He may have started as chipleader but Giuseppe Pantaleo has just been eliminated in fifth place, good for €170,000.
Kent Lundmark opened from the cutoff with a raise to 225,000 and when the action folded to Pantaleo in the big blind, the German with the very Italian name, moved all-in for 3,095,000. Lundmark snap-called and the cards were revealed.
Lundmark:
Pantaleo:
The flop of didn't change anything, and neither did the and on the turn and river, and the tournament lost another player. We are now four handed
Shander de Vries raised from the button and to his left in the small blind Giuseppe Pantaleo shoved for 1.13 million. De Vries made the call and they were on their backs.
De Vries:
Pantaleo:
Flop: - the Dutch element in the media room went wild as their boy spiked a four.
Turn: , putting a pair on the board and suddenly giving Pantaleo a lot more outs.
River: !
Both players suddenly found themselves with two pair, kings and aces, and Pantaleo's ten kicker played. He doubled up to 2.42 million and is very much back in the game. De Vries is now our short stack on 1.235 million.
Thor Stang is short on chips, down to around 15 big blinds, and as a result is playing push or fold poker. He has pushed his stack into the middle three or four times so far this level and on the last all-in bet it looked as if he may be getting called by Giuseppe Pantaleo but the Italian folded and flashed whilst doing do.
Giuseppe Pantaleo raised to 210,000 and Konstantin Puchkov, who had been protecting his blinds a lot called in the big blind. The flop was and after Puchkov checked Pantaleo bet 250,000 and Puchkov called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and Puchkov checked his hole cards, chewed his tooth pick, scratched his head and bet 760,000 which was almost a pot sized bet. Pantaleo sighed audibly and given the size of his stack this was a huge decision for the German. After a short while Pantaleo made the call and mucked his cards when he saw the in front of Puchkov. The Russian had made a runner, runner straight.
Jesus Cortes Lizano raised to 215,000 and Kent Lundmark called. But Shander de Vries in the small blind announced all in for 1.995 million.
Lizano and Lundmark both took rather a long time in making their respective decisions, but ultimately both passed. De Vries bumped his stack up by more than 800,000, and we play on.
First three-bet of this level now, as Giuseppe Pantaleo opened to 200,000 but faced a reraise to 555,000 from Jesus Cortes Lizano. Pantaleo folded, and Lizano took the pot.
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and 
on the turn and river, and the tournament lost another player. We are now four handed![[user169505]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and Stang needed to hit some cards with his 
- the Dutch element in the media room went wild as their boy spiked a four.
, putting a pair on the board and suddenly giving Pantaleo a lot more outs.
!
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Puchkov checked his hole cards, chewed his tooth pick, scratched his head and bet 760,000 which was almost a pot sized bet. Pantaleo sighed audibly and given the size of his stack this was a huge decision for the German. After a short while Pantaleo made the call and mucked his cards when he saw the 
in front of Puchkov. The Russian had made a runner, runner straight.
