Maxi Lehmanski opened to 1,200 from middle position and the action folded to Dinesh Alt, who pushed for his last 6,225 on the button. The big blind was about to call before being reminded that there was an all in, then folded. Lehmanski quickly called and Alt was the player at risk.
Dinesh Alt:
Maxi Lehmanski:
After a board of , Alt was eliminated and said "best hand in an hour" with a dry smile on the face before exiting the tournament area close to the end of level six.
The remaining 142 players out of a 231-entry strong field thus far have been sent into a 75-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9.33 p.m. local time. When the action resumes, another two levels of 75 minutes each are scheduled before bagging and tagging.
Right back from the dinner break, Lander Lijo raised to 1,500 and Ivan Banic called in the big blind. The duo checked the flop and Banic then check-called a bet worth 3,500 on the turn. Banic's bet of 9,100 on the river won the pot uncontested, as Lijo folded and dropped back to starting stack.
Banic has three times of that, only trailing Craig Varnell on the same table.
After unknown earlier action, three players arrived on the turn on a board. From the big blind, Schemion bet 3,300, Silver called and the third player folded.
The river brought the and the German opted for an overbet of 15,000. Silver quickly called, but got shown the bad news as Schemion tabled for queens full. Silver flashed before mucking his hand.
Ali Reza Fatehi opened to 1,800, and Pascal Hartmann made it 5,300 to go in the big blind. Fatehi came back with 17,100 and called off his remaining stack, a little under 50,000 total, when Hartmann jammed.
Hartmann:
Fatehi:
Victory seemed all but assured for Hartmann until flopped to give Fatehi a straight. Running and sent the pot back to the German though, giving him a full house.
Andre Akkari was nowhere to be seen and we asked former table mate Jeff Hakim what had happened.
Hakim told us that Akkari had gotten his last chips in on a flop of rainbow holding . His opponent had and faded Akkari's outs on the turn and river. Akkari wasn't sitting on a pile of chips to begin with, according to Hakim and his neighbor Dan Smith, the Brazlian poker legend had started the hand with about 11,000.
Earlier today, David Peters finished in fourth place in the €100,000 Super High Roller at PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo. Peters added a six-figure payday of €630,600 (his fourth six-figure score in 2017 alone) to his massive pile of over $15,000,000 in lifetime winnings.
Peters opted to jump in the Main Event after his bustout, but this time the American giant had to bow out early. On a board, Peters check-raised all in with against Raffaello Locatelli. Locatelli called with and celebrated loudly after the hit the river, eliminating Peters.