Ali Tekintamgac is a very lucky boy to still be in this tournament, exceptionally so.
Demidov had opened preflop to 11,500 and the small blind, Oleg Makovenko made the call before Ali Tekintamgac reraised to 30,000 from the big blind. Demidov now made it 62,500 to go after some thinking before he then went back to surfing the web on his iPad.
Makovenko folded and Tekintamgac moved all-in, Demidov rechecked his cards, bemused.
"I call, I have aces," said the Russian, turning over . Tekintamgac flipped .
But the fickle poker gods decided to help Tekintamgac out and the board came and Tekintamgac picked up a 600,000 chip pot. Demidov slipped to below 300,000.
Heinz Kamutzki opened with a raise, and Matvey Linov made a small three-bet on the button. Kamutzki then reraised him to 53,500. Linov tried again with a five-bet to 118,000. So naturally, Kamutzki responded by six-bet shoving for another 200,000. Linov tanked for long enough to attract a crowd around the table, but eventually, he folded, leaving himself 300,000.
Casey Kastle got it in good with from the button against Ivan Demidov's in the small blind, but the board put a cruel end to Kastle's run, just a couple places off the money. Ouch.
Arnaud Mattern raised to 12,000 in early position and Bassam Elnajjar shoved behind for a total of 41,000. It folded back around to Mattern who made the call, and Elnajjar found himself about as ahead as he could be.
Mattern:
Elnajjar:
Although Elnajjar was a massive favourite, he still had a sweat ahead of him.
Flop:
Turn: giving Mattern straight and flush outs and prompting an "oooh!" from the other players and assembled spectators
River: a harmless making Elnajjar a full house
"Yes!" announced Elnajjar as he doubled up, "Alive."
Although we're still at 58 players, meaning that the official bubble has not yet been reached, so many of the short stacks are stalling that the TDs have decided to go hand for hand now. Please stand by.
In 58th place and bubbling the bubble (one day we may start counting the bubble who bubbles the bubble bubble) is Robert Peltecci who made his move all-in with but ran into aces.
57 are left but Tomer Berda looks to be our shortest stack with just 11,000 remaining.
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. Tekintamgac flipped 
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and Tekintamgac picked up a 600,000 chip pot. Demidov slipped to below 300,000.
, dominating the Finn's 
board both before and after a 
from the button against Ivan Demidov's 
in the small blind, but the 
board put a cruel end to Kastle's run, just a couple places off the money. Ouch.
giving Mattern straight and flush outs and prompting an "oooh!" from the other players and assembled spectators
but ran into aces.