There were already 15,000 in the middle and the flop showed . Robert Wirth moved all in for his last 6,525 from the small blind and Joseph Di Rosa Rojas called in the hijack. Barny Boatman moved all in from the button for more than Wirth and Di Rosa Rojas called.
Robert Wirth:
Barny Boatman:
Joseph Di Rosa Rojas:
"I am loving my hand right now," the defending champion Boatman said and locked up the big pot with the turn, making the river a formality. Boatman sent Wirth to the rail and doubled through Di Roja Rosas for 8,300.
Roland Israelashvili re-entered not long ago and the first big pot he was involved in would result in a triple up.
On the flop of the stacks of Israelashvili, Roberto Romanello and Ethem Tosun went in to create the following showdown:
Roland Israelashvili:
Roberto Romanello:
Ethem Tosun:
The turn and river completed the board and Israelashvili missed out on the diamonds only to spike the nut straight, while both opponents chopped the side pot with the same inferior straight.
The last hour hasn't gone as well for Martin Frank and the Swiss was just spotted all in with a short-stack on a heads-up flop of with the only after having committed most of his stack preflop already. Frank received a quick call by his table neighbor on the button with and was drawing dead as soon as the hit on the turn.
Fahredin Mustafov entered the poker arena with a new ticket in the hand and his former seat was empty. John Racener confirmed that he had busted with the nut full house against the quads of Vivian Saliba, who indeed had a monster stack as a result.
Martin Kabrhel entered not long ago and busted with against the of Felipe Ramos, another player was in the showdown as well with to see Ramos triple up.
Last but not least, Marek Blasko folded to a push by Jan-Peter Jachtmann on the flop and sent his remaining few chips over to Chris Ferguson soon after.
The calm after the thunderstorm has entered the poker arena of the King's Casino, as the remaining 74 players out of 213 entries were sent into a 60-minute dinner break. When they return, the tournament will switch into Freezeout mode and the payouts for the first starting day will be revealed. Whether or not they will be reached and only 12 players bag up before the end of level 18 remains to be seen.
The registration has officially closed and the screens show a total of 217 entries, of which 78 remain. Martin Kabrhel and Christopher Back were eliminated after coming back from dinner while Kenny Hallaert and Phil Hellmuth were among the last to register.
The seat that formerly belonged to Georgios Zisimopoulos is now occupied by Kenny Hallaert while Barny Boatman and Alex Foxen chipped up significantly.
Just now Jose Obadia sent an opponent to the rail after defending his big blind to see a flop of . Obadia check-raised and called the shove of the button with and faced for top two. The turn instantly improved the Spaniard to a straight, and the on the river was a blank.
Picking up the action on the flop, Oskar Wolski in the small blind and Mike Leah on the button were enjoying some table banter with the former moaning "why did I raise?" There were 4,500 in front of Wolski and Leah had reraised to 16,500. "There is another chance tomorrow," Leah added with a smile on the face and Wolski eventually moved all in to pick up a snap call by Leah with near identical stacks.
Mike Leah:
Oskar Wolski:
The turn and river completed the board and the stacks were counted. Wolski had 31,000 and Leah was covered, the Canadian left the table with "I really wish you guys good luck."
Phil Hellmuth's attempt at running up a stack after late-registering in the dinner break was not crowned by success and he disappeared before the end of the level. Also out are Tal Shemon Cohen and Yehuda Cohen, while Rene Berude has joined the chip leaders with Ryan Hughes' former big stack being reduced to less than the average.
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. Robert Wirth moved all in for his last 6,525 from the small blind and Joseph Di Rosa Rojas called in the hijack. Barny Boatman moved all in from the button for more than Wirth and Di Rosa Rojas called.
turn, making the 
river a formality. Boatman sent Wirth to the rail and doubled through Di Roja Rosas for 8,300.
the stacks of Israelashvili, Roberto Romanello and Ethem Tosun went in to create the following showdown:
turn and 
river completed the board and Israelashvili missed out on the diamonds only to spike the nut straight, while both opponents chopped the side pot with the same inferior straight.
with the 
only after having committed most of his stack preflop already. Frank received a quick call by his table neighbor on the button with 
hit on the turn.
against the 
to see Ramos triple up.
. Obadia check-raised and called the shove of the button with 
turn instantly improved the Spaniard to a straight, and the 
on the river was a blank.
river completed the board and the stacks were counted. Wolski had 31,000 and Leah was covered, the Canadian left the table with "I really wish you guys good luck."
