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Johan Storakers opened to 57,000 from the button and Kevin Stani made it 115,000 out of the small blind. Storakers thought for a while before moving all-in for a total of about 450,000, Stani snap-called and the Swede looked glum.
Storakers: 
Stani: 
Like Radiohead there were no surprises when the board came 
and that leaves us with 14 players left. Toni Ojala has moved tables and now occupies Javed Abraham's old seat.
The boldest move of the tournament in the biggest pot of the tournament has sent Perica Bukara to the rail.
Bukara opened to 58,000 in the cutoff and Konstantin Bilyauer called in the big blind. All OK so far. They saw a flop.
Flop: 
Bilyauer checked to Bukara, who continuation-bet 80,000. Bilyauer called and they proceeded to the turn.
Turn: 
Bilyauer checked again and Bukara bet once more, this time to the tune of 180,000. The action moved back on to Bilyauer and this time instead of calling, he raised to 410,000. Back to Bukara, who paused, staring hard at first the board, then at Bilyauer, then back at the board. Then he went all in for 1.4 million.
Call.
Bilyauer: 
for trips
Bukara: 
for nothing more than a gutshot straight draw
Bilyauer jumped up from the table, suddenly expelling all the breath he had presumably been holding while Bukara had been tanking up into an almighty sigh. Bukara made no sound.
River: 
making Bilyauer a full house
There was a pause in the action while the stacks were counted. Bilyauer had Bukara covered by just 100,000 or so, and the Serbian walked away, leaving Bilyauer to take possession of 3.2 million in chips, a clear million ahead of nearest rival Arnaud Mattern.
Action folded to Oscar Teran in the small blind. He checked is cards and completed. Big blind Mikko Jaatinen checked his option, and they went to a 
flop. Teran bet out 55,000, and Jaatinen jacked it up to 125,000. Teran called. The turn was the , and Teran quickly moved all in. Jaatinen already motioned to call, but he had the dealer count out the stack first so he knew it would cost him 130,000. Jaatinen turned over a trickily played . Teran's was second best, but with a pair and an open-ended straight draw, he had plenty of outs. The 
on the river wasn't one, however, and Teran silently left the table as everyone else headed to break. Jaatinen is up to 900,000 after starting this level as the shortest stack.
The top dozen get 15 minutes to take a breather.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,175,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
2,377,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
||
|
1,540,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,035,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
840,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
|
754,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
719,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
560,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
453,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
376,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
370,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
299,000
-164,000
|
-164,000 |
Konstantin Bilyauer raised to 70,000 on the button and Toni Ojala moved in from the big blind. The Russian, loaded with so many chips that the table might break, made the call with 
flipping against Ojala's 
.
The board was a decisive 
and Ojala goes out in 12th place, just short of the final.
Jonathan Weekes raised under the gun (at a five-handed table), and Konstantin Bilyauer defended his big blind. The flop came out 
, and Bilyauer checked to Weekes. He bet 120,000, and Bilyauer flatted. After the 
, Bilyauer took the initiative with a bet of 230,000. That was enough for Weekes to fold and tap the table. He is down to 700,000 while Bilyauer's big-stacked aggression has built him to 3.83 million.
Not only is there a huge imbalance in the chips at our two remaining tables, there is an impressive imbalance in the average age.
While by our reckoning the Table Of Many Chips features no-one more advanced in years than their early thirties, the average age at the Table Of Few Chips is being bumped up considerably by Nicolo Calia, Bassam Elnajjar and Igor Ivashkiv. It's hard to say whether the players' maturity is having any effect on how they're playing though - as we said, there are very few chips on that second table, so the play there is naturally going to be somewhat cagier when their tournament lives might be at stake at any moment.
Bassam Elnajjar raised to 92,000 under the gun, and on the button, Igor Ivashkiv moved all in for a total of 326,000. After the blinds got out of the way, Elnajjar called instantly. He had Ivashkiv dominated and at risk.
Ivashkiv:
Elnajjar: 
The 
flop gave Ivashkiv four more outs, but the 
turn and river were bricks. After knocking out Ivashkiv, Elnajjar is up to 800,000.
