Markin First to Go

Leonid Markin, who won this very event here last year, has been busted from this tournament. In a way, this is the first time ever he busted this event ever.

Luuk Gieles made it 5,000 from early position and Leonid Markin on the button three bet to 12,000. Both blinds folded and action was back on Gieles. The Dutchman tanked for a bit before announcing "Raise to forty thousand..." Before finishing his sentence he stopped, made a motion at the dealer to scrap what he had just said, and made it 45,000. The dealer said it was a raise to 40,000 as that was verbally declared, and Gieles accepted the ruling. Markin made the call almost instantaneously.

Gieles checked and Markin moved in instantly for 125,500. Gieles asked for a count, and called after just about a minute or two of thinking about it.

Leonid Markin:
Luuk Gieles:

The on the turn and on the river favored Gieles and Markin was the first to go.

Gieles later explained to the dealer and table what had gone wrong with his pre flop raise. The Dutch pronunciation of numbers is the other way around (five and forty instead of forty-five), so he had some trouble coming up with the right way of saying 45,000. Table mate Bryn Kenney suggested just using chips to raise in that case.