The action folded to Sam Greenwood on the button who made it 7,000 to go. Jean-Noel Thorel called from the big blind and the dealer fanned the flop of .
Both players checked and the landed on the turn. Thorel checked again and Greenwood dropped in a bet of 7,000 which Thorel called.
The completed the board and Thorel checked once more. Greenwood splashed in another bet of 12,000 this time and Thorel was forced to lay his hand down.
Jean-Noel Thorel raised it up to 6,000 and Alex Kulev defended the big blind. The flop came and was quickly checked by Kulev. Thorel continued for 8,000 and Kulev check-raised small to 17,000.
A few seconds later, Thorel studied the flop and gently slid his cards into the muck.
After winning the large preflop contest against Thorel earlier, Kulev has been steadily accumulating chips via small pots and sits in second place on the leaderboard by some margin.
Alex Kulev opened to 6,500 in middle position and Adrian Mateos defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Mateos led out with a bet of 6,000. Kulev raised it up to 21,000 and Mateos instantly threw his cards to the muck.
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The action started with a raise to 6,500 by Fedor Holz and Adrian Mateos glanced at his stack from one seat over before clicking it up to 20,000. It folded all the way back to Holz, who pushed all-in and was snap-called.
Fedor Holz:
Adrian Mateos:
The flop vaulted Mateos into the lead but Holz had outs with a gutshot. More outs were added with the on the turn but the river was a blank, sending Holz to the rail fewer than half an hour after he had entered the tournament.
Fedor Holz raised to 6,000 in early position and was called by Adrian Mateos on his left. They went heads-up to a flop of and Holz started with a check. Mateos bet 6,000 and Holz check-raised to 30,000 which Mateos called.
The turn was the and Holz checked again. Mateos fired out a bet of 21,000 and Holz just called this time. The river was the and both players quickly tapped the table. Holz tabled for a pair of eights but Mateos rivered the best hand with for a pair of nines.
Sam Greenwood made it 6,000 to go and was called only by Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind. On a flop, O'Dwyer check-called for 5,500 and both checked the on the turn.
O'Dwyer then bet the river for 8,500 and Greenwood raised big to 70,000. One time bank extension was used by O'Dwyer, who then opted to fold.
The action folded to Ben Heath in the small blind who limped in and Adrian Mateos checked his option in the big blind. The flop came and Heath check-called a min-bet of 2,500 from Mateos.
The turn brought the and Heath checked again. Mateos sized up a bet of 12,500 this time and Heath quickly dumped his cards in the muck.
Just moments ago, Fedor Holz also took a seat at the lone table in action as of right now with a fresh stack of 100,000 chips.
If another two players sign up, the contenders will be split across two tables once more. For the time being, the final seven players are on the same table. The late registration remains open until the start of level 11 after the scheduled dinner-break.