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Anatolii Ozhenilok whittled Joel Nordkvist down to around 65,000 before he moved all-in with 
and Ozhenilok turned up with 
. Not amazingly, there was little help for Nordkvist on the flop and he was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
Busted |
We've just had our first two matches end simultaneously.
Over on Table 4, Noah Schwartz opened the pot to 15,000 from the button, and Bryn Kenney moved all in on a three-bet shove. Schwartz considered for a good long while, but he eventually made the call with a chance at the knockout. Kenney, though short-stacked, was well ahead.
Showdown
Schwartz: 
Kenney: 
One by one, the dealer placed the flop on board: 
... 
... 
...
Schwartz flopped the flush draw, and he only needed one card to find it. The 
dropped on fourth street, and Schwartz let out a quiet, "Sorry, Bryn." Kenney was drawing dead now, and the river 
was a mere formality. From this pairing, it's Schwartz moving on with 248,000 chips.
And at Table 2, Michael Mizrachi has just polished off the rest of Kent Lundmark. All the money got in on a 
flop, and Mizrachi's 
was ahead of Lundmark's 
. The turn 
and river 
did nothing to improve the latter's plight, and Mizrachi has advanced with a healthy stack of 564,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
564,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
||
|
248,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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We joined the action on the turn with the board showing 
and Alexander Roumeliotis bet 11,000 and Fleyshman called. The river was the 
and Roumeliotis bet 48,000 and Fleyshman called.
"Straight," announced Roumeliotis.
Fleyshman flashed 
for the flush and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
118,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
Erik Seidel has yet to take his seat and is currently being blinded away in his match against Brian Hastings. The dealer on their table has been instructed to take one small blind and one big blind every alternate minute. We have figured out that Seidel will be blinded off in around 3.5 hours!
Michael Mizrachi has passed the half million chip mark after doubling up on the very first hand. He entered a preflop raising war with Kent Lundmark, which resulted in Mizrachi being all in.
| Lundmark |  |
| Mizrachi |  |
The board ran out 
and The Grinder's kings hold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
-234,000
|
-234,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The players are just unbagging their chips so we will most likely kick off within the next two or three minutes. Stay tuned!
The draw is complete, and here's how the heads-up bracket sets up:
Welcome back to Cannes for the start of a small but exciting day of action here inside the Hotel Barrière. There are only two events on the docket today, and a total of 52 players in the building. Sixteen of those are here for the Event #5 restart, and they have all made the money in the first-ever WSOP Mixed-Max event.
Today begins the heads-up portion of this event, and Tables 1-4 are set up with a pair of heads-up matches apiece. The remaining field is absolutely stacked with talent, and bracelet winners (and household names) Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Michael Mizrachi are looking to add to their WSOP trophy case.
We'll play the Rounds of 16 and 8 today, finishing up with just four players left by the time it's all said and done for the day. The first flight kicks off at 3:00 P.M., in just about a half hour, and the quarterfinal round is tentatively scheduled for 8:00. We're still waiting for the table draw, and we understand it will be randomized sometime just before play. We'll bring you the fight card as soon as we know the lineup.
Don't wander off. It's heads-up day, and it's going to be a good one.
Event #5: €10,400 No-Limit Hold'em (Split Format)
Day 3 Started
