Ramin Hajiyev got his last in with 
from the small blind and was called by Tonio Röder in the big blind holding 
. Some tense moments passed while the TV crew arranged themselves, during which time Hajiyev announced to the table, "We need some ladies. On the flop." Eventually the board was dealt.
Board: 
With much handshaking, our sole Azerbaijani is out of the running.
Giacomo Maisto did not seem to be shy about taking on the larger stacks at the TV table today, and earlier took a pot calling Daniel Negreanu's preflop raise and c-bet with a rag Ace which turned a full house (the flop being all Queens). Nicking a little here and there, Maisto still had only 350k or so at the start of his final hand, which he opened and then called when Negreanu on the button reraised to 80k.
On the 
flop, Maisto check-called Negreanu's bet of 42k, possibly remembering the earlier give-up and hoping that there was room to manoeuvre on the turn. In fact when he pushed all in for 270k he was called immediately by Negreanu with 
and was now reliant on hitting his turned up-and-down straight draw with 
. A came on the river instead, sending him out in 20th and necessitating a shift for Kirill Zapletin to the TV table to fill in one of the empty seats.
Kirill Zapletin has just won a decent sized pot off Team Pokerstars Pro Martin Hruby with a baby flush. Hruby opened in late position with a raise and Zapletin called from the Big Blind. The flop was 
and Zapletin to the betting lead firing 50,000 into the pot. Hruby three-bet to 150,000 and Zapletin called. The turn was 
and both players checked. The river was the 
which completed the flush. Both players checked again.
Zapletin: 
Hruby: 
Zapletin winning with a baby flush. Was he inducing a bet from Hruby we will never know.
Zapletin ~915,000
This has been a remarkably slow paced Day 4 so far, and the lack of crazy bust-out action continues.
It's not that players aren't keen to get their chips in though - we just witnessed Morten Erlandsen shove from the small blind, forcing a fold from big blind Toni Judet, while over on the other table Tonio Röder was going all in from the cutoff. In Röder's case, it looked as though something might happen when Luca Cainelli in the big blind tanked up long enough to have the clock called on him - but within five minutes of the clock being called Cainelli had folded, and play continues.
It was difficult to see the action on the Feature Table but Jacques Zaicik has been eliminated at the hands of [Removed:40] and a flopped set of deuces. Zaicik made it 45,000 from the button and Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu called from Small Blind as did Vitagliano from the Big Blind. The flop was 
and Negreanu and Vitagliano checked the action over the original raiser Zaicik who pushed his remaining stack all-in. Negreanu moved out of the way and Vitagliano made the call.
Vitagliano: 
Zaicik: 
Zaicik needed a three to stay alive but it didn't come. The turn was 
and river 
and he was eliminated in 21st place.
Heads up in a blind-on-blind hand, Konstantinos Nanos was peering at big blind Luca Cainelli's stack after seeing a single-raised flop of 
when suddenly he (Cainelli) moved all-in out of turn for 243k. This surprised Nanos and the dealer, who explained that the small blind had yet to check or bet. Cainelli pulled back his stacks but it was now obvious what was in store.
"That's a good move," laughed Ramin Hajiyev as Nanos thought for a long time before check-folding.
"Would you have bet?" Hajiyev asked.
Nanos shook his head but had had that option effectively removed. "It's easier to call if you'd have bet," continued Hajiyev, clearly amused by the outcome of the hand.
Matthias Lotze has doubled up through the luckless Balazs Botond. Tonio Röder opened to 45,000 from middle position and Lotze shoved his 416,000 stack into the middle and was all-in. Botond called instantly and Röder got out of the way.
Botond:
Lotze: 
Lotze of luck needed then - and it came in the form of two Aces on the flop to crush the hopes of Botond. 
. The turn and river were no help to Botond 
and Lotze doubles up.
Lotze ~ 832,000
Botond ~ 898,000
Matthias Lotze is taking his turn on the short stack merry-go-round, but he's not so short that the more healthily-stacked call him automatically. Antonio Buonanno raised preflop to 45k and found Lotze moving all in for 365k. He gave the impassive youngster a good long stare, and it didn't look like timewasting as Buonanno asked for the accurate count and considered making the call. Finally he laid his hand down with a wasp-chewing expression and Lotze remains safe.
Surinder Sunar opened for 54,000 on the button and in the small blind Anestis Pantazidis shoved for around 300,000. Back to Sunar who made the call, and it was not looking good for the Greek.
Pantazidis:
Sunar: 
Board: 
Sunar threw up his hands as the flop left him drawing very thin indeed. Duly Pantazidis doubled up to 600,000 or so, and Sunar was left with just 76,000.
He shoved next hand from the cutoff and got a call from Michael Eiler in the big blind. This time Surinder was dominated, and was looking at a chop at best...
Sunar:
Eiler: 
But wait!
Board:
Surinder made a straight and doubled to around 200,000 - still only 10 big blinds, but he stays in the game for the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,340,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
||
|
2,110,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
1,600,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,420,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
1,400,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
||
|
1,290,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
980,000 | |
|
840,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
|
||
|
765,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
630,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
||
|
485,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
450,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
420,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
420,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
400,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
390,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
370,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
324,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
310,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
225,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
220,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
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