Enver Khvitia opened for 4,000 and Johnny Lodden three-bet him to 8,000. Li Zhang was sat to Lodden’s left and bumped it up a bit more to 17,300. Khvitia got out of the way but Lodden made the call and left himself 37,000 behind.
The flop was . Lodden checked and Zhang bet enough to put him all in. Lodden sat there glumly for a short while before putting in the chips. Zhang turned up his and Lodden need some help showing but it wasn’t yet a lost cause.
The turn was the and the river the useless . Lodden headed for the exit trailed by cameras.
Arpad Balazs has been eliminated from the tournament. The Hungarian player told us three hands where he went from a very playable stack to out in not too long a time.
In the first of the three hands, he called from the big blind with after the player under the gun had opened. Both players checked the flop, and Balazs bet the one-third the size of the pot on the -turn. His opponent called, and another hit the river. Balazs checked, and his opponent bet out 6,800. The Hungarian check raised to 26,800, and his opponent three bet to 48,000. Balazs called, but his opponent did have the dreaded for quads.
The second hand saw Balazs bluff some chips of in a three bet pot, and despite hitting a pair on the river, it wasn't good enough to win the hand.
In his last hand he squeezed all in from the small blind with suited after a cutoff open and button call. Unfortunately for Balazs, the big blind found pocket tens and re shoved. Balazs hit a nine, but it wouldn't save his tournament life: .
"And It's Gone!" laughed Balazs who can now focus on the Barcelona night life again. Balazs, who claims to have some Dutch blood in his veins because of all his Dutch friends, can also try his luck again in one of the many side events still on the schedule.
After Keveen Zumelaga raised to 4,500 from early position, Philipp Teipel reraised to 12,100 from the next seat. Then, Martin Finger reraised to 19,500, and play folded back to Zumelaga. He moved all in for 98,400, and Teipel folded. Finger tanked for a little bit, but eventually folded, and Zumelaga won the pot.
On a flop of Martin Finger bet 9,000 and got a call from Dimitrios Kalaroutis. Burn, turn and the dealer put out the . Finger then gave it some thought cutting out some chips and deciding on another bet of 24,000. Kalaroutis made the call.
The river card was the and it took a little while before Finger decided against emptying the clip and checking it. Kalaroutis duly checked behind and showed . Finger wanted to muck but another player insisted he turn over his .