Joao Simao limped in and so did Pavel Plesuv in the small blind. John Juanda in the big blind had other plans and raised to 60,000, which only Simao called. On the flop, Juanda moved all in and Simao called it off for what looked like 130,000.
John Juanda:
Joao Simao:
Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Juanda claimed the pot with ace-high. Simao was eliminated in 25th place for €45,820.
Since there was a redraw with 27 players overnight, the next redraw will take place at two tables and 16 players remaining. The remaining 24 hopefuls were balanced and the table constellations are as follows.
Charlie Carrel raised to 22,000 under the gun and Adrian Mateos called from the cuttof. On the button, Vlado Banicevic went all in for 110,000. Thomas Muehloecker cold-called from the small blind, Carrel and Mateos called as well to close the main pot action.
The flop was and Muehloecker checked. Carrel led out 90,000, Mateos snap-folded and Muehloecker folded after a short while as well.
Vlado Banicevic:
Charlie Carrel:
Banicevic had a ton of outs to quadruple up and hit one of them on the turn. The on the river was just icing on the cake for the Montenegran, who slammed the table in delight.
One of the two remaining PokerStars Team Pros has been eliminated. It was Igor Kurganov who raised to 24,000 in the cutoff and Julian Stuer three-bet to 78,000 in the big blind. Kurganov four-bet shoved for around 360,000 and Stuer quickly called.
Julian Stuer:
Igor Kurganov:
"Mamaaa" demanded Kurganov, asking for one of the remaining two queens in the deck. However, he was drawing very thin on the flop and officially drawing dead on the turn. The meaningless on the river for the inferior set ended the hand and Kurganov's run in 24th place for €45,820.
In a three-bet pot, Dario Sammartino had checked to Thomas Muehloecker. Muehloecker bet 58,000 on a flop and Sammartino check-called. On the turn, Sammartino check-called 140,000 from Muehloecker.
The river brought the and Sammartino checked a third time. Muehloecker considered his options before checking behind. Sammartino showed , Muehloecker acknowledged it and mucked.
Emil Patel lost with ace-nine against the king-jack suited of Javier Gomez Zapatero on a board of and was left with one big blind.
The next hand, Daniel Dvoress shoved from the hijack for 90,000 and Patel called all in for 9,000 on the button. Sylvain Loosli in the small blind reraised all in and Ekrem Sanioglu folded in the big blind.
Sylvain Loosli:
Emil Patel:
Daniel Dvoress:
The board of resulted in no seat open, as Patel more than quadrupled up, and Dvoress won the bigger side pot against Loosli.
Soon after, Patel shoved for 42,000 and Saniioglu reraised to 150,000. Philipp Gruissem in the big blind used a time bank card and folded.
Charlie Carrel raised from the button and called the three-bet of Dario Sammartino for 78,000 to see a flop of . Sammartino continued for 52,000 and Carrel called before the turn went check, check. After the river, Sammartino checked and Carrel bet 175,000.
One time bank card was used by Sammartino, and the Italian eventually folded.
Dmitry Yurasov shoved his last 115,000 from the cutoff. Adrian Mateos reshoved on the button and the blinds folded.
Dmitry Yurasov:
Adrian Mateos:
The dealer spread out a fantastic flop for Yurasov, giving the Russian an open-ended straight flush draw. The on the turn completed Yurasov's flush and the river was a blank.