Pierre Neuville has doubled up once more, all-in with 
against Giacomo Maisto's 
when the board came 
- both players making trips but the kickers played.
Neuville is up to 250,000 while Maisto remains chip leader with over 1.2 million.
Vladimir Geshkenbein has removed the toy money from his chip stack since coming back from dinner, maybe to make more room for chips he plans to pick up in the next few levels.
Geshkenbein opened up the betting with a raise to 22,000, the next two players folded and Vandersmissen, as did Morten Mortensen in the small blind. The flop came down 
, Mortensen checked as did Geshkenbein but Vandersmissen spoiled the party by betting 39,000, a bet that only Geshkenbein called.
The dealer burned a card and put the 
out on the turn. Geshkenbein checked then called Vandersmissen's 133,000 bet. Now on the river the 
made an appearance and both players checked.
Vandersmissen: 
Geshkenbein:
- and the win
Cristian Dragomir is up to the one million chip mark after a huge double up through Kevin Vandersmissen.
Vandersmissen, who seems to be bleeding chips recently, min-raised to 20,000 from the hijack seat, Philip Meulyzer called in the cutoff and Dragomir made it 77,000 to play from the big blind. Vandersmissen then put in a further raise, this one to 190,000 which folded out Meulyzer but Dragomir quickly moved all in.
"I have to call," declared Vandersmissen who then turned over 
which was up against the 
of Dragomir.
The 
flop failed to alter anything, neither did the 
on the flop and when the river came the 
Dragomir had doubled up his 446,000 bet, plus the chips already in the pot, leaving Vandersmissen with a 314,000 stack.
A flurry of action involving a 3-bet from Jack Powell, a 4-bet all-in from Hans Erlandsson and then a 5-bet all-in from Martins Adeniya and Powell then called!
Powell: 
Erlandsson: 
Adeniya:
Adeniya had both the other two covered but the board came 
as Erlandsson made both the straight and the flush, jumping from his chair to celebrate, winning a 750,000 chip pot
Powell was eliminated and Adeniya dropped to 535,000.
Kevin Vandersmissen has doubled up through Vladimir Geshkenbein after the Russian check-called the whole way of a 
board, finally calling a 223,000 all-in bet on the river after calling the clock on himself.
Vandersmissen turned over and it was enough to have Geshkenbein nodding in acceptance.
Three players made it to the 
flop and it looked as though it had checked around to Vladimir Geshkenbein on the button. He bet 38,000 and Koen de Visscher in the big blind called. Philip Meulyzer in mid position folded and they were heads up to the turn.
The turn was the 
and de Visscher checked again; this time the bet from Geshkenbein was 85,000. A short dwell from de Visscher, and then another call.
They saw a river and once again de Visscher checked. Geshkenbein very calmly counted out a bet of 170,000 and pushed it across the line. This proved too much for de Visscher, who finally folded.
"Chip leader or bust," commented Meulyzer. "I like that spirit."
That spirit has put Geshkenbein back up to 890,000. De Visscher's own spirit is sinking - he's at around 750,000.
Some kind of controversy requiring the attention of the floor was going on when we arrived at the table - we believe that cards had been flipped when a player was not quite all in, or a covering call had not quite been made, or some such. Either way it was soon agreed that the two players were happy to get the chips in and the board was dealt, Janar Kiivramees all in for his tournament life.
Kiivramees: 
Iulian Ruxandescu: 
Board: 
Kiivramees nodded and took his leave. Ruxandescu is now at 1.12 million.
Giacomo Maisto has just got extremely lucky in a hand that eliminated Pieter Druif and saw him catapulted to the top of the chip counts.
Maisto raised from under the gun to 27,500 and next to act was Druif who made it 60,000 to play, a bet that only Maisto called. The flop came down 
and Maisto checked to his opponent. Druif bet 65,000 only to see Maisto announce he was all in. Druif wasted no time in calling and the cards were on their backs.
Maisto:
Druif:
Just as it looked like Druif was going to double up the dealer put the 
on the turn and then the on the river to boost Maisto to 1,548,000 and send Druif to the rail
Andrey Gulyy is the last player to be eliminated to night after being busted in 25th place. His exit means the tournament has now been paused until 1400 tomorrow afternoon.
He lost the majority of his stack in an versus 
of Christian Fabri and then got the rest of his stack in two hands later against Manilo Iemina, Gulyy coming over the top of Iemina's raise for all of his stack with only to find the Italian was holding the second best hand in Hold'em,
The final board ran out 
and with it we all get a relatively early night!
Thanks, PokerStars!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,548,000
329,000
|
329,000 |
|
1,281,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
983,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
|
930,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
|
895,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
||
|
889,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
803,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
768,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
762,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
674,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
614,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
574,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
541,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
417,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
402,000
348,000
|
348,000 |
|
379,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
||
|
377,000
207,000
|
207,000 |
|
335,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
||
|
306,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
269,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
240,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
234,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
|
207,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
133,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
