"I would have had 800,000, but that guy doubled through me," Robert Schulz said during the break. "He" is Viliyan Petleshkov, who got into a theee-bet pot with Schulz and check-shoved a flop with the . Schulz had pocket queens and the turn gave the Bulgarian a winning straight before he even got a flush on the river.
Schulz remains above the average though, and is still in contention for the overall WSOP Circuit leader board after two final table finishes during the festival so far.
Krzysztof Slabik's raise was called by Aleksandr Nemtcov in the small blind and Pasquale Di Ceglie in the big blind. The trio checked the flop before the on the turn brought a bet of 27,000 by Nemtcov. Di Ceglie moved all in for more than 180,000 and Slabik shoved for 185,000 as well. Nemtcov tank-called and put two opponents at risk.
Pasquale Di Ceglie:
Krzysztof Slabik:
Aleksandr Nemtcov:
The river improved Nemtcov to a flush and he soared to the top of the counts.
The first two players out and heading to the payout desk were Peter Bstieler and Dorde Jovanovic.
Jan Tino Jobmann opened and then saw Jovanovic three-bet to 49,000 on the button. Asher Dahan in the big blind four-bet to 123,000 to force out Jobmann and Jovanovic glanced back at the tournament info screen before eventually announcing all in for 252,000 in total. Dahan quickly tossed in a single chip for the call and the cards were turned over.
Anatoly Korochenskiy opened to 22,000 from the hijack and Sander van Wesemael called on the button. Carlo Savinelli three-bet to 78,000 out of the small blind only to have Korochenskiy push all-in for 287,000. Van Wesemael got out of the way and Savinelli instantly made the call.
Korochenskiy tabled but was up against the of Savinelli. The board ran out and Korochenskiy was eliminated on the money bubble. Savinelli has built up a stack of over 600,000 now.
The remaining 71 players are all guaranteed at least $3,639 for a min-cash.
There was a bustout on table 79 and Vlad Darie was moved to the feature table in order to balance the remaining players. Down to the last 72, the money bubble is underway and the action recommences hand for hand.
Jose Ponce raised to 20,000 and Umberto Ferrato moved all in for 140,000 from the small blind, which Ponce called after having previously lost plenty of chips.
Umberto Ferrato:
Jose Ponce:
The board of left the Italian drawing dead on the turn and the field was reduced to the last 73 hopefuls.