The opponent of Korbinian Sonnenholzner bet the flop of for 4,000 out of the big blind and the German raised to 10,100. His opponent moved all in and Sonnenholzner called with for top two. The big blind showed for a huge draw, but the turn and river blanked.
One hand later, Sonnenholzner raised to 4,800 and called a shove by a short stack from one seat over for 26,200 with the . This time he had a coin flip versus and saw the board run out . If Sonnenholzner had won that second all in showdown as well, he would have closed the gap to big stack Peter Wagner on the same table.
"Two seat open," the announcement of the dealer came and Rolf Galasen left the table while John Racener dragged in a big pot.
According to Racener, Galasen's raise on the button was called by the 2017 WSOP Player of the Year contender in the small blind and Antonio Merone called from the big blind. Racener checked a flop and Merone shoved, as did Galasen. Racener happily called with pocket fours for bottom set and bested the of Merone and the of Galasen.
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez shoved for 12,200 from under the gun and Sam Grafton called in the cutoff. Both Ryan Hughes in the small blind and Kai Schuster in the big blind let go and the cards were tabled.
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez:
Sam Grafton:
The board came and Galindo Lopez turned a straight to remain in contention.
The player in the under-the-gun position had gone all in for his remaining 4,500 chips. Jerome Sgorrano, in mid-position, also shoved all in. Everyone else folded.
Jerome Sgorrano:
Under-the-gun:
The board ran out - Sgorrano wins the pot, the bounty and the other player was eliminated.
Martin Kabrhel moved all in from the button as the player in the big blind had a short stack. Michael Sklenicka in the small blind however called the shove for more than 30,000 and caught Kabrhel with the . Sklenicka's didn't hit anything on the board of either, but the ace-high was good enough for a double to more than the average stack.
Players that busted in the last hand of the level were still allowed to re-enter while the blinds had already moved up. Besides that, the registration has officially closed and currently shows 325 entries with 144 remaining.
Yehuda Cohen jumped up from his seat, excited, having busted yet another opponent. Carlo Savinelli said in table chat "You know the bounty is just �300 and not �3,000, right?" and the entire table except for Cohen laughed.
Arsenii Karmatckii was all in for 100 chips after the ante was pulled in and Michal Mrakes raised to 4,000. The big blinc called and check-folded the flop. Mrakes showed and Karmatckii turned over . The turn and river improved Karmatckii and he won't be able to re-enter as the new level just kicked off.
for 4,000 out of the big blind and the German raised to 10,100. His opponent moved all in and Sonnenholzner called with 
for top two. The big blind showed 
for a huge draw, but the 
turn and 
river blanked.
. This time he had a coin flip versus 
and saw the board run out 
. If Sonnenholzner had won that second all in showdown as well, he would have closed the gap to big stack Peter Wagner on the same table.
flop and Merone shoved, as did Galasen. Racener happily called with pocket fours for bottom set and bested the 
on a 
board. He now has a bit more than 20 big blinds to play with.
and Galindo Lopez turned a straight to remain in contention.
- Sgorrano wins the pot, the bounty and the other player was eliminated.
. Sklenicka's 
didn't hit anything on the board of 
turn and 
