At the start of the last level of the night, David Kahan open-shoved from the small blind into the big blind of Kevin Steward and he quickly called with ![]()
. Kahan only had ![]()
but found a flush draw on the ![]()
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flop. The
turn and
river blan ked and Steward doubled.
2017 PokerStars Festival London
While the elimination of Idalino Lopes is unknown, the exit of Sean Daly was somewhat painful. Short-stacked, he got it in with ![]()
and ran straight into the ![]()
of Chun Law. On a board of ![]()
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there was a glimpse of hope on the turn but ultimately the aces held up.
Nível: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Christopher Day raised to 35,000 and Guillem Cusco Bach as well as one further player called. In the big blind, Yuriy Boyko then made it 122,000 to go from the big blind and Day moved all in. Cusco Bach and the other player folded and Boyko tank-called for his tournament life.
Yuriy Boyko: ![]()
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Christopher Day: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop gave Day top pair, but the
on the turn restored the preflop order. Boyko needed to avoid a queen, and he did so after a blank
river. The double of the Irishman was for 397,000 while Day dropped to less than that.
Short stack Matt Perrins shoved for his last 120,000 and the action folded all the way around to Naoufel Bennani-Smires in the small blind, who called.
Perrins showed the ![]()
and Bennani-Smires had ![]()
. Neither the ![]()
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flop nor the
turn changed anything. But the
fell on the river and that gave Perrins a pair of kings.
There was an open to 35,000 and a call from David Kahan before Rehman Kassam moved all in for 314,000. The original raiser folded and Kahan had a long think, counting down his stack to aid in his final decision.
“I’ve got a bus to get so I just go all in.” Kassam told him.
“You want me to call? I have a good hand.” was the response.
“Tell you what, if you bust me you can buy me a chocolate bar for the journey home.” Kassam continued.
A short time later Kahan called.
Kassam showed ![]()
and Kahan ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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. No chocolate for Kassam and that bus just left the station.
David Kahan raised from the button and called the shove of table neighbor Ayad Sharhani in the small blind with ![]()
. Sharhani only had ![]()
and the board came ![]()
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. That pot bumped Kahan up to 1.8 million and second place overall with 41 players remaining.
Several players have been knocked out in quick succession. Two of them had the unfortunate timing to run into the steamrolling train that is Ludovic Geilich. Masafumi Saito raised with pocket aces and Geilich called out of the blinds with ![]()
to flop top two pair.
And then, short stack ninja Eldad Bentov got it in with ![]()
from the cutoff and Geilich called with ![]()
in the small blind. An ace and a jack appeared on the flop, and Geilich even rivered another jack to knock out Bentov.
Just now, Geilich opened to 40,000 from the button and Sally Stephens shoved from the big blind. Geilich asked for a count and eventually folded to the all in worth 462,000, Stephens showed him the ![]()
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Action folded round to Lucian Tartan in late position who limped. Alexandre Poulain shoved for just over 200,000 and Tartan called.
Poulain had ![]()
but he had run in to Tartans trap as he turned over ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Poulain was out.
Ayad Sharhani opened to 35,000 from the button and Kevin Steward moved all in for 176,000 from the small blind. Sharhani gave it some thought and eventually called to find himself up against ![]()
. Sharhani had the ![]()
and the flop of ![]()
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killed two outs for Steward.
However, the
turn was a great card for Steward and he doubled after a blank
river.