Event #5: THE COLOSSUS - €550 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

2017-11-02 00:16 UTC+2

Fuchs Eliminates Two More Players

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Nível 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Just moments after Sebastian Benoit sent most of his chips to Florian Fuchs in a cooler hand, he got his last 470,000 in the middle holding but ran into Fuchs' . The board ran out and Benoit went from one of the leaders to the rail in a matter of a few minutes.

Fuchs' heater didn't stop there, as the next hand Ondrej Jkubcik shoved all-in for 630,000 from early position and Fuchs called directly to his left. Fuchs was ahead with against Jkubcik's . Fuchs went full house over full house again as the board ran out .

"I guess if you're going to run good, this is the tournament to do it in," Fuchs said as he stacked chips to over 4 million now.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Florian Fuchs	4,320,000 1,720,000	1,720,000
Ondrej Jakubcik	Eliminado
Jean-Sebastien Benoit	Eliminado

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Nível: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

2017-11-02 00:16 UTC+2

Players Eliminated in 28th to 36th Place (€7,345)

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

The eliminations continue to come at a lightning-fast pace and the last three tables were set minutes after Florian Fuchs busted two opponents, as several other short stacks were eliminated in quick succession.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Domenico Pasini	Eliminado
Brice Jungmann	Eliminado
Milad Oghabian	Eliminado
Cristian Ambrosio	Eliminado
Ondrej Jakubcik	Eliminado
Jean-Sebastien Benoit	Eliminado
Zoltan Bartus	Eliminado
Yannick Pernot	Eliminado
Martin Urbanek	Eliminado

2017-11-02 00:21 UTC+2

Game Over for Borzak

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Matous Skorepa continues to clean up the tables by sending yet another opponent to the rail. Skorepa raised from under the gun soon after the last three tables were set and called the shove of Tibor Borzak.

Tibor Borzak:
Matous Skorepa:

The flip went to Skorepa, who flopped a jack on the board of and dodged the gutshot of Borzak. The Hungarian receives €9,119 for his efforts while Skorepa is near the top of the counts.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Matous Skorepa	4,000,000 450,000	450,000

Tibor Borzak	Eliminado

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2017-11-02 00:27 UTC+2

Crha Busts Late on Day 2

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Jonathan Khalifa opened to 115,000 from the cutoff and Rene Crha pushed all-in for 445,000 from the big blind. Khalifa thought briefly but made the call. He tabled and Crha showed .

The flop came and Khalifa was still ahead with his pair of sevens. The turn was the and the river brought the . Crha was eliminated and Khalifa started the climb back up the ranks.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jonathan Khalifa	1,930,000 730,000	730,000

Rene Crha	Eliminado

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2017-11-02 00:32 UTC+2

Hofmann Straightens Out to Double Up

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Thomas Hofmann was all-in for 365,000 in late position and was called by his opponent in the big blind. The big blind tabled and Hofmann looked at his cards and said a prayer before turning them over. Hofmann eventually showed and it was a flip.

The flop came and Hofmann fell behind as his opponent hit a pair of queens. The turn was the and the river landed the giving Hofmann a straight to double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Thomas Hofmann	780,000 -320,000	-320,000

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2017-11-02 00:37 UTC+2

Burstein Busts to Motovsky

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

After a raise by Roman Motovsky, fellow Czech player Vladimir Burstein moved all in and Motovsky snap-called the 300,000 jam.

Vladimir Burstein:
Roman Motovsky:

The board came and Burstein was eliminated in 25th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Roman Motovsky	2,350,000 550,000	550,000
Vladimir Burstein	Eliminado

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2017-11-02 00:40 UTC+2

Bouwmans Bows Out

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

[Removed:35] opened the action with a raise to 115,000 in the cutoff and Bjorn Bouwmans shoved for 1.2 million from the small blind. Lucina quickly double-checked his cards and tossed in a single chip for the call.

Bjorn Bouwmans:
[Removed:35]:

After a board of , Bouwmans failed to hit a miracle and had to settle for 24th place and €9,119.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
[Removed:7]	3,300,000 3,161,000	3,161,000
Bjorn Bouwmans	Eliminado

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2017-11-02 00:44 UTC+2

Fuchs Leaves Mol With No Chips

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

A short-stacked Maarten Mol was all in and at risk for 405,000 and big stack Florian Fuchs called.

Maarten Mol:
Florian Fuchs:

The kicker problem became even bigger on the flop, and Mol was officially drawing dead on the turn to make the river a formality.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Florian Fuchs	5,000,000 680,000	680,000
Maarten Mol	Eliminado

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2017-11-02 00:48 UTC+2

Paap Doubles Again

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Nível 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Karel Kratochvil opened the action with a raise to 105,000 and Martin Paap three-bet to 320,000 in the cutoff. Roman Motovsky four-bet all in from the small blind and Gaetan Cauchy glanced up from the big blind behind his sunglasses, then folded. Kratochvil folded rather quickly and Paap snap-called all in for 800,000.

Martin Paap:
Roman Motovsky:

The board of failed to improve Motovsky and he lost one third of his stack, while the comeback of Paap continues.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Martin Paap	1,900,000 900,000	900,000
Karel Kratochvil	1,700,000 720,000	720,000
Roman Motovsky	1,550,000 -800,000	-800,000

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