Peter Jaksland was among the next half a dozen players that ran out of chips after the dinner break. Jaksland had gotten it in with and Laurence Ryan looked him up with the . The hit on the flop to give Ryan the lead and Jaksland missed out on his one overcard and an inside straight draw to bust.
Alexandru Constantin lost almost all of his chips in a battle button versus small blind, as Aldo Monteleone doubled for 241,000 with against his . The board came [c5d3s9hAs] and Constantin was down to three big blinds. In the meanwhile, another three players were ousted as well, and Constantin followed to the rail.
Alsharif Zeid bet the river for 25,000 and George Dimuleasa raised to 125,000. Zeid reluctantly called and was shown the for quads, he mucked the face up.
Zhiping Zeng had Ionel Maria and Razvan Gherghe all in and at risk with the far superior stack, as his opponents were in for the last five and eight big blinds.
Ionel Maria:
Razvan Gherghe:
Zhiping Zeng:
The board came and Zeng sent two opponents to the rail.
After the money bubble has burst and the first players headed to the payout desk, level 18 has come to an end with 59 players remaining and they have been sent into a 45-minute dinner break. The action resumes at approximately 6.30 p.m. local time.
Marius Bunica was the first to bust in the money and he was followed by Danut Chisu on the feature table, Mihai Niste and Cezar Chivulescu. There are currently 59 players remaining towards the end of level 18.
There were three all in and call in hand number 10 on the money bubble on three separate tables. Ramlal Basdeo was at risk and called two ways, and Zhiping Zeng bet the checked down board of on the river. Cristian Tardea folded and Zeng showed for the nut flush, Basdeo had for top set.
Another three-way all in emerged with Johannes Roumen at risk. He faced Alexandru Constantin and Marian Virlanuta, the latter bet the river for 43,000 to force a fold from Constantin. VVirlanuta showed , which Roumen had beat with to triple up.
Last but not least, a very short-stacked Denis Poteras was all in with out of the small blind and Mihai Gneonu showed on the button. The board came and that left Basdeo as only seat open to become the bubble boy.