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Reasons to smile now
A short raising war between Toni Pettersson (position) and Jakob Carlsson (big blind) culminated in Pettersson coinflipping for his tournament life.
Pettersson:
Carlsson:
Board: ... !
Pettersson punched the air, and the crowd was treated to a genuine grin from the usually aloof Finn for the first time as he doubled to 8,560,000. Carlsson retained the chip lead but dropped to around the 12 million mark.
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Michael Piper opened to 340,000, and Alexey Rybin was having none of that. He three-bet to 900,000 straight, and that was enough to take down the pot with a quickness.
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Claudio Piceci - 7th place
Jakob Carlsson raised to 350,000 and Claudio Piceci called out of the big blind to see an flop. Both players checked.
The turn was the and Piceci checked again. This time Carlsson bet 345,000 - only for Piceci to check-raise to 1,100,000. After a little while Carlsson called.
The river came down the and Piceci announced all in for his last 1,610,000. Carlsson thought about it for a long time. A long, long time. A very long time indeed. And then he called.
Carlsson turned over and Piceci was already standing up as he tossed away his . Our second-last Italian is gone, and Carlsson's stack just continues to grow - at 15,945,000, he has almost half the chips in play.
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Claudio Piceci has opened up his game a little bit this level, and we find him once again raising to open a pot. Piceci made it 600,000 straight, and the table folded around to Liv Boeree. She asked for a count on her opponent's remaining stack before announcing a covering all-in reraise worth more than 4 million chips.
That sent Piceci deep into the tank -- though it doesn't take much to do that. After about a two-minute staredown, Piceci's gaze broke, and a confused and amused look crossed his face. The two players exchanged a few quick words, and Piceci eventually surrendered his face-up on the felt.
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Flag comes up, chips go in
Claudio Piceci raised to 325,000 and Giuseppe Diep, a short stack with just 1.7 million, flat-called. Curious.
They saw a flop and Diep, his Italian flag pulled right across his face, promptly pushed his remaining 1,340,000 across the line. Piceci didn't look happy and thought about it for less than 30 seconds before folding.
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Michael Piper raised to 350,000 before Claudio Piceci decided to make it 940,000 to go. Piper quickly moved all-in, Piceci thought for his usual five minutes before folding.
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Jakob Carlsson opened for a rather more modest 350,000 but Michael Piper announced all in from the small blind for 3,080,000. Big blind Claudio Piceci took his customary minute or two to fold, and then Carlsson folded too.
The nexthand Carlsson raised again - and Piper shoved a second time, this time for 3,710,000 from the button. Once again, Carlsson declined to call.
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Claudio Piceci has been rather quiet so far today, so imagine everyone's surprise when he opened for a massive 700,000. Unsurprisingly, everyone folded.
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Jakob Carlsson raised to 350,000 preflop but Liv Boeree moved all-in for just over 3,000,000 and Carlsson folded quicker than an origami expert.
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... 
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flop. Both players checked.
and Piceci checked again. This time Carlsson bet 345,000 - only for Piceci to check-raise to 1,100,000. After a little while Carlsson called.
and Piceci was already standing up as he tossed away his 
. Our second-last Italian is gone, and Carlsson's stack just continues to grow - at 15,945,000, he has almost half the chips in play.
face-up on the felt.
