Ivo Donev Eliminated in 14th Place (£23,000)
Oct 06, '09
Ivo Donev shoved for his last 823,000 and the action folded over to Martin Gudvangen on the button, who took some time with his decision.
After about a minute, Gudvangen reraised all-in himself to isolate and showed AQ. Donev was dominated with A10 and the board came 8537K to send him to the rail in 14th place.
Gudvangen now sits with about 2.2 million.
Player Tags: Ivo Donev, Martin Gudvangen
Theo Tran Eliminated in 23rd Place (£17,000)
Oct 06, '09
Martin Gudvangen raised to 60,000 and Theo Tran reraised to 150,000. Gudvangen then moved all in and Theo Tran called.
Gudvangen showed pocket jacks and Tran flipped over A-K. The board ran out J-10-4-10-Q and Gudvangen’s full house bested Tran’s straight to take the pot, putting Tran on the rail in 23rd place, £17,000 richer.
Player Tags: Theo Tran, Martin Gudvangen
Philip Byers Eliminated in 24th Place (£17,000)
Oct 06, '09
Philip Byers has been eliminated at the hands of Martin Gudvangen. Gudvangen opened with a raise and Byers moved all in for his last 272,000.
Gudvangen made the call with pocket eights and won the race against Byers and his A-Q to take the American out in 24th place.
Player Tags: Martin Gudvangen, Philip Byers
Martin Gudvangen Eliminated in Fourth Place (£227,000)
Oct 07, '09
Getting short and desperate, Martin Gudvangen pushed for his last 1.1 million and Nikolai Senninger called behind him.
Gudvangen showed A3 and was dominated by Senninger’s AQ. The board came down K9629 and Gudvangen was eliminated. Senninger moved up to 5 million in chips, but is still the short stack at the table.
Player Tags: Nikolai Senninger, Martin Gudvangen
Nikolai Senninger Storms Up the Leaderboard
Oct 07, '09
Nikolai Senninger raised to 250,000 under the gun and got a lone caller in Martin Gudvangen in the big blind.
The flop came down KKQ and Senninger continued with a bet of 275,000. Gudvangen check-raised to 725,000 and after some thought, Senninger made the call.
The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Gudvangen checked to Sennigner, who moved all in for 1.5 million. After some thought, Gudvangen called with Q-J, but Senninger showed pocket queens for a full house to chip up to 4.9 million. Gudvangen is hurt down to 1.6 million.
Player Tags: Nikolai Senninger, Martin Gudvangen
Nikolai Senninger Doubles Up
Oct 07, '09
Action is folded around to Martin Gudvangen in the small blind and he put Nikolai Senninger all in on the big blind.
Senninger called with A8 and Gudvangen showed 106. The board came 94274 and Senninger doubled up to 2.5 million.
Player Tags: Nikolai Senninger, Martin Gudvangen
Portugal Vs Norway
Oct 07, '09
Rui Milhomens raises 230,000 from the small blind and Martin Gudvangen calls from the big blind. The flop is dealt 10 5 2 and both players check.
The turn is the 7. Milhomens checks and Gudvangen bets 305,000. Milhomens calls and the river falls the K.
Milhomens checks once again and this time Gudvangen bets out 620,000. Milhomens quickly makes the call and when Gudvangen shows 10-8, Milhomens wraps the table and insta-mucks.
Gudvangen takes down a 2,380,000 pot.
Player Tags: Martin Gudvangen
Battle Of The Big Stacks
Oct 07, '09
Martin Gudvangen raised preflop and Aaron Gustvason made the call in the big blind. The flop came down QJ and both players checked.
The turn was the 5 and Gudvangen bet 165,000 and Gustavson called. The river is the 7 and Gudvangen bet 415,000. Gustavson called and mucked when Gudvangen showed Q-5 for two pair and has closed the gap a bit between the two players.
Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Martin Gudvangen