Hand #34: Elton Tsang raised to 1,100,000 and took the blinds and antes.
Hand #35: From under-the-gun Elton Tsang opened to 1,100,000 but folded to Andrew Pantling's shove, which was roughly 6,500,000.
Hand #36: From under-the-gun+1 Brandon Steven moved all-in for just under 7,500,000 and he got no action
Hand #37 Elton Tsang limped from the small blind and Cary Katz checked his option. On the flop Tsang bet 500,000 and Katz folded.
Hand #38: Andrew Pantling opened to 1,200,000 but folded after Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 3,500,000. At the end of the hand the players elected to take a five minute comfort break. Play will resume shortly.
Hand #29: Andrew Pantling moved all in for 7,150,000 from the cutoff and everyone else folded.
Hand #30: Rick Salomon raised to 1,000,000 from middle position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #31: Elton Tsang raised to 850,000 from the button and Cary Katz called from the small blind. The flop came and Katz checked. Tsang eyed Katz's stack, then bet 2,000,000. Katz quickly folded.
Hand #32: Andrew Pantling raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and got no action.
Hand #33: Cary Katz raised all in for 1,875,000 from cutoff and Andrew Pantling called from the big blind.
Katz:
Pantling:
Katz was in a dominating position, and Pantling received no help as the board rolled out . Katz wins the pot to doubled.
Hand #24: First to act, Andrew Pantling raised to 1,050,000 and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #25: From early position, James Bord raised to 1.2 million and Elton Tsang called in position. The flop came and Bord check-folded to Tsang's bet.
Hand #26: From the small blind, Rick Salomon raised to 900,000 and big blind Andrew Pantling called. The flop came and Salomon check-folded to Pantling's 1.5 million bet.
Hand #27: From the small blind, Pantling raised to 1.2 million and James Bord folded his big blind.
Hand #28: Andrew Pantling raised the button to 900,000 and Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the big blind. Both checked the flop and the hit the turn. Gurtovoy bet 1 million and Pantling called. Gurtovoy bet another 1.5 million on the river and Pantling called again. Gurtovoy showed and Pantling mucked.
Hand #19: A walk for Andrew Pantling, who showed .
Hand #20: Action folded to Andrew Pantling in the small blind, he raised to 1,200,000 and James Bord smooth called. There was no betting on the flop, but Pantling came out firing on the turn, betting 1,700,000. "How much do you have?" asked Bord and Pantling cut his chips down to show he had about 8,000,000 behind. Call from Bord. The river was quickly checked through and Bord's proved the winner.
Hand #21 "A limped pot between friends," was how James Bord described this hand. It got unfriendly on the flop when Bord check-folded to a 500,000 bet from Anatoly Gurtovoy. The Russian showed the as he took the pot. "I think I saw a spade there too," joked Brandon Steven.
Hand #22: Another pot for Anatoly Gurtovoy, who raised to 900,000 from the small blind and picked up a call from Elton Tsang. A continuation bet of 800,000 on the flop was enough to earn Gurtovoy the pot.
Hand #23: Anatoly Gurtovoy completed the hat-trick, he raised to 1,200,000 from the button and met no resistance.
Hand #14: Brandon Steven raised to 1,025,000 from the hijack and Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the big blind. The flop came and Gurtovoy checked. Steven continued for 1,275,000 and Gurtovoy folded.
Hand #15: Brandon Steven raised to 1,125 from middle position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #16: Action folded around to Elton Tsang in the small blind, and he pushed all in. Cary Katz folded his big blind and Tsang won the pot.
Hand #17: Elton Tsang raised to 850,000 from the button and got no action.
Hand #18: James Bord raised to 1,200,000 from early position and got no action.
Hand #9: From the small blind, Elton Tsang raised to 1 million. Cary Katz folded his big blind and the pot went to Tsang.
Hand #10: First to act, Rick Salomon opened for 1.1 million. James Bord made the call in position, all other players opted to fold. The flop came and Salomon check-folded to Bord's 1.5 million bet.
Hand #11: Action folded to Brandon Steven in the small blind and he pushed all in. Rick Salomon folded his big blind and the pot was for Steven.
Hand #12: Andrew Pantling received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #13: From middle position, Elton Tsang raised to 900,000. Brandon Steven, seated in the cutoff, shoved all in for 7.5 million. From the small blind, Pantling asked for a count and upon receiving that shoved over the top all in. Bord folded his big blind after having seen just one card and Tsang folded as well.
Brandon Steven:
Andrew Pantling:
The flop came and Katz said: "You're freerolling Brandon"
"So am I" Pantling said with a smile.
The on the turn indeed gave Pantling a flush draw but the on the river blanked and the two chopped the blinds, antes and Tsang's raise.
Haralabos Voulgaris and Anatoly Gurtovoy shake hands
Hand #8: Being one of the best sports bettors in the world, Haralabos Voulgaris would've known that the odds were stacked against him today. He came in as the short stack and would've been looking for a spot to get a double up and climb out of the basement.
Eight hands in, he found that spot. Action folded to him on the button and he moved all-in for around 11 big blinds. Just picking up the blinds and antes would've added almost 25% to his stack, but it would not be a raise and take as Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the small blind. When Elton Tsang folded from the big blind it was time for the showdown.
Voulgaris:
Gurtovoy:
Voulgaris had a 38.97% chance of surviving but the board didn't help him and he departed in eighth place. That all means that we're now on the bubble here in Monte Carlo. A €1,500,000 bubble.
Hand #4: James Bord raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and Andrew Pantling called from the big blind.
The flop came and both players checked. Pantling led out for 2,000,000 on the turn and the river was the . Both players checked again and Bord turned over for nines up. Pantling mucks, and Bord takes the pot.
Hand #5: Action folded to Andrew Pantling in the small blind and he pushed all in. James Bord was in the big blind and he asked for an exact count. The dealer broked down Pantling's stack, and his all-in raise was for 7,975,000 total. Bord thought for another minute, but then folded.
Hand #6: Elton Tsang raised to 900,000 from early position and everyone else folds.
Hand #7: Action folded to Andrew Pantling in the cutoff, he opened to 1,000,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #3: Right after Andrew Pantling lost that sizable hand to Elton Tsang, the two of them tangled again.
First to act, Pantling raised to 800,000. Action folded to Elton Tsang and he three-bet to 2.3 million. Action was back on Pantling soon enough and he four-bet to 8 million. Tsang asked how much Pantling was playing behind (about 17 million) and called.
With already over 16 million in the middle, the flop came .
Pantling bet 6.5 million and within two seconds, Tsang had moved all in.
Pantling sighed, tanked for about 30 seconds or so, and mucked.
flop Tsang bet 500,000 and Katz folded.
and Katz checked. Tsang eyed Katz's stack, then bet 2,000,000. Katz quickly folded.
. Katz wins the pot to doubled.
and Bord check-folded to Tsang's bet.
and Salomon check-folded to Pantling's 1.5 million bet.
flop and the 
hit the turn. Gurtovoy bet 1 million and Pantling called. Gurtovoy bet another 1.5 million on the 
river and Pantling called again. Gurtovoy showed 
and Pantling mucked.
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flop, but Pantling came out firing on the 
turn, betting 1,700,000. "How much do you have?" asked Bord and Pantling cut his chips down to show he had about 8,000,000 behind. Call from Bord. The 
river was quickly checked through and Bord's 
proved the winner.
flop when Bord check-folded to a 500,000 bet from Anatoly Gurtovoy. The Russian showed the 
and Gurtovoy checked. Steven continued for 1,275,000 and Gurtovoy folded.
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