The third bubble showdown came courtesy of the blind battle. It was Irene Baroni in the small blind and Stefan Jedlicka in the big blind. We are not sure of the exact raising action but Baroni was the player at risk.
Baroni
Jedlicka
The flop brought a flush draw for Baroni .
The turn was the but then the river was the and Baroni gave out a little yell of excitement and doubled up.
Jeff Sarwer raised to 8,000 in the cut-off and Andrey Subbotin called in the big blind. The flop was and Subbotin check-called a 10,700 Sarwer bet. The action shut down after that when both players checked the turn and the river.
Subbotin
Sarwer
Mucked
Sarwer tapped the felt in recognition and Subbotin picked up the pot.
Lari Sihvo is not afraid to mix it up with small suited connectors, having won a huge amount of chips from the now-busto Nikolas Liakos with and now he has just won a decent pot from our chip leader, Grzegorz Cichocki with .
On a flop reading Cichocki check-raised Sihvo's 11,000 bet to 23,000 but it was not enough to fold out the Finn as he called. The turn was the and Cichocki bet 52,000 and was quickly called. The Pole slowed down when the showed up on the river, opting to check but then call Sihvo's 84,000 bet.
Sihvo turned over for a straight, a hand that Cichocki could not beat and he mucked.
Stuart Fox tried to burst the bubble but failed in his attempt to eliminate Vitaly Grigoryev from Russia.
Grigoryev raised to 12,000 from the small blind and Fox defended to see the flop. Grigoryev continued with a 18,000 bet before Fox set him in for the 79,000 he had back. Call.
Fox: for an open ended straight draw.
Grigoryev: for top-top.
A crowd of players and press swarmed the table but were left disappointed when the turn and river failed to bring in the draw.
Ronnie Kaiser just won a big pot from Jani Sointula.
He raised under the gun making it 8,000 to play and Sointula called to his direct left. The flop was and Kaiser check-called a 12,000 Sointula bet. The turn was the and once again Kaiser checked the action over to Sointula. The Finn bet 22,000 and again Kaiser just called. The dealer gave us the and Kaiser checked for a third time and Sointula bet for a third time. It was 48,000 and then Kaiser surprised everyone by check-raising to 160,000 (leaving only 90,000 behind). Sointula made lots of funny noises before eventually making the call.
Wow! Our overnight chip leader, Nikolas Liakos has just been eliminated from the Main Event at the hands of Grzegorz Cichocki. We don't have the exact details but the Swede just stormed away from his seat and Cichocki now has around 850,000!
Joe Ebanks just risked soft bubbling after he moved all-in for 44,500 from late position with . PokerStars qualifier Robert Brofeldt was in the big blind and called with .
We caught the tail end of a huge pot between Jani Sointula and Albert Mykhaylyuta that has left Mykhaylyuta with steam coming out of his ears.
The board was and Mykhaylyuta checked to Sointula who bet 72,500. Mykhaylyuta counted out the bet in increments of 10k and made the call. The river was the and once again Mykhaylyuta checked to Sointula and this time he bet 75,000 and again counting the ball out in increments of 10k he made the call. Sointula turned over for the rivered straight and Mykhaylyuta slammed down in frustration.
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but then the river was the 
and Baroni gave out a little yell of excitement and doubled up.
and Subbotin check-called a 10,700 Sarwer bet. The action shut down after that when both players checked the 
turn and the 
river.
and now he has just won a decent pot from our chip leader, Grzegorz Cichocki with 
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Cichocki check-raised Sihvo's 11,000 bet to 23,000 but it was not enough to fold out the Finn as he called. The turn was the 
and Cichocki bet 52,000 and was quickly called. The Pole slowed down when the 
for an open ended straight draw.
for top-top.
turn and river failed to bring in the draw.
and once again Kaiser checked the action over to Sointula. The Finn bet 22,000 and again Kaiser just called. The dealer gave us the 
and Kaiser checked for a third time and Sointula bet for a third time. It was 48,000 and then Kaiser surprised everyone by check-raising to 160,000 (leaving only 90,000 behind). Sointula made lots of funny noises before eventually making the call.
. PokerStars qualifier Robert Brofeldt was in the big blind and called with 
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for the rivered straight and Mykhaylyuta slammed down