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Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:29 PM Local Time
Brian Hastings raises from under the gun and Oemer Kaya moves all in out of the big blind with a bigger stack. Hastings calls for 103,500 with and Kaya has one overcard with . The board provides no help and Kaya falls back to nine big blinds.
Brian Hastings - 210,000
Oemer Kaya - 45,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:24 PM Local Time
Balazs Somodi moves all in for what looks like 45,000 chips from the button. Bernhard Goetz in the small blind and Georgios Sotiropoulos in the big blind both fold and the tournament continues with 19 players.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:20 PM Local Time
The fast action continues at the tables, but there is no further elimination for now. Volkan Aydin was the last player to hit the rail about 10 minutes ago and now Georgios Sotiropoulos opens to 10,500. Alexander Lakhov puts his tournament life on the line for 85,000 chips and Sotiropoulos calls with . Lakhov has and makes a full house on the board: .
Alexander Lakhov - 175,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos - 130,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:16 PM Local Time
In a battle button versus small blind, Knut Ekvardt is all in and at risk for his last 58,500 chips with . Paul Tedeschi looks him up with and the board runs out blank.
Knut Ekvardt - 132,000
Paul Tedeschi - 130,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:14 PM Local Time
There are only 19 players remaining and the next elimination will result in a redraw of the last two tables.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:11 PM Local Time
Start-of-the-day chip leader Byron Kaverman moves all in from the small blind and Sina Alamzad calls all in for what looks like 50,000 out of the big blind.
Kaverman:
Alamzad:
Kaverman makes a full house on the turn as the board comes , leaving his opponent drawing dead. The on the river is just a formality.
Byron Kaverman - 280,000
Sina Alamzad - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:07 PM Local Time
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:04 PM Local Time
Craig Varnell opens to 9,500 from the button and Georgios Sotiropoulos asks for his stack size before moving all in out of the big blind. Varnell calls his last 70,000 with and Sotiropoulos has him dominated with . The board runs out and Varnell is eliminated.
Georgios Sotiropoulos - 215,000
Craig Varnell - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:03 PM Local Time
Day 1A big stack Volkan Aydin puts Rafal Tomczak at risk on the flop with for top pair. Tomczak calls for his last 58,500 with , and the board fills up with turn and river.
Rafal Tomczak - 135,000
Volkan Aydin - 10,000
Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:00 PM Local Time
Jeff Madsen doubled up early on against Ongun Yagci, then the latter doubled up against another player. Now Yagci three-bet shoves his short stack and is called by none other than Madsen.
Yagci:
Madsen:
The board gives Madsen a full house and reduces the field to 22 in less than one hour of play.
Jeff Madsen - 130,000
Ongun Yagci - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:58 PM Local Time
Paul Tedeschi raises the button for 8,000 and Shola Akindele moves all in for around 70,000 in chips out of the big blind. Tedeschi calls and puts Akindele at risk.
Tedeschi:
Akindele:
The board runs out and Akindele hits the rail in 24th place. Tedeschi moves into the top five in chips.
Paul Tedeschi - 190,000
Shola Akindele - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:51 PM Local Time
In a battle of the blinds, David "ODB" Baker open shoves the small blind to put Mike Leah at risk for effectively 43,000 chips. Leah calls with in the big blind, and Baker has . He improves as the board runs out .
David "ODB" Baker - 150,000
Mike Leah - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:50 PM Local Time
Sergei Illarionov puts his last eight big blinds at risk with , and Craig Varnell calls with the dominating . The board comes and ensures that the kicker plays and Illarionov hits the rail.
Craig Varnell - 75,000
Sergei Illarionov - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:49 PM Local Time
Mohsin Charania was recently eliminated.
According to Dominik Nitsche, Mohsin Charania defends against a raise from Benjamin Zamani and then gets it in with for an open-ended straight draw. Zamani snaps him off with for king-high and the turn brings the . The river is a blank.
Benjamin Zamani - 250,000
Mohsin Charania - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:46 PM Local Time
John Racener raises to 8,000 on the button and Faraz Jaka moves all in for 59,500 in the big blind. Racener calls and they head to the showdown:
Jaka:
Racener:
The flop keeps Jaka in the lead, but the turn and river end the tournament for Jaka on the last three tables.
John Racener - 150,000
Faraz Jaka - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:45 PM Local Time
Adem Guel moves all in for his last 20,000 and Jeff Madsen reshoves from the small blind. Guel has and Madsen has him dominated with . The board runs out and the kicker plays.
Jeff Madsen - 110,000
Adem Guel - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:40 PM Local Time
Fuad Serhan, Miha Travnik, Sergio Braga, Huidong Gu, and Georges Sultanem all busted in the first level as well. Braga lost most of his chips in an earlier hand and then sent the remainder to Asher Conniff.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:32 PM Local Time
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:30 PM Local Time
In the showdown, Vasili Firsau can only laugh about his bad timing. The 2015 WSOP bracelet winner gets his stack of 40,000 chips in with and Bernhard Goetz calls in the big blind with . The board runs out and Firsau heads to the rail.
Bernhard Goetz - 150,000
Vasili Firsau - Eliminated
Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:26 PM Local Time
Guillaume Darcourt puts his last 20,000 at risk with and Bernhard Goetz calls with . The flop is not a good one for Darcourt, as he now needs running outs to stay in the tournament. The turn and river brick out, and Darcourt heads to the rail.
Bernhard Goetz - 105,000
Guillaume Darcourt - Eliminated