Merida Eliminated by Brandt

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tanel Merida shipped his last 18 or so big blinds into the middle with the A♦2♣ and was looked up by Esko Brandt, who held the 9♠9♥.

The pocket pair stayed ahead throughout the Q♠10♣6♣7♦7♣ runout and that spelled the end for Merida.

Also no longer in contention are Marko Hynynen, Andres Vilhjalmsson, and Joni Väistö.