Partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri was in early position and got her stack in before the flop against Vincent Tremblay, who was in the big blind.
Breviglieri:
Tremblay:
Breviglieri was flipping for her tournament life and needed to improve in order to double up. Tremblay's pocket pair was still best after the board ran out so he took the pot to end Breviglieri's run in this tournament.
Rainer Kempe opened to 2,000,000 from the hijack, the player in the cutoff shoved for what looked like about 6,000,000, Barny Boatman four-bet all-in from the big blind, Kempe folded, and the two remaining players tabled their hands.
Boatman:
Cutoff:
Boatman was flipping for a significant portion of his stack and his opponent had the preflop advantage. The board ran out to pair Boatman's king, so he took the pot to send his opponent to the cage.
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas opened to 1,100,000 from early position, the player on the button called, and the small blind moved all-in for 3,800,000. Konstas four-bet jammed, putting the button to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He called and the three players tabled their hands.
Konstas:
Small blind:
Button:
Konstas found himself in bad shape preflop and needed a whole lot of help from the deck in order to double up. The board ran out to give him the nut straight, so he took the approximately 15,000,000-chip pot to put his stack over the 60,000,000-chip mark.
With 2,750,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Andrei-Lucian Boghean checked from the big blind and Rainer Kempe bet 600,000. Boghean called.
The turn brought the and Boghean checked. Kempe bet 3,000,000, and after brief consideration, Boghean folded and Kempe took the pot.
Michael Sklenicka had over 20,000,000 to start the hand and got into a preflop raising war with one other player until all the chips were in. Sklenicka's opponent had him covered by a very thin margin.
Sklenicka:
Opponent:
Sklenicka had the preflop advantage with the better pocket pair and his opponent would need help from the deck to eliminate Sklenicka. After the board ran out , Sklenicka's queens were still best, so he took the pot to put his stack over the 40,000,000-chip mark and leave his opponent with crumbs.
Claudio Di Giacomo got all his chips in before the flop against Thomas Scholze, who had him covered by a wide margin, and another player with a smaller stack.
Di Giacomo:
Scholze:
Smaller stack:
Di Giacomo and Scholze were both trailing the third player's pocket jacks, and Scholze had the preflop edge against Di Giacomo. The flop changed nothing, but the turn and river ran out and to give Di Giacomo trips to eliminate the shorter stack and nearly triple up.
so he took the pot to end Breviglieri's run in this tournament.
to pair Boatman's king, so he took the pot to send his opponent to the cage.
to give him the nut straight, so he took the approximately 15,000,000-chip pot to put his stack over the 60,000,000-chip mark.
, Andrei-Lucian Boghean checked from the big blind and Rainer Kempe bet 600,000. Boghean called.
, Sklenicka's queens were still best, so he took the pot to put his stack over the 40,000,000-chip mark and leave his opponent with crumbs.
