Russia's interest in this Super High Roller tournament is over after the elimination of Vladimir Troyanovsky.
Troyanovsky raised from under the gun and the action folded around to Sorel Mizzi in the big blind who shoved. Troyanovsky had 1.65m at the start of the hand and called them off after some serious thought.
Sorel Mizzi raised to 160,000 from the button with and Max Altergott called from the big blind with .
The flop rolled out and Altergott check-called 140,000. On the turn the hit and this time he check-called 465,000. The river brought the and Altergott checked again. Mizzi tanked for a long time, put together a bet but eventually he checked behind.
Altergott took down this big pot and he's now in the chip lead for the first time since the final table started.
Sorel Mizzi had two bullets loaded to try and get Max Altermann of the last hand we wrote about these two. This time he had three bullets loaded and used all three of them.
Mizzi opened to 160,000 off the button and Altergott called from the big blind. The board ran out and Mizzi fired 120,00, 350,000 and 910,000 on each street. Altergott stayed with him all the way until the river where he admitted defeat and folded.
Max Altergott raised under the gun after which Timothy Adams moved all in from the button for 810,000 total. Both blinds folded and Altergott quickly called the 10 big blind shove.
Altergott:
Adams:
The board ran out and the ace on the river ended Adams' tournament run. Just three players remain with Altergott in the chip lead.
Sorel Mizzi raised from the button with and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier three-bet to 505,000 from the small blind. Max Altergott folded from the big blind and Mizzi put in a four-bet to 820,000. Mercier had and tanked for a bit before moving all in. Mizzi snap-folded and Mercier took down this huge pot without showdown.
With just three players remaining, and their friends in the €10K Turbo crèche nearby, the ninth season of the European Poker Tour is coming to an end, as the PokerStars Blog reports.