These players have all been eliminated the last hour. 72 players remain, while Thomas Kremser is still fine tuning the pay out which we expect shortly.
In a battle of the blinds, Viatcheslav Ortynskiy just got a bit unlucky. Not because his hand got cracked, but because his hand was not good enough to begin with. Ortynskiy had a power house with , but next door neighbor Ilya Zuykov had a slightly better hand with .
The best hand before the flop, was also the best hand after the river: . Ortynskiy made his exit, Zuykov now had 80 big blinds.
Charalambos Charalami is having a good day as well, as he just busted another player. In a buttuon versus small blind, the two of them got their stacks in with and . Charalami (button) saw his opponent flop a king, but Charalami made a flush in the end to knock a player out.
Kassis Said has been on a tear so far today, knocking out players left and right. Just now he made another victim.
Said opened for 4,000 from the cutoff. The small blind pushed his 16,000 stack forward, and after the big blind folded, Said made the call.
Said showed and had to take on . The board run out made things a little exciting, but in the end it didn't harm Said who now has well over 330,000 in chips.
It's not just up, up, up for Oleksii Khoroshenin, he is able to lose some pots.
Just now we saw him open for 3,200 from middle position. Igor Izmaylov in the small blind was the only caller.
Both players checked the flop and turn. The fell on the river and Izmaylov bet out 5,000. Khoroshenin tossed in a blue 5,000 chip, but wouldn't get it back. Izmaylov showed and Khoroshenin mucked while exposing the .
Jorn Walthaus has bought back into the Main Event and is entry number 330 for this event. With just 4 minutes on the clock before the level ends, he's just in time for one more try to spin it up.