A battle of the blinds saw Isaac Haxton shove for pot-size on the ![]()
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turn against table neighbor Dominik Nitsche and the German ended up folding his cards. At about the same time, Nitsche's countryman Christoph Vogelsang showed up in the tournament area again with a ticket in his hand and that brings the number of reentries up to at least 10.
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Timofey Kuznetsov shoved for his last 46,000 and Andrew Lichtenberger called from two seats over, Ibrahim Raouf folded out of the big blind after some consideration.
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and that awarded the pot to the Russian.
Christoph Vogelsang was also at risk shortly after in a battle of the blinds against Bryn Kenney. The latter had limped in, Vogelsang made it 13,000 to go in the big blind and then snap-called all in when Kenney had shoved.
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and the kicker issue resulted in the seat open for Vogelsang.
Byron Kaverman opened to 14,000 and Max Silver called from one seat over on the button. Charlie Carrel, just having given up a pot to the shove of Daniel Dvoress, now made the same move and was at risk for what looked like 110,000. Kaverman folded and Silver quickly called.
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flop didn't change much yet, but gave Silver a gutshot on top of his two over cards. On the
turn, everything remained the same but the
on the river sent Carrel to the rail.
Ibrahim Raouf raised to 10,000 and Nick Petrangelo defended his big blind to see the flop of ![]()
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. A continuation bet by Raouf for 18,000 was called before Petrangelo then check-raised the
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for a flush draw and bottom pair. Raouf held pocket jacks for a set and a blank eight on the river sent Petrangelo to the rail.
Action folded to Justin Bonomo on the button and the former champ made it 10,500. Daniel Dvoress called from the big blind and both players checked the ![]()
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flop.
Dvoress bet out 13,500 on the
turn and Bonomo called in position. The
made for a double paired board and Dvoress now bet 37,000.
Bonomo, by now half standing up, tanked for a bit before eventually tossing in the calling chips.
"Board" Dvoress said, as he showed his ![]()
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and took it down.
Nivel: 8
Ciegas: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Fabian Quoss opened to 11,000 and Timothy Adams three-bet, making it 30,000, and leaving himself 111,000 behind.
Isaac Haxton four-bet, making it 70,000, and after Quoss folded, Adams pushed in. Haxton called it off with the ![]()
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and Adams turned the bigger pair to double through, leaving Haxton the relatively short one now.
From the hijack, Stanley Choi raised to 10,000. He was called in two spots: Daniel Negreanu on the button and Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind.
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and Vogelsang checked. Choi continued for 16,000 and Negreanu called. Vogelsang folded.
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on the turn saw Choi bet 35,000. Negreanu once again called.
With the
completing the board, Choi checked his option. "Ok!" replied Negreanu, indicating a check behind.
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, by now knowing his hand was best.
"Ah I had you!" said Negreanu, showing ![]()
for the flopped set.
"I think you have it Sam. Normally I am supposed to call," Dan Smith said after facing a bet worth 50,500 on the river of a board ![]()
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. There were 75,500 chips in the middle of the table and Smith eventually sent his cards into the muck.
Greenwood offered his opponent to pick one card and Smith revealed the
, patting himself on the right shoulder right after with a grin on the face.
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turn, Charlie Carrel led for 10,000 out of the big blind and then faced a raise to 36,000 by fellow Brit Max Silver on the button. Carrel opted to call and lead again the
river for 27,000. Silver shoved and a staring contest started.
Silver tried to escape from that by putting his hoodie into his face, hiding his eyes, and Carrel folded a few minutes later.