Mikalai Pobal from Belarus shoved all in from the button before the flop and found a customer in Jakob Moesslacher from Austria in the early position. Spain's Luis Rufas in the cutoff seat was tempted to call as well, but eventually resisted and the two remaining players went in for a showdown.
Showdown
Pobal:
Moesslacher:
The Belorussian was in the lead while the Austrian needed help from the board. Not only did the flop not help Moesslacher, but gave a pair to Pobal leaving the Austrian a very little chance for a double up. And the last hope was lost as the dealer flipped on the turn giving Pobal a set and eliminating Moesslacher from the tournament.
In the last hand before the break, a three-way all-in pot developed that saw two players fall. Jean-Jacques Mars was all in from middle position for 172,000, Jean-Jacques Mars for 186,000 in the small blind, and Anton Sinel had them both covered in the big.
Showdown
Mars:
Caprioli:
Sinel:
It was a bit of a cooler for both short stacks as they had big pocket pairs only to run it into the second biggest pocket pair possible. The preflop drama in this hand was intense, but the rest of it wasn't as the board ran out a dry and Sinel scored the double elimination.
Just prior to the break, Felix Kretchmann moved all in from the button and received a call from Konstantin Streletskiy in the big blind.
Showdown
Streletskiy:
Kretchmann:
Kretchmann got it in good and even paired his ace on the flop; however, any paint cards would give Streletskiy the leader. The dealer burned and turned the , which gave Streletskiy Broadway and left Kretchmann drawing to a king for a chop. He seemed resigned after having doubled Jonathan Karamalikis and didn't react much when the blanked on the river and he was eliminated from the tournament.
As the eliminations continue, the Germans, Russians and Spanish are out in force. Among them are the likes of Andrey Zaichenko, record setting Konstantin Puchkov and Andrey Gurtovoy. Elsewhere Herold Roman continues with his remarkable turnaround while Mauro Canavese, seated next to the hooded Marcos Fernandez, watches cowboy films for inspiration.
Jonathan Karamalikis is the new chip leader, and the first to break the two million mark.
There was an open to 25,000 before Karamalikis three-bet to 65,000 from the small blind and Felix Kretchmann four-bet to 150,000 from the big blind. The original raiser folded but Karamalikis five-bet to 275,000. Call.
The flop fell and Karamalikis continued for 340,000, and called all-in when his German opponent shoved.
Karamalikis:
Kretchmann:
The board ran out and we have one very happy player, and one very distraught player.
We stumbled upon the action on the flop and two players, Ilari Sahamies on the button and Anaras Alekberovas in the small blind still with cards in their hands.
Alekberovas bet 76,000 and Sahamies answered with a call. Alekberovas fired another 145,000 after the dealer opened on the turn and Sahamies called again.
The Lithuanian continued for 225,000 on the river making Sahamies think really hard about this one. Eventually the floor was called to the table giving Sahamies one minute to act and the Finn finally called. Alekberovas opened and Sahamies showed for a two pair and collected the pot.
After action folded to John Juanda in the cutoff and he raised to 26,000, Anton Sinel three-bet to 65,000 from the small blind. Leo Margets had been relatively quiet today, but she decided this was the time and four-bet all in for a little over 300,000. Juanda quickly got out of the way and Sinel, who barely had her covered, snap-called.
Showdown
Margets:
Sinel:
Margets knew she was in trouble and rose from her chair in preparation of her elimination. The flop brought her one step closer to the door, but the turn gave her pause as she was drawing live to a ten headed to the river. "Please," Margets said with a smile to the dealer, who did not oblige by putting out the .
Meanwhile, Sean Prendiville has been eliminated from the Feature Table.
flop not help Moesslacher, but gave a pair to Pobal leaving the Austrian a very little chance for a double up. And the last hope was lost as the dealer flipped 
on the turn giving Pobal a set and eliminating Moesslacher from the tournament.
and Sinel scored the double elimination.
flop; however, any paint cards would give Streletskiy the leader. The dealer burned and turned the 
blanked on the river and he was eliminated from the tournament.
and Karamalikis continued for 340,000, and called all-in when his German opponent shoved.
and we have one very happy player, and one very distraught player.
on the turn and Sahamies called again.
and Sahamies showed 
for a two pair and collected the pot.
flop brought her one step closer to the door, but the 
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