Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
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Players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.
The board read when we found Milan Tomasz Rabsz and Benjamin Pollak heads up in the hand. Rabsz was first to act and he led out with a bet of 43,000. Pollak came over the top for 111,000 total and Rabsz called to see a river.
The dealer put out the to finish the board and Rabsz checked. Pollak reached into his stack and cut out a final bet of 139,000. Rabsz thought for roughly two minutes before he announced a call.
Pollak rolled over for a turned set of eights which was enough to take down the pot. He brought his stack to 790,000 while Rabsz dropped to just 200,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Pollak |
790,000
271,000
|
271,000 |
Milan Tomasz Rabsz |
200,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
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The plan for today was to play either 4 90-minute levels, or down to 16 players. At the moment the clock shows us there are just 26 players left. So with just one level in the books, the tournament is already 10 away from calling it a day.
On a board of we saw Milan Tomasz Rabsz bet out 85,000 from the small blind. David van den Berg, seated under the gun, made the call. The on the river made Rabsz check his option. Van den Berg thought for a bit before sliding one tower of 5,000 chips forward. We thought that would be 100,000, but it turned out it was 110,000 as Van den Berg had made his towers a bit higher than most. Rabsz snap called without asking how much it was, but would soon count out 110,000 to slide to Van den Berg as the Dutchman showed for the winner.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David van den Berg |
1,400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Milan Tomasz Rabsz |
440,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Kevin MacPhee had recovered the losses and then had short-stack Jean Wang all in after the Frenchman had called off for his last 38,000 chips with ? out of the big blind. MacPhee had him dominated with ? and the ???? board blanked out despite some outs for Wang.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin MacPhee |
1,300,000
412,000
|
412,000 |
|
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Jean Wang | Busted |
David Van Den Berg is the proud owner of many new chips thanks to a crazy confrontation at one of the outer tables.
The action began with Lucas Monnier moving all in for 86,000 from under the gun. Milan Tomasz Rabsz flat called from the hijack and Van Den Berg did the same from the button. The small blind folded only to have EPT Season 9 London Main Event champion Ruben Visser three-bet all in over the top from the big blind for 246,000. Action was back on Rabsz and he once again announced a call. Van Den Berg then announced that he was all in over the top for 530,000, putting action back Rabsz and prompting Visser to mouth an obscenity under his breath.
It was at this point that the hand took an unorthodox turn. Thinking that the action had concluded, original all-in raiser Lucas Monnier tabled his hand - . Despite an immediate shout from the dealer, the entire table saw the hand and it was ruled that it remain face up on the felt. Rabsz went into the tank, having already committed 246,000 to the pot. In the end, he opted to fold his hand and the cards were turned over with Monnier and Visser at risk.
Monnier:
Visser:
Van Den Berg:
Visser was in a commanding position but the flop spelled disaster as it came , pairing Van Den Berg's ace. The board completed with the and the , ensuring that both at risk players would fall. Van Den Berg scooped the massive pot and now has about 990,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David van den Berg |
990,000
564,000
|
564,000 |
Milan Tomasz Rabsz |
630,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Ruben Visser | Busted | |
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Lucas Monnier | Busted |