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Mihai Manole has taken a step backwards after losing a quite significant proportion of his chips to Marc Jaques Zaicik. Zaicik opened from the button to the tune of 23,000 and Manole three-bet from the Small Blind making it 53,000 to play. Zaicik shoved all-in for ~160,000 and Manole reluctantly called.
Zaicik: 
Manole: 
Board: 
Zaicik ~ 570,000
Manole ~ 150,000
Down to around 200k, Balazs Csermely found a hand to threebet shove with in the form of 
. The original raiser was Konstantinos Nanos who had over three times the stack and a real hand to boot: 
. He still took a moment to think about it, though, and when he called and saw what good shape he was in he fistpumped several times, looking like he was punching an invisible bag. Realising this might not be the most gentlemanly of behaviour, he then leaned over the table and shook Csermely's hand.
The board came out 
and Csermely nodded, heading out while Nanos stacked his new 1,120,000 stack.
You have to feel for Tomer Berda.
Just a little while ago he was in contention for the Climber Of The Day award - he'd gone from just 40,000 to over 300,000 in the first half of the level. Then, of course, his queens proved no match for Victorino Torres' sevens - and just now he found another big pair, and once again got, for want of a better word, screwed.
Berda opened for 25,000 and Victorino Torres flatted behind in the hijack, before Kirill Zapletin pushed for 87,000 from the cutoff. Back to Berda, who flat called, and after a moment Torres called too.
There was a brief pause as the dealer counted the calls and informed Berda that he was 5,000 short. "Are you sure?" Berda asked, "I counted." But as it turned out, he was short, and once he had called the outstanding 5,000, he had just 27,000 left to his name.
The flop came down 
and Berda put his last 27,000 in the middle. Torres called, and all the cards were turned over.
Berda: 
for an overpair
Torres: for ace high
Zapletin: 
for a set
While Zapletin shouted, "YESSS!!!" repeatedly and clapped a lot in a somewhat ungentlemanly fashion, the 
turn and 
river failed to change anything. Zapletin tripled up to 270,000 or so, Torres took a hit to 435,000, and while Berda picked up the side pot, he is right back down to 54,000.
We have never been so excited without seeing any cards!
Pokerstars qualifier Michael Eiler raised from early position to 23,000 and Tonio Röder three-bet from the small blind. Three-bets are quite big at this stage of the tournament and it was 53,000 back to Eiler. Eiler hidden behind sunglasses and headphones very calmly made the four-bet. Now if you think three-bets are big four bets are even bigger! Eiler making it 122,000 to play. Röder didn't flinch and instead announced raise and pushed two one hundred stacks into the middle to join up with the 53,000 already in the middle. Back to Eiler who six-bet all-in and Röder immediately mucked.
Eiler ~ 1,300,000
Röder ~ 440,000
After Tomer Berda's extraordinary comeback to well over 300,000, he has dropped back down to 150,000.
Berda opened for 25,000 before Victorino Torres reraised to 155,000 with just three yellow T5,000 chips back, protecting his cards. Berda, thinking that Torres was all in, announced a call and turned over his cards - 
.
TD Thomas Kremser was called over and ruled that Berda's hand was still live, and as it was an honest mistake and Torres clearly wasn't going anywhere anyway, he didn't give him a penalty. Duly they saw a 
flop and Berda bet out 15,000; Torres called all in, and promptly flipped for a flopped set.
Nothing changed on the 
turn or river, and Torres doubled up to 360,000. Berda couldn't help but be amused, even though he's back down to 15 big blinds.
Sometimes this game is more about mind games than cards, and Ramin Hajiyev's aggression and timing combined with a little post-match needle have taken their toll on Claudio Simaldoni. During this hand two were played on every other table (three on one) as Simaldoni made a bid for the Timebank Trophy. It started preflop when Hajiyev had raised, the button had called and Simaldoni threebet out of the big blind. Now the bet stood at 65k and Hajiyev gave it another bump, to 130k. The button was no longer interested but Simaldoni, after a long, long time, flat called.
The flop: 
. Another pause from Simaldoni before he checked and Hajiyev immediately announced, "All in."
Another pause, this time, to be fair, over a bet of nearly 200k. A frowning Simaldoni decided to fold and was rewarded with another speedy action from Hajiyev - turning over his 
and saying, "Don't threebet me when you're not sure!"
We joined the action on a flop of 
and the two opponents who were locked in a staring contest were Team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby and Pokerstars Qualifier Peter Gavril. Gavril made a bet and Hruby raised to 95,000 and the bandana wearing Gavril called. The turn was the 
and the action went check-check. The river was the 
and Gavril bet 100,000 leaving 100,000 behind. Hruby thought for a while before making the call.
"Good call." Said Gavril.
Hruby:
Gavril:
Hruby ~ 1,000,060
Emile Jad Yazbeck got his very last in from the small blind with 
, and found himself dominated by Jose Severino's 
. However, by the turn of the 
board Yazbeck had made a straight, and doubled to 165,000. Severino looked most unhappy as he dipped to 340,000.
Tomer Berda has had one hell of a year including a WSOP bracelet but right now he is fighting for his life on the floor of the Kursalon Palace.
Berda was in the Big Blind with only 31,000 behind him when the action folded around to Antonio Buonanno in the Small Blind. It wasn't a difficult decision for Buonanno considering he has 900,000 chips and he put Berda all-in. Berda called and showed 
and Buonanno turned . The board ran out kindly for Berda 
and he doubled up to 62,000 chips.
Then a little while later Berda did it again when he raised to 25,000 from the cut off and Pokerstars Qualifier Victorino Torres put him all-in and Berda made the call. Berda had and Torres [ah 
. The board went one way and then the next before Berda doubled up with a straight.
Board - 
Mihai Manole, who's already had a fantastic October, taking down the Poker EM €4,000 event in Baden just a few weeks ago for €160,800, is doing rather less well here now than he was.
We found him check-calling a 65,000 bet from Andreas Wiese on the flop, before both players checked down the turn and river. Wiese turned over 
and Manole just mucked, looking somewhat dejected, so we can't say whether he ahead until the river or not.
Wiese - 690,000
Manole - 345,000
