Because Isaac Haxton had just busted and we were still busy writing his bust-out, we missed the beginning of the hand between Jean-Noel Thorel and Ali Reza Fatehi.
What we do know is that the two of them got it in on a flop of . Thorel had the while Fatehi showed .
Thorel asked for a ten but got none. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Thorel hit the rail.
Isaac Haxton, who won the first edition of this event here this week, shoved all in for 156,000 from the cutoff. Action folded around to Sergi Reixach in the big blind and he called.
Sergi Reixach:
Isaac Haxton:
The flop came , making Reixach the favorite. The on the turn was a blank and so was the on the river.
With that, Isaac Haxton departed and the remaining five players were guaranteed �55,860.
Steve O'Dwyer pushed all in under the gun for 82,000 and small blind Ali Reza Fatehi snap called. The big blind folded and it was time to open the cards.
Sergi Reixach opened the button for 35,000 and big blind Alexandros Kolonias called. Kolonias check-called 16,000 on and check-called another 65,000 on the -turn, but check-folded to a bet of 200,000 on the -river.
From first position, Alexandros Kolonias opened for 35,000 and Ali Reza Fatehi called on the button. Kolonias checked on and called the 40,000-bet that followed.
Kolonias checked again on the turn and now Fatehi bet a hefty 207,000. Again Kolonias called.
With the completing the board, Kolonias checked for the third time with about 170,000 or so behind. Kolonias announced all in and Kolonias called.
Fatehi proudly showed for trips but he would get only half the pot as Kolonias showed for the same hand.