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Friday, October 23, 2015 1:11 PM Local Time
Jonathan Duhamel opens to 65,000 and Sam Chartier three-bet shoves for 555,000. Duhamel folds.
Sam Chartier - 695,000
Friday, October 23, 2015 1:07 PM Local Time
Davidi Kitai opens to 70,000, and Jonathan Duhamel three-bets. Kitai four-bets all in for 525,000, and Duhamel calls.
Kitai:
Duhamel:
The board runs out and Kitai doubles up, leaving Duhamel short.
Davidi Kitai - 1,160,000
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:59 PM Local Time
Christoph Vogelsang opens to 65,000 under the gun, and Jonathan Duhamel defends his big blind. The flop is , and both players check. The turn is the , Duhamel bets 115,000, and Vogelsang calls. The river is the , and both players check again.
Duhamel wins the pot, though his hole cards are not visible.
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:53 PM Local Time
Jonathan Duhamel moves all in for 470,000 under the gun, and Mustapha Kanit re-shoves from the small blind.
Duhamel:
Kanit:
The board runs out , and Duhamel doubles up with a set of eights.
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:45 PM Local Time
Davidi Kitai moves all in for 390,000 under the gun, winning the blinds and antes.
On the next hand, Christoph Vogelsang raises to 65,000 on the button, and Davidi Kitai three-bet shoves from the big blind. Vogelsang folds.
Davidi Kitai - 570,000
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:42 PM Local Time
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:41 PM Local Time
Level 21 comes to an end, and the T1,000 chips are being colored up and raced off.
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:40 PM Local Time
Davidi Kitai raises to 48,000, and Christoph Vogelsang three-bet shoves from the big blind. Kitai hides his mouth behind his scarf and counts his remaining chips carefully. After a few minutes of consideration, he folds.
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:33 PM Local Time
Davidi Kitai limps the button, and Fedor Holz checks his option in the big blind.
The flop is . Holz checks, Kitai bets 28,000, and Holz folds.
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:31 PM Local Time
Fedor Holz raises to 55,000 under the gun, and Mustapha Kanit defends his big blind.
On the flop, Kanit checks and Holz continues for 60,000. Kanit calls and the turn is the . Kanit checks again and Holz bets 150,000. Kanit folds.
Fedor Holz - 764,000
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:28 PM Local Time
Tournament director Jack Effel has completed the introductions and uttered the magic words: "Shuffle up and deal."
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:28 PM Local Time
Level: 21
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:06 PM Local Time
The six finalists have arrived on the stage and are currently opening their bags The last-minute interviews are also taken care of, and cards will be in the air shortly.
Friday, October 23, 2015 11:28 AM Local Time
The World Series of Poker Europe €25,600 High Roller Event has whittled down its field of 64 entrants to the final six hopefuls over the course of two tournament days and almost 21 levels of play. Mustapha Kanit has a commanding lead over his opponents with an impressive stack of 1,726,000 chips, more than twice as many chips as his nearest rival, Christoph Vogelsang (820,000).
It is a star-studded final table lineup, completed by Sam Chartier (712,000), Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz (587,000), 2010 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (415,000) and three-time WSOP bracelet winner and Davidi Kitai. Kitai also has the elusive Triple Crown in poker and won the Main Event of the European Poker Tour here in Berlin in 2012.
The last six are already in the money with €96,625 locked up for the efforts and the winner of the tournament can look forward to the title of High Roller champion, a payday of €554,395 and the coveted golden bracelet. Action resumes at 12:00 p.m. local time with 13:31 left in Level 21 at blinds 12,000/24,000 and a running ante of 4,000. The official seat assignments can be found below.
There is no live stream for this final table, as the day's action will be recorded for TV broadcast.
Seat 1: Sam Chartier (Canada) - 712,000
Seat 2: Davidi Kitai (Belgium) - 415,000
Seat 3: Mustapha Kanit (Italy) - 1,726,000
Seat 4: Fedor Holz (Germany) - 587,000
Seat 5: Jonathan Duhamel (Canada) - 542,000
Seat 6: Christoph Vogelsang (Germany) - 820,000