Stefan Schoss opened from early position and called when Marius Schneider put in his last 11,000 from the hijack.
Marius Schneider: A?A?
Stefan Schoss: A?K?
Schoss was gutted to see his Big Slick dominated and Schnieder took in the pot after the 6?6?3?2?7? runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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24,000 | |
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With around 8,000 in the pot, the flop came down 2?6?2?. Rosalie Petit took the initiative and led out with a bet of 2,500. Zewei Ding wasn’t backing down, though; he raised to 7,200, prompting Petit to respond with a three-bet to 15,000.
The action was back on Ding, who thought for a moment before deciding to four-bet to 25,000. Petit took her time, weighing her options, but ultimately chose to fold, surrendering a substantial pot to Ding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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93,000
93,000
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93,000 |
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44,000
-4,500
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-4,500 |
Eusebiu Jalba opened to 2,400 from the hijack and called when Gabriele Guerrini moved all in for around 25,000 from the small blind.
Gabriele Guerrini: 8?8?
Eusebiu Jalba: A?J?
Jalba picked up the nut-flush draw on the Q?6?2? flop and left Guerrini drawing to one out as the J? came in on the turn. The case eight never arrived and Guerrini frustratingly tossed his stack into the middle after the 3? completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
|
Busted |
Dirk Weidmann opened to 2,400 from under the gun and received calls from Nikolay Traskevich on the button and Tobias Eckl in the big blind.
The flop came Q?8?7? and action checked around to Traskevich who bet 3,500. Eckl made the call while Weidmann opted to fold.
On the 9? turn Eckl check-called another bet from Traskevich, this time for 5,000.
Eckl lead with a bet of 3,700 on the 4? river that was called by Traskevich.
Eckl had third pair with A?8? while Traskevich had second pair with A?9? to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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118,000
74,000
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74,000 |
|
72,000 | |
|
30,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Ramana Epparla raised from the cutoff before Michael Adam three-bet to 12,000 from the small blind. Epparla reraised to 27,000 and called when Adam moved all in for 38,400.
Michael Adam: J?J?
Ramana Epparla: A?K?
A collection of gasps came from the table as the Q?J?5? gave both players a massive sweat. Adam had a set of jacks while Epparla had outs to Broadway along with the nut-flush draw.
"It's never easy," said a player at the table.
The 8? turn kept Adam ahead and he leapfrogged his opponent in the chip counts after 2? completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
55,800
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55,800 |
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63,000
-32,000
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-32,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Andrej Desset opened to 2,000 from under the gun and called when Wissam Ouertani jammed for 15,400 from the next seat over.
Wissam Ouertani: 2?2?
Andrej Desset: K?K?
Desset, who finished 16th in last year's WSOPE Main Event, remained best following the Q?5?J?9?7? runout and scored the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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85,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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Busted |
Alexander Sokolovsky opened from the hijack to 1,100. Marius Gicovanu called on the button and Salvatore Amitrano defended the big blind.
The 7?8?5? flop was checked to Gicovanu who bet 3,000. Amitrano called and Sokolovsky folded. The 5? turn saw a snap check-raise all in from Amitrano who was covered by Gicovanu.
Salvatore Amitrano: K?5?
Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu: 8?8?
Amitrano needed a five or a king but couldn't find either on the 10? river and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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Busted |
In the first hand, the pot swelled to around 18,000 with the board showing K?A?10?5?. After Ramana Epparla checked, Huseyn Erbay pushed all in for his remaining 12,400. Epparla took some time to think it over but ultimately decided to fold.
In the very next hand, Yaron Genu made the call from the small blind, while Erbay, in the big blind, struck up a conversation with him. "Do you want to go all in? I've only seen one card," he joked. But then Erbay followed through and went all in. Genu didn’t seem thrilled about it but decided to call, and the hand moved to showdown.
Yaron Genu: 6?6?
Huseyn Erbay: A?3?
The flop and turn brought down K?Q?4?J?, leaving Genu's pair of sixes looking strong. However, when the river card was revealed as the A?, it gave Erbay a pair of aces, making it the better hand. Genu was left disappointed and sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,000 | |
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61,000 | |
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Busted |
