Radu Lungu shoved for his last 15,200 and Mark Radoja called with the only to see the Romanian turn over . The board ran out .
Hand 2
Jan-Eric Schwippert opened to 4,000 and Radoja shoved for around 25,000, Schwippert called. It was the for Schwippert and the for Radoja, who found help on a board of .
Ali Reza Fatehi, Pierre Neuville and defending champion Mustapha Kanit must all wait until next time for their shot at winning a High Roller (or in Kanit's case, another) as they all busted on their second bullets. The others all have the option of entering for a second time.
Fedor Holz opened on the button to 3,800. In the small blind, Nicolas Cardyn slid a humongous stack of blue 5,000-chips over the line, covering both Holz and the big blind. Holz snap-called it off for his tournament life.
Fedor Holz:
Nicolas Cardyn:
The dealer fanned out and Holz flopped the nut flush, drawing laughs from the table. The turn did deliver Cardyn a potential four-outer, but the river bricked and gave Holz the double-up.
On a board of , Charlie Carrel had moved all in for 18,300, which was more than the size of the pot. Behind him, Sebastian Veghinas thought for a bit, then moved all in for a whopping 54,800.
It brought the action to the third player in the hand, Sirfan Hissou, who appeared to have a huge hand for the situation. He shook his hand, removed his sunglasses, stared intensely at Veghinas, then tried to chat him up to get a read.
"I beat aces," he says to Veghinas.
The dealer quickly informed no talking of any kind was allowed, as it was a multi-way pot. Veghinas, not the one to back down from a verbal war, and Hissou remained silent for the remainder of the hand. The German counted out the calling chips, thought for a while longer, then folded face-up with a pained expression on his face.
"Whoa, I want that one!", Carrel laughed, as he tried to reach for the mucked hand.
Charlie Carrel:
Sebastian Veghinas:
Silently, Hissou witnessed how the dealer burned and turned the , followed by the river, which would've kept his hand in front on showdown. As it was, Veghinas now raked in the pot and Carrel was eliminated.
"I'm winning this tournament. Write that down," Veghinas confidently remarked afterwards.
Harrison Gimbel raised to 2,500 under the gun and Gianluca Speranza called in the hijack as well as Kitty Kuo in the big blind. The flop came . Kuo checked and Gimbel continued for 3,600. Speranza called and Kuo folded.
The turn was the and Gimbel checked to his opponent who bet 7,600. Gimbel called.
On the river which was the Gimbel checked and Speranza thought for a long time before electing to check behind. Gimbel showed and Speranza shook his head as he slammed his cards into the muck.
The player in the cutoff raised to 2,000 and Natasha Barbour called on the button. The flop came and her opponent checked. Barbour bet 2,500 and her opponent called.
The turn was the and her opponent led this time for 3,000. Barbour raised to 8,000 and her opponent called.
The river was the and both players checked. Her opponent turned over and Barbour buried her face in her hands, shaking her head seemingly in disbelief as she mucked her hand face down.