| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,860,000
-390,000
|
-390,000 |
|
1,610,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
930,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
The three players are off to enjoy 15 minutes away from the table. Josip Simunic lost some chips but continues to put a lot of pressure on his opponents. The second last hand of the level saw him open shove the small blind.
"I really like this hand," Fady Kamar said and eventually folded. "Pick one card," Simunic then said and the Lebanese would find an ace. "If you had picked the other one, it would have been the same," the Austrian added.
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Jean-Noel Thorel limped the small blind and Josip Simunic checked the big blind.
The flop was 
and Thorel check-called a bet of 150,000. On the turn card 
Thorel led for 225,000 and Simunic checked. The river was the 
and Thorel moved all in. Simunic gave it some thought before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,250,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Only a few hands have been played between the last three opponents and Josip Simunic has increased his lead, putting a lot of pressure on Fady Kamar and Jean-Noel Thorel.
One of the hands saw Simunic raise to 200,000 from the small blind and Kamar call from one seat over. The ?
?
flop got checked through, Simunicbet the 
turn for 265,000 and that got Kamar out of the pot.
Another example: Min-raise by Thorel to 160,000 and instant fold when Simunic moved all in.
Then there was a 
?
?
flop where Simunic and Thorel both committed 125,000 chips. The Frenchman bet the 
turn for 125,000 and folded to a raise.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
1,240,000
-680,000
|
-680,000 |
|
|
1,060,000
-580,000
|
-580,000 |
Josip Simunic’s stack means the other two players are giving him a wide berth not really wanting to tangle and put their tournament life at risk. There is a fair bit of raise and take from Simunic and folds to shoves from the other players.
One hand did go to the river recently though.
Jean-Noel Thorel limped the small blind and Josip Simunic checked his option.
On a flop of 
Thorel check-called a bet of 100,000. On the turn 
Thorel led for 100,000 and got called. The turn was the and a bet of 125,000from Thorel got called again by Simunic.
Thorel turned over the winning 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,920,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Josip Simunic raised to 170,000 as first to act and Jean-Noel Thorel had already folded out of turn from the big blind while short stack Robin Ylitalo was still to make his decision from the small blind. Simunic grabbed a stack of T-25,000 chips to snap-call an all in and that's exactly what happened.
Simunic: 
?
Ylitalo: 
?
The 
?
??
? board provided help for the Swede on the turn and he doubled up for 360,000. One hand later, Ylitalo was all in again for 820,000 in total and Simunic asked for a count. The Austrian then moved all in himself from the small blind and Fady Kamar folded from the big blind.
Simunic: 
?
Ylitalo: ?
"Small cards please," Simunic requested from the dealer but the 
??
flop once again gave Ylitalo the better hand. However, the Swede would be drawing dead after the 
turn. A meaningless 
river was just a formality and Simunic holds half of the chips with three players left. EPT 10 London champion Ylitalo receives €112,440 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400,000
820,000
|
820,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Robin Ylitalo shoved from the button and was met with a quick call from Jean-Noel Thorel in the small blind. Josip Simunic asked if he’d heard right, said, “Good luck guys.” and mucked.
Ylitalo: 
Thorel: 
The cards ran out 
.
Ylitalo took the lead on the flop but Thorel’s flush draw got there on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
|
470,000
-1,030,000
|
-1,030,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Josip Simunic limped from the small blind and Fady Kamar checked from one seat over. On the ?? flop, Simunic check-called a bet of 80,000 and did so again for 110,000 once the had appeared on the turn.
With the river, the Austrian checked again and a possible straight and flush draw had now arrived. Kamar bet large for 450,000 and Simunic tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,580,000
-570,000
|
-570,000 |
|
|
1,640,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel completed the small blind and Josip Simunic checked.
Thorel was still turning over in his mind the fact that he felt he was bluffed off the last hand by Kamar.
The flop of 
was checked around and on the turn Thorel shoved the lot in for 750,000.
“Count please.” Simunic asked.
“Your turn to think.” Thorel told him.
“I didn’t expect that.” Simunic said and took a good few minutes to think while trying to get some information from Thorel. He even use the good old, “Show if I fold?” Simunic said, “Fold.” And Thorel’s rail urged him not to show. He mucked but Simunic did show the 
