On the final board of , Andrey Bondar fired 19,600 into Team PokerStars Pro and 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel. After some tanking, Duhamel raised all in for 80,900. Bondar gave it up, and Duhamel won the pot.
Keven Stammen just hit set over set against Istvan Birizdo. The board was when the money went in, and it was Stammen's versus Birizdo's . The river was another to pair the board and eliminated Birizdo.
With that pot, Stammen moved well over 300,000 in chips and now has the chip lead.
Action folded to Dan O'Brien in the small blind and he raised to 3,200. Tobias Reinkemeier then moved all in from the big blind for 33,400, and after thinking about it for a minute, O'Brien made the call.
Showdown
Reinkemeier:
O'Brien:
Reinkemeier seemed surprised to be ahead, but he wasn't thrilled to see O'Brien drawing live to low cards. The flop was safe enough for Reinkemeier, as was the turn; in fact, that card gave the German a flush draw and took away a bunch of O'Brien's outs. Reinkemeier seemed to have a double in the bag, but then the spiked on the river to pair O'Brien.
A shell-shocked Reinkemeier stared at the board for a moment and then took his leave from the tournament.
Action folded around to Philipp Gruissem on the button and he raised to 3,500. Igor Yaroshevskyy then three-bet to 8,500 from the big blind, Gruissem four-bet all in for 47,000, and Yaroshevskyy snap-called.
Showdown
Yaroshevskyy:
Gruissem:
Both players shared a queen, but Yaroshevskyy's ace made him a huge favorite. That all changed on the flop when Gruissem hit his jack and took a commanding lead. Yaroshevskyy couldn't seem to believe his luck and watched hopelessly as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
A preflop raising war saw McLean Karr get his stack of approximately 65,000 all in preflop and he was at risk against Michael Tureniec.
Showdown
Tureniec:
McLean Karr:
Karr was crushed, but the flopped seemed to pick up his spirits a bit. "Oh, a four," Karr said with a smile alluding to the fact that a four would result in a chopped pot. The turn was not what he was looking for, and neither was the river. Karr shook hands with the table and then took his leave in the latter half of Level 10.
From early position, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov raised to 3,200. Pier Paolo Ruscalla called on the button, and Kristijonas Andrulis reraised to 8,500 from the big blind. Katchalov folded, and Ruscalla called.
The flop came down , and Andrulis bet 7,500. Ruscalla made the call to see the fall on the turn. Andrulis slowed down with a check, but after Ruscalla fired 13,500, Andrulis revved things back up with an all-in check-raise to 42,200. Ruscalla called.
Andrulis showed the and was up against the for Ruscalla. From there, the river completed the board with the , and Andrulis doubled.
The action leading up to the river was unknown, but on a final board of , Joseph Cheong fired 75,000. Michael Tureniec tank-called, but couldn't beat the for Cheong and mucked his hand.
From the hijack seat, Dan O'Brien min-raised to 3,200. Kristijonas Andrulis called from the cutoff seat, and Carlo Savinelli called out of the big blind.
On the flop, Savinelli checked, and O'Brien bet 5,800. Andrulis called, then Savinelli folded.
The turn was the , and O'Brien checked. Andrulis bet what looked to be 11,200, and O'Brien quickly folded.