Madalin Cornel Petraru three-bet an open raise by Bogdan Diaconu to 185,000 out of the small blind and Diaconu called. On the flop, Petraru continued for 175,000 and folded to the shove of Diaconu.
Petraru then raised to 65,000 from the hijack and Radu Pitic shoved for more than 550,000 in the cutoff to force a fold.
Over on the other table, Ferenc Csaba Pal defended his big blind against a button raise by Krzysztof Chmielowski and check-called two bets on the flop, and for 200,000 on the turn. Pal then bet the river for 100,000 and Chmielowski called to get shown by Pal. Chmielowski had that beat with and took over the chip lead.
On a flop of , Marian Strachinescu bet 100,000 and was called by Sinisa Radovanovic from one seat over. The fell on the turn and Strachinescu bet 175,000, Radovanovic folded. "This time I have a good hand," Strachinescu grinned and flashed ace-king.
Ferenc Csaba Pal raised to 60,000 on the button and Marian Strachinescu three-bet to 180,000 in the small blind, Pal called and announced all in in the dark for his remaining six big blinds. Strachinescu glanced at him while the flop fell and asked if he had indeed declared that.
Pal replied not with words, but turning over his cards while Strachinescu had not called yet, it was the . Strachinescu called with and Catalin Pop could not resist the urge but say "but this time your king is not good on the river," referring to two big all in showdowns of the previous day in which Pal spiked a river to eliminate two and one opponent respectively.
The turn and river were both blanks and Pal was eliminated in 10th place for €5,700. All remaining nine players will now redraw to the final table and take a short break before playing down to a winner on the live stream table. The PokerNews updates going forward will be according to the 30 minute delay of the stream.
There are two minutes left in the level and the seat draw of the last nine hopefuls is as follows. The group picture is about to be taken and action is expected to recommence in a few minutes, the live stream will run on a security delay of 30 minutes. All players will receive another two time bank extensions of one minute each, and a maximum of two time banks can be used during a single hand.
The group pictures and player introductions have just finished over on the live stream and the cards are back in the air. Catalin Pop starts the first hand with the button.
Sinisan Radovanovic raised to 70,000 with the in the cutoff and Catalin Pop three-bets from the button to 200,000 with the .Radovanovic moved all in and Pop quickly folded.
Catalin Pop raised to 85,000 with the in the cutoff and Bogdan Diaconu called in the big blind with . On the flop, Diaconu checked and a bet of Pop did the trick.
It was the second hand in a row that Pop claimed by c-betting the flop.
Marian Strachinescu raised to 90,000 first to act with the and Sinisa Radovanovic shoved from two seats over for 830,000 with the . Strachinescu asked for a count and folded.
Krzysztof Chmielowski raised to 85,000 with the and Stefan Fabian three-bet to 240,000 from the cutoff with the . Andrei Diaconu on the button let go of and Chmielowski asked for the stack size of Fabian before letting his shot clock run down to five seconds and then move all in.
Fabian used one time bank extension, used some table chat to get additional information and called it off.
The flop improved Chmielowski to top pair. The turn and river gave the 888poker online qualifier from Poland a straight and Fabian was eliminated in 9th place for €6,900.
Catalin Pop raised to 85,000 with the and Marian Strachinescu three-bet to 260,000 with the . "I believe you," Pop said and folded his pocket pair.
Pop then raised to 85,000 with the from under the gun and Krzysztof Chmielowski called from one seat over with . The flop was checked by both players and he Pop picked up a flush draw on the turn. Pop bet 240,000 into 270,000 and Chmielowski called.
The river paired the board for the second time and Pop this time only bet 100,000. After letting the time bank run down to five seconds, Chmielowski called and raked in another pot.