Mukul Pahuja open shoved under the gun and after some thinking Martin Jacobson reshoved right next to him for just a little more. All other players quickly folded and Pahuja soon found out what he was up against.
Mukul Pahuja:
Martin Jacobson:
The board ran out without much excitement for Pahuja, no other hope than an eight: . Pahuja departed in 16th place, 15 remain.
World Poker Tour Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja's playing his first ever Super High Roller event and we caught up with him on one of the breaks. Pahuja talks about the difference between grinding $300 events compared to the tough competition he's facing in today's field, but also he answers a quiz question as to what player's results his career looks like right now. And we tell you know, it's a great omen!
Andrew Chen limped from the small blind and Stephen Chidwick checked out of the big blind. On the flop, Chidwick called a bet of 22,000 by Chen and then folded the turn to another barrel of the Canadian worth 42,000.
One hand later, Martin Jacobson raised to 32,000 and Chidwick called only to fold the flop to another bet.
The action folded to Tobias Reinkemeier in the small blind and he asked Martin Kabrhel in the big blind for his stack. "About 200 (thousand) and change," the Czech said. Reinkemeier then grabbed three green T-100,000 chips to put his opponent all in. Kabrhel, with a dead serious tone in the voice, asked the dealer "how much?" The opponents at the table started laughing and the Czech then added "that was a joke by the way."
Kabrhel needed another 30 seconds to make the call and then flipped over . Reinkemeier held and the Czech was drawing dead after the turn of a board. There will now be a short break to do the redraw of the last two tables.
Jean-Noel Thorel opened to 25,000 from the button and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 78,000 to take down the pot. O'Dwyer would also win the next two hands by raising to 28,000 and raking in the blinds and antes, in the second hand he showed the .
Last but not least Thorel won a battle of the blinds against Steve O'Dwyer by making a continuation bet of 51,000 on a flop of before Andrew Chen did so versus Vladimir Troyanovskiy. In the very last hand, Chen raised to 28,000 from under the gun and folded to the all in of Paul Newey.
. Pahuja departed in 16th place, 15 remain.
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turn to another barrel of the Canadian worth 42,000.
flop to another bet.
. Reinkemeier held 
and the Czech was drawing dead after the turn of a 
and O’Dwyer had 
. Newey was the player at risk.
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