On a board of action was on Manuel Mutke. He moved all in for 42,600. His opponent Benjamin Vinson took a while but made a call for most of his chips. Mutke flipped over for rivered quads.
Controversy stirred when Vinson wanted to muck his cards but the dealer would not let him. She told Vinson that all showdown hands must be flipped over. Vinson did not agree with this rule and insisted on a floor to make a ruling. The floor came over and ruled that Vinson must turn over his hand. He sighed then revealed the .
With that pot Mutke went back up to 115,000, while Vinson was crippled down to 11,000 and then eventually went bust.
Dmitrii Valouev three-bet from the small blind after Tobias Wenker raised from the button. Wenker came back with a four-bet to 19,000, and Valouev pushed all in. Wenker called.
Wenker:
Valouev:
The flop came , and Wenker held his lead. Valouev picked up some outs with a turn, but the river came , and Wenker is now heads up with Matthew Schwarmann.
Kevin Vandersmissen moved all in from under the gun for 18,800. Action folded to big stack Steve Hohn in the small blind. He thought for a bit before calling. The big blind got out of the way.
Hohn:
Vandersmissen:
"I'm gonna flop a straight," Vandersmissen said.
The flop came , and Vandersmissen looked like he couldn't have been more wrong. A arrived on the turn though, and a river completed a backdoor straight draw for Vandersmissen.
Some players have decided to play through the dinner break while some players have decided that they will take the 60-minute dinner break. A few tables asked for a short break then to continue playing so we'll be here with updates for any table that decides to continue playing through the break.
We were informed of a big three way all in on Table 443. The players were Nacho Barbero, Andreas Hoivold, and Andrew Teng. Barbero had the other two covered and the cards were flipped.
Barbero:
Hoivold:
Teng:
It was a hand up for grabs. The player to grab it on the flop was Barbero when he hit . He furthered his lead with another king on the turn. The river was give Barbero a full house and eliminated two players in the process.
With the double knockout, Barbero has 200,000 which is nearly half the chips in play and five people still remain.
After a raise preflop, Hunter Frey moved all in over the top for 39,100. Action folded back around to the original raiser who asked for a count.
"It's about 30, right?" the raiser asked. "It's really close." Before the dealer was even finished counting though, the player put his chips into the pot signifying a call.
Michael Castas and Brandon Marz were all in with Marz dominating with a full house. His were well ahead of Castas on a board of . Only one of the two remaining kings could eliminate Marz.
The river was the . With that Castas made a bigger full house with kings over eights to eliminate Marz. Marz could not believe the bad beat and he had the dealer wait before he took all the cards in to take a picture of his misfortune. With that hand Castas moved his stack up to 100,000.
Not long ago Kavin Vandersmissen what short stacked after shoving into the quads of Steve Hohn, but since then Vandersmissen has doubled twice to get back over his starting stack. We missed the first double, but on the second Vandersmissen shoved over a raise from Maxim Lykov. Lykov made the call and he was in deep trouble when the hands where turned up.
Lykov:
Vandersmissen:
The board ran out giving Vandersmissen the double up and life once again in the tournament.
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action was on Manuel Mutke. He moved all in for 42,600. His opponent Benjamin Vinson took a while but made a call for most of his chips. Mutke flipped over 
for rivered quads.
.
, and Wenker held his lead. Valouev picked up some outs with a 
turn, but the river came 
, and Vandersmissen looked like he couldn't have been more wrong. A 
arrived on the turn though, and a 
. He furthered his lead with another king on the turn. The river was 
give Barbero a full house and eliminated two players in the process.
against 
and 
which gave Frey the double up.
. Only one of the two remaining kings could eliminate Marz.
. With that Castas made a bigger full house with kings over eights to eliminate Marz. Marz could not believe the bad beat and he had the dealer wait before he took all the cards in to take a picture of his misfortune. With that hand Castas moved his stack up to 100,000.
giving Vandersmissen the double up and life once again in the tournament.
