Andrei Vlasenko - 380,000
Jan Skampa - 900,000
Antonio Matias - 2,600,000, give or take
Michel Abecassis - 530,000
Pierre Neuville - 800,000
Claudio Coelho - 495,000
Gino Gabriel open-raised under the gun, making it 50,000 straight. All the way around in the big blind, Ryan Franklin announced an all in, and Gabriel instantly called. Both men were just over 400,000 in chips, but it was Franklin with the covering stack. With Gabriel at risk then, the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Gabriel:
Franklin:
There would be no help whatsoever for Gabriel on a board full of blanks: . Unable to improve, Gino has become our 12th-place finisher. Franklin, on the other hand, is now right back in contention with about 845,000.
With the action folded around to the blinds, Jeff Sarwer raised to 45,000 from the small. In the big, Tome Moreira stuck in a re-raise to 120,000, sending Sarwer into the tank. He stared at the man next to him for a long minute or so before either of them moved. Apparently a bit put off by his opponent's gaze, Moreira stood up from his chair. After just another few seconds, Sarwer announced an all in, and now it was Moreira's turn in the tank. He had about 300,000 behind, and he was facing a decision for his tournament life. After another minute or so, he called to put himself at risk.
Showdown
Sarwer:
Moreira:
The flop was in Mr. Sarwer's neighborhood, rolling out . Moreira was still drawing live to his overcards, but the turn and river would show him no love. The and that filled out the board did nothing to improve his plight, and Tome Moreira has become our 11th-place finisher. Sarwer clearly had mixed feelings about coming from behind to take that pot. He reached for the right words as Moreira prepared to depart. "Nice... nice call," he said as they shook hands.
The former chess prodigy is now challenging for the chip lead once again with more than 2.2 million.
It folded around to Jan Skampa in the small blind, who raised. In the big blind Antonio Matias made the call.
The flop came down and Skampa bet out 52,000. Matias min-raised to 104,000. Back to Skampa, who made it another 118,000 to go. And then back to Matias, who four-bet an amount that we didn't quite get, but looked large. Eventually Skampa passed, to delirious applause from the rail. To their endless delight, Matias quietly showed .
Ryan Franklin raised to 50,000 from the button, and Santiago Terrazas made it 147,000 from the big blind. Franklin now announced all in, Terrazas called all in, and they were on their backs.
Terrazas:
Franklin:
Board:
And with that, we lose our last Spaniard.
Once Terrazas had made his exit, Jeff Sarwer turned to Franklin. "Isn't that nice when you;re a loose player and then you get kings?" he said. Indeed.
Claudio Coelho spent a really long time deciding what to do, before announcing all in for his last 83,000. It folded to Jeff Sarwer in the small blind, who reraised to 200,000. With big blind Antonio Matias being got rid of thus, they were on their backs.
Coelho:
Sarwer:
"You know, that's like a 99% split pot..." a particular member of the French media was saying, when the board came down like so:
Ladies and gentlemen, we have an official final table.