Sven Wendt was all in and at risk before the flop for his last approximately 165,000 against Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody. The cards were revealed to find Cody in the lead heading to the flop.
Cody:
Wendt:
The dealer fanned on the felt, immediately giving Cody a full house and a death grip on the hand. The hit the turn, prompting Wendt to stand from the table as the finished the board. Cody collected the chips and brought his stack up to about 1.75 million.
Sebastian Pauli opened with preflop and action folded around to Marko Neumann in the small blind. He cut out a three-bet to an unknown amount and action came back to Pauli who made a four-bet. Neumann five-bet shipped all in for about 690,000 and Pauli instantly called.
Pauli:
Neumann:
Pauli was out in front with his pocket aces and stayed that way through a run out. Pauli scored the elimination and brought his stack up to 1.66 million. Neumann, on the other hand, was eliminated from play in 23rd place.
After a 20-minute break we are back in action with just 22 players remaining. Right before the break, in a 10 minute span, we lost four players and we need to lose another six before the day is done.
We picked up the action on the flop which showed when Yann Pineau checked from the big blind to Zahi Harel who bet 30,000. Pineau check-raised to 60,000 and about 30 seconds later Harel moved all in for 221,000 total.
Pineau threw in the call and the showdown went as following.
Pineau:
Harel:
The turn was Harel's saviour as the hit and the river, the , completed the board to secure Harel's double up.