Mickey DoftJohannes Holstege - 11th Place
Johannes Holstege raised to 51,000 in the hijack and Brent Wheeler asked for a count from the the button. Holstege replied that he had about 770,000 behind. Wheeler announced all in and the blinds quickly folded, putting the action back on Holstege. "Wow," he said. "Why so much? I call."
Wheeler:
Holstege:
A very good spot for Holstege to double up, but the flop came and Holstege was in really bad shape. The turn card was no help, leaving just one out left for Holstege to double up. The hit the river and Holstege busted in 11th place.
Alexander Debus - 10th Place
The very next hand...
In the cutoff seat, Alexander Debus opened to 53,000. Next door on the button, Johannes Strassmann three-bet to 126,000, and that was enough to fold the table back to Debus. After a minute of debate, he announced an all in, and Strassmann instantly called. There was a quick television pause before the cards were turned up, but there would be no slowroll; the Team PokerStars Pro turned to Debus and said, "I have aces." Debus eventually got to see the , and he sheepishly flipped over his coolered .
The appeared right in the window, but the peeked out from underneath as well, and that was not a pretty sight for Debus. In the end, the board of is no good for the at-risk German, and he has been eliminated in 10th place.
Mickey Doft
With the elimination of Alexander Debus in 10th place, the remaining players have been redrawn to the unofficial final table. We're on a quick break to reset everything, and the table will look like this when the players return:
Seat 1: Russell Carson - 3,352,000
Seat 2: Alain Medesan - 856,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Schroer - 1,206,000
Seat 4: Hubertus Verdonschot - 801,000
Seat 5: Johannes Strassmann - 2,181,000
Seat 6: Lukas Baumann - 875,000
Seat 7: Brent Wheeler - 2,364,000
Seat 8: Allan Baekke - 4,183,000
Seat 9: Daniel Van Kalkeren - 480,000
Brent Wheeler (USA) raised to 74,000 and Russell Carson (Canada, and the button) called. It looked like we had some good action on our hands, but the two proceeded to check down the board and Carson took it down with .
and Holstege was in really bad shape. The 
turn card was no help, leaving just one out left for Holstege to double up. The 
hit the river and Holstege busted in 11th place.
for a full house.
.
appeared right in the window, but the 
peeked out from underneath as well, and that was not a pretty sight for Debus. In the end, the board of 
board and Carson took it down with 
and Baekke bet 75,000. Medesan raised, making it 180,000. Baekke thought for a few moments, but opted to give it up.
