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Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
On the most recent 15-minute break just outside of the Salle des Etoiles poker room here in Monaco, we saw the usual clusters.
Steffen Sontheimer, Stefan Schillhabel, Reiner Kempe and Dominik Nitsche - aka 'The Germans' - were huddled together by the fountain. Mike Watson, Sam Greenwood and Justin Bonomo were chatting away. Daniel Dvoress and Martin Jacobson were dashing back from the Monte Carlo Bay hotel. And Philipp Gruissem was showing Anton Morgenstern some karate kicks.
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, Christoph Vogelsang checked out of the big blind. Charlie Carrel moved all in for around 58,000 and Vogelsang had less than that behind. As played in previous hands, it was now Carrel that was hiding his face behind a scarf, mimicking the move of Vogelsang. The German eventually took a time bank card and folded.
and Vogelsang joined the rail. Mustapha Kanit and Muhyedine Fares were also eliminated.
. Carrel had 
and lost the remainder of his stack.
and the action checked to Yurasov. He bet 12,000 and Okhotskyi check-raised to 25,000 before Gruissem check-re-raised to 55,000. Yurasov waited until one second on his shot clock and folded, while Okhotskiy called.
turn, Okhotskyi checked and Gruissem bet 45,000. Okhotskyi had less than that behind and used one time bank card before sending his cards into the muck.
turn, Steffen Sontheimer bet 12,800 out of the big blind and initial raiser Dario Sammartino called in the cutoff. The 
, which prompted Sontheimer to add "that was the wrong river card for me."
flop with 
for 47,200 and Felipe Ramos called with the 
flop, but the fortune was short-lived as the 
river a formality.
