At the end of the last level these were chip counts for the remaining 21 players. We have, however, since lost Luigi Rizzi.
Juha Lauttamus Finland 794000
Dagomir Palovic Slovakia 558000
Adrian Koy Germany 509000
Markus Golser Austria 457000
Kristian Kjondal Norway 408000
Mikael Norinder Sweden 393000
Iliodoros Kamatakis Greece 283000
Sebastian Zink Germany 277000 PS qualifier
Nedzib Suman Sweden 258000
Paul Gormley Ireland 183000
Johannes Strassmann Germany 173000 PS player
Christer Johansson Sweden 172000
Arnaud Mattern France 166000
Thierry Labat France 145000
Cyril Bensoussan France 136000
Jose Luis Navarro Spain 130000 PS qualifier
Nikolas Liakos Sweden 128000
Mike McDonald Canada 115000 PS qualifier
Gino Alacqua Italy 106000
Luigi Rizzi Italy 101000
Marc Karam Canada 76000
Play reaches the turn in a pot between Markus Golser and Adrian Koy. There is already 180,000 in the middle. The board reads and Golser checks first to speak. Adrian Koy takes a minute or so before betting 50,000 which is called quickly by Golser. The river is the and Golser bets out 80,000. Before he has the chips in the middle Adrian Koy moves all in for 390,000.
Markus had 260,000 left after the 80,000 bet and went into the tank for a good five minutes. In the end he made the call and showed which was good for a 960,000 pot as Koy had only .
After the hand Golser has 960,000 and is the new chip leader. Koy is left with 50,000.
A short-stacked Marc Karam made a stand with but found Adrian Koy with and the EPT Grand Final 2007 runner up failed to catch an Ace and is eliminated in 20th place winning €12,650.
Iliodoros Kamatakis moved in UTG with and Dag Palovic made a simple call with . No surprises and Kamatakis is eliminated in 19th place earning €12,650.