Gruener Survives
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Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
While the other hand takes a long time to play out on the other table Jean-Noel Thorel took a pot from Nikolay Komcharokov and they were on to the next hand where Garret Gruener was forced all in on his big blind.
Joao Ribeiro was in first position and limped as did Ivan Luca. Josip Simunic took a long time to think about it from the button as he too was short stacked but he folded. Jean-Noel Thorel in the small blind completed and four players saw the flop.
The dealer fanned the 
and a 40,000 bet from Luca saw the other players fold. The turn was the 
and the river the 
.
Luca showed 
. He had hit top pair on the flop but Gruener had been dealt 
and survived
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
84,000
|
84,000 |