Thorel Scores a Knockout
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Nível 5
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Aliaksei Boika departed from table four and the next player to get a short stack in on the same table was Ondrej Goetz out of the big blind, looked up by Jean-Noel Thorel in the small blind.
Ondrej Goetz: 
Jean-Noel Thorel: 
The dominated pair found no help on the 
runout and that spelled the end for Goetz.
Boika then re-entered while Paul Newey was moved to table four, joined by Mike Watson as the latest entrant.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
180,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
120,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
105,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
|
100,000 | |
|
Eliminado | |
river improved Thorel to a full house and Newey's stack was counted. He had 74,500 at his disposal and was subsequently knocked out, as Newey gasped a "wow" before heading out of the tournament room.
board secured the double of Greenwood for 96,500 as he put a major dent into Waki's stack.
board, Orpen Kisacikoglu checked out of the big blind. Jorryt van Hoof bet 9,000 in the hijack and Kisacikoglu mulled it over for a short while, then called.
for the bottom pair, which Kisacikoglu had beat holding 
for the top pair.
turn, Jamil Wakil bet 20,000 into a pot of around 30,000. Elias Abussamra opted to move all-in with the covering stack and Wakil used two time bank extensions before he sent the cards into the muck.
of Sam Greenwood were good enough for trips queens with the ace kicker and dealer briefly exposed the cards of Waki for what appeared to be 
.
turn, Pardo check-called a bet worth 6,500 and checked the 
on the river.
before heading to the rail.
river and then faced a bet worth 75,000 by Klas Lofberg on the button. That covered his remaining stack and the recent WSOP Europe runner-up to Paul Phua eventually folded after investing one time bank.