Mathias Kuerschner got it in well ahead with 
against Robert Schulz' 
and it was an easy double up for him on the 
board. He's still pretty short though on 120,000, and Schulz is now faring almost as badly on 150,000.
Anton Morgenstern has jumped up over 1,300,000 after a huge preflop confrontation went his way. His stack dominates the others' at his table, and when he four-bet shoved the button it was with the knowledge that the initial raiser and re-raiser Felix Schulze would be calling for their tournament life. Schulze took several minutes to think about the 50,500 he'd bet already and his 330,000 stack. He called.
Schulze: 
Morgenstern: 
This huge race could change either one of their tournaments, and it came down on the side of Morgenstern (the board 
). Schulze headed to the rail.
Maik de Rijk was down to just one big blind after running pocket jacks into Timo Pfützenreuter's set, and a few moments later that one blind disappeared into Kent Lundmark's stack.
De Rijk: 
offsuit
Lundmark: 
Board: 
Kent Lundmark is down to just 85,000, well into the danger zone, after doubling up Hugo Lemaire.
Lundmark: 
Lemaire: 
Board: 
Lemaire didn't react at all as the ace dropped on the flop to double him to 450,000. We were standing behind Lundmark so we couldn't see his expression, but we can report that he visibly crumpled.
Dirk Jaspert was eliminated just on the break by Zoran Nitio, a case of 
holding against 
after the board came 
.
The players have dropped very fast here today, much quicker than most of us have been anticipating.
Andreas Doletzki hit but not hard enough with his 
, leading for 75,000 on a 
flop and then calling when Maximilian Heinzelmann set him in for the 150,000 or so he had remaining. He saw Heinzelmann with , missed his draws on the 
turn and river and stood up to go with a smile and a handshake for George Danzer.*
*Apparently everyone busting shakes Danzer's hand. Jan Heitmann told me that he's instantly everyone's friend on the table, so damn likeable that they feel bad when they win his chips.
Players are now on a short break.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Jean-Philippe Raymond has boosted his stack to around 400,000, doubling up through Kevin Stani. His hand - 
and although there was some paint on the board (we caught this right when the dealer was handing over half of Stani's stack to Raymond) this pocket pair was good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,380,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
1,130,000
384,000
|
384,000 |
|
943,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
||
|
880,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
846,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
|
763,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
593,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
570,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
568,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
560,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
551,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
|
|
510,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
506,000
506,000
|
506,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
500,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
|
490,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
486,000
391,000
|
391,000 |
|
485,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
440,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
440,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
435,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
431,000
312,000
|
312,000 |
|
413,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
401,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
393,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
389,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
