flop, which Avitan checked.Mattern, who incidentally has finally located some croissants (he's been looking for some since Day 1), bet 45,500. Avitan thought long and hard, and then called.
The turn was the
and this time Avitan check-called 82,500, before checking the
river as well. Mattern bet 86,000, and Avitan tanked up for a worryingly long time before calling and flipping over
- and the muck from Mattern meant that he was right.A few hands later and Avitan raised to 18,000. Mattern shoved for his last 132,000 and Luca Pagano, by the by, folded
. Avitan called with
, Mattern's
failed to improve, and he is out of here.
. The board ran

. The at-risk Italian threw his hands up into the air, seemingly confounded that he could lose this race. There were still two cards to come, but the
and
that filled out the board did nothing to improve his plight. Lusso's day is done.