With 325,000 in the pot and a board reading , Bjorn Lindberg moved all in from middle position for 340,000 and was snap-called by Aku Joentausta, who if you recall finished as the Day 1a chip leader.
Showdown
Joentausta:
Lindberg:
Lindberg had turned a pair to go with his flush draw, but he'd need even more help on the river to stay alive. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , a blank for Lindberg.
Andrey Zaichenko was down to just 100,000 when he got it all in preflop with and was way out in front of the of [Removed:273]. Unfortunately for Zaichenko, the flop gave Casals a set and the lead.
Neither the turn nor river helped Zaichenko and the disappointed Russian rapped the table before heading to the payout desk.
It seemed that all the all ins in the last level resulted in a bust out, not so this level.
First up we witnessed Roberto Romanello double-up Konstantin Streletskiy. The latter was down to 140,000 when he shoved from the hijack with . Romanello was the only caller with from the small blind and the board ran to make the Russian two-pair.
We missed all of the action in the next double-up, but it was more bad news for Lucille Cailly. Her ace-nine was no match for Joni Petteri Jouhkimainen's on a board.
Action folded around to Jean-Jacques Mars in the hijack and he moved all in for right around 100,000. Joao Vieira then three-bet all in over the top for around 260,000 from the button, which inspired both blinds to fold.
Showdown
Mars:
Vierira:
Mars held the dominant pair and was never in much danger as the board ran out .
John Juanda raised to 26,000 from the button and Anton Sinel opted to defended from the big blind. The brought two checks from the player, while the turn saw Sinel fired out 40,000. Juanda made the call and then bet 95,000 after Sinel checked the river. The Romanian thought for a brief moment and then relinquished his cards.
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After action folded to John Juanda in the cutoff and he raised to 26,000, Anton Sinel three-bet to 65,000 from the small blind. Leo Margets had been relatively quiet today, but she decided this was the time and four-bet all in for a little over 300,000. Juanda quickly got out of the way and Sinel, who barely had her covered, snap-called.
Showdown
Margets:
Sinel:
Margets knew she was in trouble and rose from her chair in preparation of her elimination. The flop brought her one step closer to the door, but the turn gave her pause as she was drawing live to a ten headed to the river. "Please," Margets said with a smile to the dealer, who did not oblige by putting out the .
Meanwhile, Sean Prendiville has been eliminated from the Feature Table.
We stumbled upon the action on the flop and two players, Ilari Sahamies on the button and Anaras Alekberovas in the small blind still with cards in their hands.
Alekberovas bet 76,000 and Sahamies answered with a call. Alekberovas fired another 145,000 after the dealer opened on the turn and Sahamies called again.
The Lithuanian continued for 225,000 on the river making Sahamies think really hard about this one. Eventually the floor was called to the table giving Sahamies one minute to act and the Finn finally called. Alekberovas opened and Sahamies showed for a two pair and collected the pot.
Jonathan Karamalikis is the new chip leader, and the first to break the two million mark.
There was an open to 25,000 before Karamalikis three-bet to 65,000 from the small blind and Felix Kretchmann four-bet to 150,000 from the big blind. The original raiser folded but Karamalikis five-bet to 275,000. Call.
The flop fell and Karamalikis continued for 340,000, and called all-in when his German opponent shoved.
Karamalikis:
Kretchmann:
The board ran out and we have one very happy player, and one very distraught player.