Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The remaining 77 players are now on another 20-minute break. Here are some of the highlights from the last level of play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eduardo Egea Vandepette | Busted | |
Alessandro Righetti | Busted | |
Arnaud Mattern | Busted | |
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Maksim Vaskresenski | Busted |
Harry Lodge opened to 12,000 from under the gun and was called by Martin Guerrero on his direct left. Kelvin Kerber also called from the button. Vanessa Kade then wasted little time before moving all in for 78,000 from the small blind. Lodge and Guerrero got out of the way, but Kerber called.
Vanessa Kade: A♣K♥
Kelvin Kerber: 2♣2♠
The deuces remained ahead on the J♣10♦9♦ flop and 3♣ turn but the Q♠ river gave Kade a straight to survive.
"I can't beat you," joked Kerber as Kade took in the pot.
"Oh, come on, you took a big one with that six-seven earlier," replied Kade.
Lodge then pointed out that he thought the deuces were going to hold out, and Kade agreed, commentating that she saw herself heading out as soon as the cards were tabled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kelvin Kerber |
300,000
142,000
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142,000 |
Vanessa Kade |
192,000
100,000
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100,000 |
The action was picked up in a three-way pot with close to 50,000 in the middle on a flop of 6♣5♥3♦. Kiryl Asaulenka led out from the small blind to 14,000 and both Parker Talbot in the cutoff and Maduka Meragal on the button made the call.
The J♥ hit the turn and action checked around to Meragal who cut out a bet of 40,000. Asaulenka called and Talbot got out of the way.
The 9♣ completed the board and Asaulenka checked again to Meragal who sized to 60,000. Without much thought, Asaulenka made the call and was shown the bad news when Meragal tabled J♣J♠ for top set to scoop the sizable pot and move into the chip lead.
"Running good," said Talbot as Meragal stacked up his tower of chips with a smile.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Maduka Meragal |
1,270,000
650,000
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650,000 |
Parker Talbot |
765,000
-95,000
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-95,000 |
Kiryl Asaulenka | 260,000 |
In a heads-up pot on a flop of J♥K♥2♥, Arsenii Karmatckii checked and Orpen Kisacikoglu bet 15,000 from late position. Karmatckii check-raised to 39,000 and Kisacikoglu called.
The turn brought the 5♠ and Karmatckii moved all in for 67,000. Kisacikoglu laid it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu |
575,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
Arsenii Karmatckii |
120,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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Kenan Taylor limped in from early position and called when Gerald Karlic raised to 21,000 from the cutoff.
Taylor then check-raised to 42,000 on the Q♦4♣2♦ flop after Karlic continued for 14,000. After a brief moment, Karlic folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kenan Taylor |
875,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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Gerald Karlic |
420,000
89,000
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89,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dinesh Alt | Busted | |
Josef Schusteritsch | Busted | |
Morgan Aceto | Busted | |
Davidi Kitai | Busted | |
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Jimmy Torres Velasquez opened to 12,000 from early position before Manuel Valduga made it 32,000 from the bottom. Stefan Huber then made it 78,000 from the big blind, and only Valduga called.
On the J♦7♦4♣ flop, Huber check-called for 45,000 before the 4♦ turn checked through to the 2♠ river. This prompted Huber to move all in for 240,000, and Valduga quickly conceded the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stefan Huber |
498,000
73,000
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73,000 |
Manuel Valduga |
250,000
-80,000
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-80,000 |
The action was picked up when all the chips hit the middle between Kenan Taylor under the gun and Romain Lewis in the hijack, who was at risk for his last 190,000.
Romain Lewis: A♠K♥
Kenan Taylor: A♣A♥
Lewis ran into the ultimate cooler and would need a lot of help to stay alive. The flop came K♠10♠3♦ to give Lewis hope, but when the rest of the board ran out 4♥9♠, it was the aces for Taylor that held up to send Lewis to the exit in 85th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kenan Taylor |
880,000
530,000
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530,000 |
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Romain Lewis | Busted |
Paolo Boi opened to 12,000 from under the gun and it folded to Stefan Huber on the button who made the call. Elias Fisz was next to act in the small blind and moved all in for 81,000, which only Boi made the call to put Fisz at risk.
Elias Fisz: Q♦Q♣
Paolo Boi: A♣10♣
Fisz was in great shape, and when the board ran out J♥9♣2♠8♥5♦, it was the queens that held up to secure the double up for Fisz.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Stefan Huber |
425,000
-196,000
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-196,000 |
Paolo Boi |
360,000
116,000
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116,000 |
Elias Fisz |
185,000
83,000
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83,000 |