Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
The remaining 11 players have been sent on a 45-minute dinner break. Boris Kuzmanovic dominated table two in order to build his stack, while David Urban fell back into the middle of the pack.
Action will resume at approximately 7.10 p.m. local time.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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641,000
241,000
|
241,000 |
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499,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
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425,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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361,000
-129,000
|
-129,000 |
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294,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
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293,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
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252,000
-238,000
|
-238,000 |
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240,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
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230,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
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184,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
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108,000
-87,000
|
-87,000 |
Anestis Anagnostidis moved all in once to claim the blinds and antes. Soon after, Zoltan Ban made it 25,000 to go and the Greek shoved again. Once the action was back on Ban, he asked for a count and ended up folding once the shove was deemed to be for 135,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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420,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
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190,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Pietro Errante Parrino limped in from the small blind and Dorin Rauta checked his option in the big blind. The duo checked down the flop the
turn. Parrino also checked the
river and Rauta bet 30,000. After some consideration, the Italian called and Rauta showed
for trips kings to claim the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
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245,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Now the all ins come at a very fast pace, and once again both players at risk doubled.
First, Sebastian Malec open-shoved out of the small blind and Michael Uguccioni called in the big blind.
Michael Uguccioni:
Sebastian Malec:
The board came and the kicker played a crucial role.
Only a few moments later over on the other table, Zoltan Ban raised and picked up two callers in Aviv Meiri out of the small blind and Martin Bartos in the big blind.
The flop fell and Meiri check-raised all in to see Ban call with king-queen for top pair. Meiri had the better kicker in
and celebrated the double with a "finally I got one" when the
turn and
river changed nothing whatsoever.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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490,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
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420,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
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315,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
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255,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
|
Michael Uguccioni was all in and at risk for his last 86,000 from the button with and David Urban called in the big blind with
. The board came
and Uguccioni turned his deuce to double.
Soon after, Boris Kuzmanovic raised to 25,000 and called the shove of Pietro Errante Parrino for 140,000 in total.
Pietro Errante Parrino:
Boris Kuzmanovic:
After a board of , the second remaining Italian also locked up a double within quick succession.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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490,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
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400,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
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290,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
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180,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
A battle of the blinds between Boris Kuzmanovic and David Urban escalated to see the former shove the river of a big pot and force a fold, essentially evening out the stacks.
Kuzmanovic limped in, Urban raised to 30,000 and then called a limp-raise to 90,000 by Kuzmanovic. On the flop, Kuzmanovic continued for 60,000 and was called before the
on the turn went check, check. The
river completed the board and the shove of the Croatian took down the pot uncontested.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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530,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
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520,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
The action folded around to Paul Skipper in the small blind and he moved all in for what looked like 120,000. Zoltan Ban called in the big blind and the Brit had a flip for his tournament life.
Paul Skipper:
Zoltan Ban:
On a flop of , Skipper already stood up from his chair, as if he knew the fate ahead. Neither the
turn nor the
river improved Skipper and he was eliminated in 12th place, racking up his second score of the year in a PokerStars Festival after finishing 15th in the London Main Event back in January.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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645,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
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Busted |
Robert Zipf defended his big blind against the raise of Aviv Meiri in under the gun and checked the flop of . Meiri continued for 35,000 and Zipf then check-raised all in for 111,000.
"Do you want the call?" Meiri asked and took some further consideration before tossing in the extra chips.
Robert Zipf:
Aviv Meiri:
The on the turn didn't matter, but Zipf got there thanks to the
on the river in order to double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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205,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |