Earlier today Jonas Palsgaard cracked ace-king with ace-queen by spiking a queen on the river, and just now he sent Saar Wilf to the rail in similar fashion.
Palsgaard had raised from the cutoff to 27,000 and Wilf shoved from the small blind for 228,000. After tanking for a while the young Dane called, creating the following showdown.
Palsgaard:
Wilf:
The board ran out and Palsgaard hit a jack to send Wilf packing.
"Just call me 'Jonas Three outer' from now one," Palsgaard joked, as he's now up to over a million chips.
German pro Heinz Traut has been around for quite some time, and earlier this week he won the Seniors event here in Barcelona. The German's biggest score came at the 2014 Estrellas Main Event where he finished third for €89,219, but right now he's probably in the biggest spot of his life.
Traut had just one big blind right before the bubble of this tournament, but currently he's the chip leader after just knocked out Michel Leibgorin.
Leibgorin raised from the button to 24,000 and Traut used his big stack to put the Frenchman all in. Leibgorin called it off for about 230,000 chips, and the showdown went as following.
Traut:
Leibgorin:
The board ran out and Traut knocked out yet another player to put himself at 1.75 million.
John Juanda, who's only playing his second tournament in the last 12 months after the €50,000 Super High Roller earlier this week, is among the top stacks in the room right now. Bernd Vogelhuber was all in for his tournament life worth 94,000 chips and the showdown went as following.
Vogelhuber:
Juanda:
The board ran out and Vogelhuber hit the rail, which also abruptly ended the massage he was enjoying.
Frederik Jensen was just all in for 296,000 chips and he was up against Miguel Cieri Di Pentima. Jensen and raised, Pentima three-bet to 51,000 and the former EPT Madrid winner moved all in. Pentima called, and the showdown went as following.
Jensen:
Pentima:
The board ran out and Jensen raked in the full double up.
Thore Nordboe got his chips in with up against the of Elliot Smith. Nordboe fist pumped after the flop, but he wasn't home safe yet. The on the turn was a blank but the on the river wasn't. Nordboe to the rail.
The tournament director just announced there will be 6 levels of play, not 5 like announced earlier. That means there will be a 75-minute dinner break as well. Play finishes around midnight.
Liviu Ignat, Denis Timofeev, and Maksim Semisoshenko all got their chips in the middle before the flop. Ignat was the shortest, Semisoshenko had both players covered.
Liviu Ignat:
Denis Timofeev:
Maksim Semisoshenko:
The flop came and Ignat and Timofeev both got up and ready to leave. The on the turn hit him though and the on the river was a blank.
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and Palsgaard hit a jack to send Wilf packing.
and Traut knocked out yet another player to put himself at 1.75 million.
and Furneri doubled up.
and Vogelhuber hit the rail, which also abruptly ended the massage he was enjoying.
of Elliot Smith. Nordboe fist pumped after the 
on the turn was a blank but the 
and Ignat and Timofeev both got up and ready to leave. The 
and Kurko exited the tournament room. Karmazinas now sits in second place.
