Stiehler raises to three blinds from under the gun, Fougeron next to him comes over the top all in. The action folds to Rasmusson who clearly laid something big down because of the time it took him to muck. Stiehler calls Fougeron (whose legs were bouncing up and down under the table with excitement)
Fougeron has
Stiehler has
No idea what the board was because several thousand Frenchmen surrounded the table, needless to say the aces held because Fougeron was punching the air and screaming with delight.
Play has really slowed down now. Stiehler got a double up through Levi with but other than that not much has heppened as every player is desperate to avoid the final table bubble.
Jacob Rasmussen (right) from Denmark is the current chip leader closing in on 1 million in chips.
Players are on a break as the final table is set up. With 9 players left the official TV table is not until we are down to 8, but we should have TV coverage from this point on.
Stiehler had gotten very short and decided to try and pick up the blinds, by pushing with . He was called by Ruthenberg with and didn't get any help on the flop.
Final table is scheduled to begin at 18:00 local time.