Simon Mattsson raised before the flop after which Keith Johnson moved all in for his last 138,000 chips. The action folded back to Mattsson, and he made the call.
Mattsson:
Johnson:
The board ran out and Johnson found a way to double up.
Action folded to Kacper Pyzara in the small blind. Pyzara, who started out second in chips today, made it 30,000 to go. Big blind Daniel Cates three-bet to 90,000 and Pyzara made the call.
The flop came and Pyzara checked. Cates made a bet of 70,000 and Pyzara called.
The fell on the turn and Pyzara checked again. Cates tanked for a bit before betting 150,000. Again Pyzara called.
The river paired the board with the and Pyzara checked for the third consecutive time. Cates didn't hesitate too long before he tried to shove all of his chips in. 'Tried' we say, as it took some effort, but eventually he had a grip on all of his 349,000 and moved them over the line in one movement.
Pyzara grabbed a single 1,000 chip and almost instantly called by tossing it in, but in the end he changed his mind and he didn't finish his movement. He tanked for a fair bit; it was obvious to everyone at the table that he wasn't the happiest camper in the room.
After another two minutes or so, he reluctantly swooshed a single chip from his stack to the middle to indicate the call. Cates proudly and full of confidence showed his . Pyzara open mucked his , folded his arms, and let his head rest on the table. The dealer grabbed the 349,000 from his stack and moved them to his neighbor, Pyzara just wailed silently.
Daniel Cates is now the chip leader of the tournament as far as we can see, Pyzara one of the shorter stacks.
Iaron Lightbourne just busted out in 44th place after losing an all in for his tournament life against Vojtech Ruzicka. Lightbourne shoved all in from the button for about 120,000 and Ruzicka shoved from the small blind, getting the big blind to fold.
Jesper Feddersen just found himself all in and at risk on against Tamer Kamel. Kamel showed against Feddersen's , and the on the turn and the on the river made it so that Kamel took down the pot.
Senh Ung just busted out to Simon Mattsson, whom he lost a big pot to earlier as well. Ung was at risk before the flop for about 145,000 chips and the showdown went as follows.
Ung:
Mattsson:
The flop ran out and the seven on the river gave Mattsson the winning hand. Ung busted out in 41st place. As we watched Ung get knocked out, Aliaksei Boika busted on one of the other tables and he was assigned 42nd place.
Artem Kobylinskiy opened for 22,000 from early position and Rocco Palumbo made the call in the hijack. Simon Deadman moved all in for 196,000 from the small blind and the big blind folded. Artem Kobylinskiy pushed all in over the top for about 282,000 and Palumbo instantly called to put them both at risk.
Rocco Palumbo:
Artem Kobylinskiy:
Simon Deadman:
Once again, the best hand held up: . Because Kobylinskiy had more chips, he finished one position higher (39th) than Deadman (40th). The difference? (€19,550 - €17,420 =) €2,310.
Kenneth Smaron and Bryan Paris got their chips in before the flop with Smaron well in the lead with as Paris had . The board however ran out and Paris doubled.
We missed the exact action, but we're pretty sure Kacper Pyzara limped in for 10,000, and then called a raise from his neighbor Cates. The two checked on and got the money in on the turn. Pyzara showed and Cates couldn't believe what just had happened and for some time refused to show his cards. He eventually showed his and doubled his neighbor after the hit the river.
Before that, Cates had already doubled his other neighbor with pocket fours against pre flop all in for 18 big blinds each, so "Jungleman" is down to a million.
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Darrell Goh got his chips in with against Mihails Morozovs's on a flop of . The turn was the and the river came the , leaving Goh empty handed. At first it seemd as is he hadn't fully grasped what had happened yet, but as soon as he realized he was out, he made his way to the exit.