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Wednesday, October 17, 2018 8:05 PM Local Time
Rodriguez Rojas Eliminates Teubner
Christian Teubner was all-in and at risk as he was called by Carlos Alberto Rodriguez Rojas with the bigger stack.
Christian Teubner:
Carlos Alberto Rodriguez Rojas:
The board ran out for Rodriguez Rojas to hit two pair on the river to eliminate Teubner from the tournament.
| Carlos Alberto Rodriguez Rojas | 39,000 | 39,000  |
| Christian Teubner | 0 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 8:02 PM Local Time
Kessler Helps Out; Pays Up
A very short-stacked player was all in and no fewer than seven (!) other players hunted for the bounty. Allen Kessler was the one to bet 5,000 on the flop and Jan Mach was the only caller. Kessler quickly bet 15,000 on the turn and Mach called again.
Before the river was dealt, Kessler had the remainder of his stack in and Mach called. Kessler tabled , Mach and they chopped up the short stack who had .
They'd chop the bounty of €300 but there was one problem: the bounty is represented by a single physical chip. Always the one willing to help out, Kessler quickly offered to pay €150 from his pocket to Mach and received the flashy bounty chip.
| Allen Kessler | 35,000 | 9,600 |
| Jan Mach | 29,500 | 4,500 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 8:02 PM Local Time
Ferguson Shoves on Hofmann
The flop read and both Chris Ferguson and Farokh Dayyani had checked in the blinds. Thomas Hofmann, who finished as the runner-up in the €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em - Little One for One Drop (Event #8) last year, bet 5,500. Ferguson responded with a shove for around 28,000 and Dayyano quickly folded. Hofmann counted out his stack, looked at Ferguson's chips, and then tanked.
After a while, the clock was called on Hofmann and the floor came over. Hofmann was given 30 seconds to make a decision and ended up folding.
| Chris Ferguson | 44,000 | 19,000 |
| Thomas Hofmann | 24,000 | 24,000 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:58 PM Local Time
Latest Selection of Chip Counts
| Viliyan Petleshkov | 62,000 | 27,000 |
| Mirza Meskic | 58,000 | 33,000 |
| Ting Ho | 57,500 | 32,500 |
| Daniel Prior | 57,000 | |
| Sebastian Langrock | 52,000 | 14,000 |
| Michal Lubas | 45,000 | 20,000 |
| Micky Blasi | 40,000 | 23,000 |
| Philipp Zukernik | 39,000 | 11,000 |
| Adi Rajkovic | 36,000 | 6,000 |
| Krasimir Yankov | 30,000 | |
| Jesper Hoog | 23,000 | -5,000  |
| Sebastian Kos | 22,000 | 0 |
| Gianluca Speranza | 0 | -28,500 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:43 PM Local Time
Moshe Doubles Up
Peter Jaksland raised to 1,500 from early position and was called by Xixiang Luo in late position, Asi Moshe in the hijack, Aaron Duczak in the big blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Duczak checked and Jaksland bet 2,200. Luo folded but Moshe raised to 6,500 for Duzak to also fold. Jaksland asked how much Moshe had behind, Moshe replied he has 12,100 left. Jaksland looked at his own stack before making the call.
The river completed the board with the , Jaksland checked, Moshe shoved for the 12,100 he had behind and Jaksland called after a while. Moshe tabled for the flopped straight and Jaksland just nodded while moving his cards over the line. The dealer asked Jaksland to turn his cards over which were for two pair, aces and fives.
| Xixiang Luo | 70,000 | 45,000 |
| Aaron Duczak | 49,000 | 49,000 |
| Asi Moshe | 43,000 | 18,000 |
| Peter Jaksland | 20,000 | -5,000 |
| Micky Blasi | 17,000 | -8,000 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:41 PM Local Time
Updated Counts
| Jeff Lisandro | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Dutch Boyd | 46,000 | 21,000 |
| Shaun Deeb | 37,000 | 37,000 |
| Daniel Rezaei | 37,000 | 30,900 |
| Viliyan Petleshkov | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Jeff Madsen | 30,500 | -2,500 |
| Allen Kessler | 25,400 | 1,100 |
| Asi Moshe | 25,000 | 0 |
| Teunis Kooij | 0 | -29,000 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:40 PM Local Time
Zhang Takes Care of Ballas
On a flop, Dimitrios Ballas check-called a bet of 1,900 from Yang Zhang and called another bet of 2,800 on the turn. The river was the and Ballas was put to the test for his remaining stack of 11,000.
Ballas took quite some time but couldn't get away from his and called. Zhang rolled over for the nut flush to send Ballas packing.
| Yang Zhang | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| Dimitrios Ballas | 0 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:29 PM Local Time
Kudrjavcevs Kicked Out by Schuh
Eduards Kudrjavcevs shoved for his last 10,400 from late position and was called by Michal Schuh in the cutoff.
Eduards Kudrjavcevs:
Michal Schuh:
The board ran out to give Schuh a flush on the river to eliminate Kudrjavcevs after Kudrjavcevs had flopped a pair of kings.
| Michal Schuh | 59,000 | 34,000 |
| Fahredin Mustafov | 37,000 | -5,000 |
| Gianluca Speranza | 28,500 | -3,500 |
| Asi Moshe | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Eduards Kudrjavcevs | 0 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:25 PM Local Time
Two Bounties for Hairabedian; Moshe Out
On a flop, three stacks flew in the middle, with long-time French pro Hairabedian calling to put the other two at risk.
Carlos Alberto Rodriguez Rojas:
Asi Moshe:
Roger Hairabedian:
The turn was the and river to give Hairabedian a straight and the double knockout.
| Roger Hairabedian | 82,000 | |
| Asi Moshe | 0 | -28,000 |
| Carlos Alberto Rodriguez Rojas | 0 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 7:01 PM Local Time
Break
The 214 remaining players, out of 280 entries in total, have been sent for their first 15-minute break of the day.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:59 PM Local Time
Pilkington Picks Castro Off
The board read with around 31,000 in the middle already.
Raffaele Castro had checked from mid-position and Jessica Pilkington had shoved on the button for 14,700. Castro tanked for a while and called in the end with for the pair of aces with the ten-kicker but was beaten by Pilkington with for the same pair but higher kicker. After counting Castro's stack, the dealer determined he had 14,000 in total so he was eliminated for now.
| Jessica Pilkington | 60,000 | 37,500 |
| Raffaele Castro | 0 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:53 PM Local Time
Schuh Busts, Reenters
At table 96, Sven Roesner has moved himself up to one of the early frontrunners after taking out Michal Schuh. Roesner got it in preflop with against the of Schuh and held up as the board came down .
Schuh went to the cashier and instantly bought himself back in the tournament. Unlimited reentries are allowed up until level 12.
| Sven Roesner | 82,000 | |
| Michal Schuh | 25,000 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:45 PM Local Time
Counts
| Fahredin Mustafov | 42,000 | 17,000 |
| Chin Wei Lim | 33,000 | |
| Jason Gray | 26,000 | |
| Renato Kaneoya | 22,500 | -2,500 |
| Jessica Pilkington | 22,500 | -500 |
| Roland Israelashvili | 21,000 | |
| Daniel Rezaei | 6,100 | -400 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:42 PM Local Time
Sow Picks Off Nedelcu
On a completed board of , Kalidou Sow called an 8,500 bet from Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu. Nedelcu showed , Sow tabled and won the pot to rise to 65,000.
| Kalidou Sow | 65,000 | 10,000 |
| Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu | 8,000 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:39 PM Local Time
Latest Selection of Chip Counts
| Timo Kamphues | 46,000 | 21,000 |
| Milad Oghabian | 42,000 | 7,000 |
| Manig Loeser | 36,000 | -3,000 |
| Jeff Madsen | 33,000 | 0 |
| David Boyaciyan | 32,000 | 7,000 |
| Anatolii Zyrin | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Casey Kastle | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Jakob Miegel | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Michal Mrakes | 30,000 | -13,000 |
| Teunis Kooij | 29,000 | 4,000 |
| Asi Moshe | 28,000 | -12,000 |
| Philipp Zukernik | 28,000 | |
| Jesper Hoog | 28,000 | 3,000 |
| Lars Kamphues | 27,000 | 2,000 |
| Zoltan Szabo | 24,000 | -1,000 |
| Sebastian Kos | 22,000 | -3,000 |
| Ivaylo Sivinov | 19,500 | -5,500 |
| Jan Bednar | 17,000 | -8,000 |
| Netanel Amedi | 10,000 | -15,000 |
| Daniel Rezaei | 6,500 | -18,500 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:26 PM Local Time
More Counts
| Kalidou Sow | 55,000 | 3,000 |
| Michal Mrakes | 43,000 | |
| Manig Loeser | 39,000 | 12,000 |
| Milad Oghabian | 35,000 | 10,000 |
| Jeff Madsen | 33,000 | 8,000 |
| Gianluca Speranza | 32,000 | |
| Guillaume Diaz | 27,500 | 2,500 |
| Allen Kessler | 24,300 | -700 |
| Jessica Pilkington | 23,000 | -2,000 |
| Pete Chen | 18,000 | -7,000 |
| Heinz Traut | 12,000 | 2,000 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:22 PM Local Time
Recent Chip Counts
| Cord Garcia | 58,000 | 33,000 |
| Asi Moshe | 40,000 | 12,000 |
| Adi Rajkovic | 30,000 | |
| Maria Lampropulos | 25,000 | |
| Timo Kamphues | 25,000 | |
| Lars Kamphues | 25,000 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 6:12 PM Local Time
No More Neurauter For Now
Hannes Neurauter, Fabian Gumz, and Heinz Traut had the hole cards open in front of them in a three-way all-in situation.
Hannes Neurauter (cutoff):
Heinz Traut (small blind):
Fabian Gumz (mid-position):
The board read for Traut to flop the straight to eliminate Neurauter and double through Gumz.
| Kalidou Sow | 52,000 | 27,000 |
| Allen Kessler | 25,000 | |
| Milad Oghabian | 25,000 | |
| Marek Blasko | 25,000 | |
| Carlo Savinelli | 23,000 | |
| Fabian Gumz | 22,000 | |
| Heinz Traut | 10,000 | |
| Hannes Neurauter | 0 | -25,000 |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:59 PM Local Time
More Faces in the Field
| Sebastian Langrock | 38,000 | |
| Andrei Grimberg | 25,000 | |
| Theodoros Aidonopoulos | 25,000 | |
| Jakob Miegel | 25,000 | |
| Ivaylo Sivinov | 25,000 | |
| David Boyaciyan | 25,000 | |
| Elena Litvinyuk | 25,000 | |
| Fahredin Mustafov | 25,000 | |
| Grzegorz Wyraz | 25,000 | |
| Peter Jaksland | 25,000 | |
| Guillaume Diaz | 25,000 | |
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:43 PM Local Time
More Familiar Faces
| Michael Soyza | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Rex Clinkscales | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Xixiang Luo | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Casey Kastle | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Jan Mach | 25,000 | |
| David Urban | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Jan Bednar | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Andrej Desset | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Hannes Neurauter | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Cord Garcia | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Daniel Rezaei | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Renato Kaneoya | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Micky Blasi | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Netanel Amedi | 25,000 | 25,000 |