We have never been so excited without seeing any cards!
Pokerstars qualifier Michael Eiler raised from early position to 23,000 and Tonio Röder three-bet from the small blind. Three-bets are quite big at this stage of the tournament and it was 53,000 back to Eiler. Eiler hidden behind sunglasses and headphones very calmly made the four-bet. Now if you think three-bets are big four bets are even bigger! Eiler making it 122,000 to play. Röder didn't flinch and instead announced raise and pushed two one hundred stacks into the middle to join up with the 53,000 already in the middle. Back to Eiler who six-bet all-in and Röder immediately mucked.
Just a little while ago he was in contention for the Climber Of The Day award - he'd gone from just 40,000 to over 300,000 in the first half of the level. Then, of course, his queens proved no match for Victorino Torres' sevens - and just now he found another big pair, and once again got, for want of a better word, screwed.
Berda opened for 25,000 and Victorino Torres flatted behind in the hijack, before Kirill Zapletin pushed for 87,000 from the cutoff. Back to Berda, who flat called, and after a moment Torres called too.
There was a brief pause as the dealer counted the calls and informed Berda that he was 5,000 short. "Are you sure?" Berda asked, "I counted." But as it turned out, he was short, and once he had called the outstanding 5,000, he had just 27,000 left to his name.
The flop came down and Berda put his last 27,000 in the middle. Torres called, and all the cards were turned over.
Berda: for an overpair
Torres: for ace high
Zapletin: for a set
While Zapletin shouted, "YESSS!!!" repeatedly and clapped a lot in a somewhat ungentlemanly fashion, the turn and river failed to change anything. Zapletin tripled up to 270,000 or so, Torres took a hit to 435,000, and while Berda picked up the side pot, he is right back down to 54,000.
Down to around 200k, Balazs Csermely found a hand to threebet shove with in the form of . The original raiser was Konstantinos Nanos who had over three times the stack and a real hand to boot: . He still took a moment to think about it, though, and when he called and saw what good shape he was in he fistpumped several times, looking like he was punching an invisible bag. Realising this might not be the most gentlemanly of behaviour, he then leaned over the table and shook Csermely's hand.
The board came out and Csermely nodded, heading out while Nanos stacked his new 1,120,000 stack.
Mihai Manole has taken a step backwards after losing a quite significant proportion of his chips to Marc Jaques Zaicik. Zaicik opened from the button to the tune of 23,000 and Manole three-bet from the Small Blind making it 53,000 to play. Zaicik shoved all-in for ~160,000 and Manole reluctantly called.
Just as Michael Eiler, Team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby and Antonio Buonanno start to snap at the heels of our Chip Leader - he presses the overdrive button and zooms a lot further ahead.
Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu makes it 26,000 from the hijack and the action folds around to the young Dutchman in the Small Blind - Riekus Hein Wijermars. Wijemars three-bets to 67,000 and after a brief pause Negreanu makes it 120,000. Wijermars immediately announces that he is all-in and Negreanu doesn't like it. He asks the dealer to separate Wijermars 120,000 from the rest of his stack then after a quick count makes the call.
Wijermars:
Negreanu:
Board:
We estimate that Wijermars had 510,000 before his elimination.
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and Berda put his last 27,000 in the middle. Torres called, and all the cards were turned over.
for an overpair
for ace high
for a set
turn and 
river failed to change anything. Zapletin tripled up to 270,000 or so, Torres took a hit to 435,000, and while Berda picked up the side pot, he is right back down to 54,000.
. The original raiser was Konstantinos Nanos who had over three times the stack and a real hand to boot: 
. He still took a moment to think about it, though, and when he called and saw what good shape he was in he fistpumped several times, looking like he was punching an invisible bag. Realising this might not be the most gentlemanly of behaviour, he then leaned over the table and shook Csermely's hand.
and Csermely nodded, heading out while Nanos stacked his new 1,120,000 stack.
