PokerStars Team Pro Joep van den Bijgaart pushed all-in preflop for his last half million chips and Ben Wilinofsky who has blitzed the feature table all day, made the call.
Van den Bijgaart:
Wilinofsky:
The Dutchman looked nervous but Wilinofsky hugged him and laughed, "Come on, smile..."
Flop:
Van den Bijgaart smiled.
The turn and river were quickly dealt and Van den Bijgaart doubled to 1.14 million in chips. It's hardly a drop in the ocean of Wilinofsky's stack however, he's still only just under 6 million.
Action has slowed down somewhat and we're seeing smaller pots played out. Perhaps it's got something to do with the 11 remaining runners' proximity to the final table. Either way, we've got no biggies to report since Joep van den Bijgaart's quads. The best we can do right now is a small pot that's made Fabrice Soulier's stack look a little more comfortable.
Soulier raised to 115,000 in the cutoff and Max Heinzelmann called in the big blind to see a flop. It came down and they both checked, proceeding directly to the turn. Heinzelmann bet out 75,000 which Soulier called, and they got to see the river.
Both players reverted to checking on the [3h river and Heinzelmann turned over a nothing-y with a matter-of-fact shrug. Soulier's for a pair of sixes was good to take the pot, and he's at 1.2 million now. Heinzelmann barely felt the loss of those few chips, and remains in second place on 3.35 million.
Another tiny pot from the outer table, as Cuello Jorge Mariano raised preflop and got calls from Max Heinzelmann in the small blind and Vadzim Kursevich in the big. Heinzelmann checked the flop before calling 130,000 from Kursevich (Mariano folded), and the two of them then checked down the turn and river. Heinzelmann turned over for two pair, sixes and fives - and Kursevich turned over for the same two pair, kicker on the board. Chop it up.
Fabrice Soulier raised to 110,000 preflop, called by Max Heinzelmann in the big blind. Both players checked the flop. The turn brought no action either, but on the river Soulier bet 125,000 when Heinzelmann checked a third time. He was immediately called. He showed for top pair and won the pot with minimal fuss.
Cuello Jorge Mariano raised to 105,000 and was called by Martin Jacobson in the cutoff and Max Heinzelmann on the button.
The flop was and Mariano bet 185,000, Jacobson folded but Heinzelmann threw out the call.
The came on the turn and Mariano now bet 250,000 before the German made it a huge 780,000 to play. Mariano thought briefly but folded and Heinzelmann is looking hard to beat on this outer table.
Max Heinzelmann min-raised from the button and Vadzim Kursevich called in the small blind, as did Fabrice Soulier in the big. They all three saw a flop.
Flop:
It checked around to Heinzelmann who continuation-bet 145,000. Kursevich called, but Soulier now had a little tank and then check-raised to 425,000 with around 750,000 behind. Heinzelmann tanked up for a while and called - but Kursevich now announced all in and Soulier called. Heinzelmann got out of their way, and they were on their backs.
Soulier: for all the draws in the world
Kursevich: for top pair
Turn:
River:
Soulier missed it all, and busted out in 11th place, around 10 minutes into the dinner break. When we return we'll have to lose one more player before the remaining nine move to a single table, and when one of those nine busts, we'll be done for the day.
The sad half hour remaining on the clock for this level is going to have to stay there for 90 mins as there's now a dinner break in the Main Event. Back for post-prandial action.
Everyone is full of dinner and there are 28 minutes left of this level. We might be able to make our official eight-handed final table before we hit Level 27.
Second hand back after the dinner break, and Cuello Jorge Mariano took a pop at busy preflop raiser Max Heinzelmann. He three-bet all in over the top of Heinzelmann's late position raise (115k) for over a million chips and big though this bet was, Heinzelmann called with little delay. On their backs!
Heinzelmann
Mariano
The board ran out with straightening possibilities for Mariano, but in the end stood . He leaves us with one table of nine - one player to be eliminated before the rest take the coveted Final Table places!
turn and 
river were quickly dealt and Van den Bijgaart doubled to 1.14 million in chips. It's hardly a drop in the ocean of Wilinofsky's stack however, he's still only just under 6 million.
and they both checked, proceeding directly to the 
turn. Heinzelmann bet out 75,000 which Soulier called, and they got to see the river.
with a matter-of-fact shrug. Soulier's 
for a pair of sixes was good to take the pot, and he's at 1.2 million now. Heinzelmann barely felt the loss of those few chips, and remains in second place on 3.35 million.
turn and 
river. Heinzelmann turned over 
for two pair, sixes and fives - and Kursevich turned over 
for the same two pair, kicker on the board. Chop it up.
flop. The 
turn brought no action either, but on the 
and Mariano bet 185,000, Jacobson folded but Heinzelmann threw out the call.
came on the turn and Mariano now bet 250,000 before the German made it a huge 780,000 to play. Mariano thought briefly but folded and Heinzelmann is looking hard to beat on this outer table.
for all the draws in the world
