, Filatov checked for a third time and Soulier did the same. It was a good thing he did too as Filatov was slow playing two pair with the 
.
. Okhotskyi was looking for either a five or a card eight or higher, but the 
turn was neither.
blanked. Okhotskyi, who began the day as the third shortest stack, was eliminated in third place for €182,500.
was checked down and Filatov showed his 
. A nod from Soulier and the pot was pushed to Filatov.
flop saw Filatov call a bet of 177,000 from Soulier, and then the 
appeared on the turn.
river put four clubs on board, both players checked their hole cards. Soulier then put together a big bet of 690,000, and Filatov snap-called.
