On the board, Gerald Karlic bet 44,000. Paul Tedeschi raised to 113,000, and Karlic called.
The river was the , and Karlic checked. Tedeschi bet 153,000, and Karlic tanked for a bit. He eventually folded, and then offered his opinion on the hand.
"Weird bluff or weird value bet," he said to Tedeschi.
Thomas Muehloecker won this event in 2013 for €390,700 after he defeated Daniel Negreanu in heads-up place. He won't be winning this year's event, although he did manage a 21st-place finish for €37,300. Here's how he was eliminated.
Ami Barer, who took fourth in this event last year for €276,900, opened with a raise to 65,000 from the hijack seat. Muehloecker reraised all in from the small blind for 465,000. After a little bit of thought, Barer called with the . Muehloecker had the .
The flop was to give Barer a set of sixes. The turn was the , and the river was the .
Kuljinder Sidhu raised to 65,000 from the hijack only to have Christopher Lockhart make it 160,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds released, putting action back on Sidhu. He called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned and both players checked to see the hit the turn. Two more checks occurred and the board paired on the river with the . Sidhu bet 180,000, sending Lockhart into the tank for right around three and a half minutes.
In the end, Lockhart called only to muck his cards after seeing Sidhu's for aces and treys.
On yesterday's Day 2 when the tournament was on the bubble, Jason Mercier had his pocket aces cracked by Adrian Mateos' . Now with 20 players left on Day 3, it was Mateos turn to have aces cracked — twice.
On the first hand, Mateos checked the river on a board with four diamonds. His opponent, Mustapha Kanit, checked behind. Mateos tabled the , and Kanit was surprised because he thought he had the in his hand. Instead, Kanit had the and had checked behind with the nuts, as there was no straight flush possible. The floor gave Kanit a warning and play went on.
On the very next hand, Niklas Astedt raised to 65,000 from under the gun, and play folded to Mateos in the big blind. He reraised to 200,000. Astedt moved all in for 1.025 million, and Mateos snap-called with the . The table couldn't believe it.
Astedt had the .
The board ran out , and for the second hand in a row Mateos had lost with pocket aces. This time it was for a lot more than the first, and he was knocked back to 1.415 million.
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