Burns Doubles
With the straddle still on, Leon Tsoukernik shoved from the button. Small blind Kahle Burns called from the small blind for 760,000 while Stokkan (big blind) and Reeves (straddle) folded.
Leon Tsoukernik: [9s7c]
Kahle Burns: [JdJc]
The board ran out [JsKsTc] [3s] [Ac] and Burns doubled while Tsoukernik dropped down considerably.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Kahle Burns | 1,550,000 |
760,000
 |
| Leon Tsoukernik | 850,000 |
-760,000
 |
Tsoukernik KO’d Once More
Leon Tsoukernik, playing with the same abandon on the TV table as his initial table, has bust out for the third time, his final 314,000 making its way into the middle with [7d3c]. Sam Grafton shoved over the top (for over 1.2 million), thereby getting his [KsQs] heads up vs. Tsoukernik. The board brought no help for the (admittedly live) seven high, as it ran out [AdAc2c5c6s].
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Grafton | 1,577,000 |
777,000 |
More Players, More Straddles, More Pushes
With Leon Tsoukernik having busted twice and back in again, Alex Foxen having bought back in as well and Kahle Burns as a new sign up, the number of entries is up to 17.
Even though the players agreed to straddle just the first three levels, the blind raise under the gun is still on in level 4 – at least at the outer table.
Tsoukernik is seated on the same table he has busted from twice and shoved in the first two hands he played. Both times he found no callers.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Kahle Burns | 1,000,000 | - |
Kempe Empties Clip but Bicknell Bulletproof
Rainer Kempe opened preflop to 25,000 (as has been happening fairly regularly) with [KcTh], called by big blind Kristen Bicknell alone, who defended with [KdQd].
Flop: [Qh4d9c]. Bicknell check-called Kempe’s 45,000 bet.
Turn: [8c]. Another check, another bet from Kempe with his gutshot – 115,000 this time. Bicknell called.
River: [2c]. Kempe made it a full clip fired at Bicknell with a bet of 195,000. She went into the tank, enough to use a timebank card, but eventually called and was shown her hand was good, and had been all along.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Kristen Bicknell | 1,375,000 |
375,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 300,000 |
-481,000 |
Kempe Check-Snaps to Victory
A pot worth a few hundred thousand has re-plumped the stack of Rainer Kempe as,having flopped top pair with [KxQx], he checked the turn of a [9ckd3ctd] board to Sam Grafton. Grafton bet 40,000 (holding [AhJh]); Kempe called.
The river: [9h]. Kempe checked again. Grafton now fired 90,000 and was immediately called by Kempe with the winning hand. Selected updated counts from the TV table below.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Igor Kurganov | 1,500,000 |
-23,000 |
| Sam Grafton | 800,000 |
-194,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 781,000 |
170,000 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | 745,000 |
-60,000 |
New Faces
Two new players have signed up for the event with Kristen Bicknell and Preben Stokkan now seated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Kristen Bicknell | 1,000,000 | - |
| Preben Stokkan | 1,000,000 | 0 |
“Re-Entry!” Requests Tsoukernik
That sort of request only happens alongside a felting – here’s how it happened: Leon Tsoukernik opened to 60,000, Preben Stokkan the only caller, in position.
Tsoukernik checked the [6h5c6d] flop, Stokkan fired 50,000 and got a call.
The turn brought the [Th] and a quick jam from Tsoukernik for around 440,000. Stokkan adjusted his baseball hat, rechecked his hand, asked for a count and finally threw in a few blue 100,000 value chips signifying a call.
Tsoukernik may have been pretending to have found the turn ten helpful (his hand: [9d3h]) but Stokkan had hit it for real, his shown down [Tc7h] winning the pot as the irrelevant river fell the [2s].
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Preben Stokkan | 1,500,007 |
500,007 |
| Leon Tsoukernik | Busted |
-780,000 |
Foxen Busts
With the action fast and furious, we missed the hand in question. Fortunately, Vieira was kind enough to fill us in on the details after Foxen had already departed.
In a restraddled pot – Leon Tsoukernik blind reraised to 75,000 – Alex Foxen shoved from the small blind for 586,000. Tsoukernik called with [Kx8x] and hit a pair against Foxen’s [Ax6x].
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | Busted |
-640,000 |
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