We're down to the final nine players, and that means it time to consolidate the field. The survivors are all up on stage now, getting ready to pack themselves around the lone television table. It'll be a few more minutes before play gets going again.
We'll play on for one more knockout before bagging and tagging the chips for tomorrow's official final table.
Two hands led to Cesar Mostafa's demise. The first one did most of the damage. Andres Korn raised to 55,000 in the cutoff and Cesar Mostofa re-raised to 120,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Korn made the call, leading to a flop.
Korn immediately shoved and Mostafa did not take very long in making the call. The hands were:
Korn:
Mostafa
The turn kept Mostafa ahead, but the river gave Korn the flush. Down to 170,000, Mostafa shoved two hands later with , running into Roman Suarez's .
No help came for Mostafa, out in 10th place for $14,590.
Jose Luis Capdevila got himself all in before the flop with , and he found action from Bernardo Dias who had his opponent slightly covered.
Showdown
Capdevila:
Dias:
The flop rolled out , and it became clear that a big percentage of the spectators are Dias fans as the room erupted with cheers. The turn left Capdevila drawing dead to two outs, and the that rivered was not one of them.
That's the end of the day for Capdevila, making his exit in 11th place.
Bernardo Dias opened with an under-the-gun raise to 45,000. Ernesto Panno made the call in middle position, and the tabled folded around to the tiny-stacked Clas Thorsell. He had just 59,000 chips left including the big blind he had posted, and he elected to just flat-call.
The flop brought , and Thorsell put his remaining 14,000 chips into the pot. Dias and Panno quickly called, though the floor made them each put in the minimum bet of 20,000. They would check-check through the turn and the river .
"Flush," said Panno, tabling . Thorsell seemed a bit upset as if he would have won the hand barring Panno's clubs. In any event, he quietly wished his table luck and headed off to the payout desk to collect 12th-place money.
Martin Sansour opened to 65,000 in the hijack and Norbert Ludger made the call on the button.
The flop came down and Sansour quickly checked. Ludger fired 97,000 into the middle and Sansour was not going anywhere, putting in a raise of 200,000 more. Ludger took his time, eventually making the call. The turn brought the and Sansour shoved.
Ludger immediately called and tabled , having the hand won against Sansour's . The river was a meaningless and Martin Sansour was sent to the rail in 13th place.
Norbert Ludger is at the top of the counts with 1,230,000.