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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Charlie Carrel is off to a strong start today and currently sits at 940,000. The vibrant British high roller took a three-bet pot from Adrian Mateos and just dragged a pot from Julian Thomas.
Carrel defended his small blind against a button open from Thomas and check-called 33,000 on an flop. Both players checked the on the turn and on the river. Carrel showed for the broadway straight and took it down.
It has been a few minutes since the last all in showdown, and Felipe Ramos just took down a hand against John Juanda. After preflop raise and call, the duo checked down the turn and the river. Ramos showed and that won the pot.
Maxi Lehmanski started the final day with just 5.5 big blinds and doubled once through Ekrem Sanioglu. The second attempt to spin up the stack against Sanioglu would result in his elimination.
Lehmanski shoved for 103,000 from the hijack and Sanioglu reshoved on the button to isolate successfully.
Ekrem Sanioglu:
Maxi Lehmanski:
The German improved on the flop, but the turn and river gave Sanioglu the nut flush and Lehmanski a payday of �45,820.
Jimmy Guerrero was involved in three of the first four all ins at his table and faced Javier Gomez Zapatero. The Spaniard was at risk for 10 big blinds with and Guerrero had the smallest possible pocket pair in .
After a board of , Gomez Zapatero doubled and Gomez dropped back to where he started before the elimination of Timothy Adams.