After Lukasz Tomecki crippled Michal Mrakes, Mrakes battled valiantly from a minute stack to come back to one of around ten big blinds. However, is odyssey is over. He held against Tomecki's but the board came giving Tomecki a higher pair and eliminating Mrakes.
Frank Stumpf had been hanging around with a below five big blind stack for some time, and after Bernd Schonwalder moved all in from middle position, he called for his few remaining chips in the small blind. His were ahead of his opponent's , but Schonwalder hit his ace to eliminate his opponent in 12th place.
Roger Andersson moved all in from middle position for 323,000. Catalin Pop called from the cutoff and the cards were turned over.
Pop:
Andersson:
"We need a three," said Andersson, as Pop's cards were turned over. There was no three on a flop of , but the on the turn opened up straight, flush and straight flush opportunities to go with his three. However, the river was the and Andersson was eliminated in 11th place.
According to tournament officials the plan is to to play until one players is eliminated, and we are left with eight, or until the end of level 24, which is in 45 minutes.
Lukasz Tomecki came into the final table with the fourth biggest chipstack, but he still found a way to get it all in the middle against the second biggest chip stack of Niall Farrell.
Tomecki held and seemed happy to be flipping against the of Farrell. The board ran out with the nine on the turn sealing the double up for Tomecki.