In the first hand of Level 21, Morten Klein was eliminated in a blind vs. blind scenario. Klein had , while his neighbor, Fabian Quoss, had him dominated with .
The board ran out , and Klein was eliminated.
The unofficial final table is now set, and we will bring you the redraw shortly.
Philippe Ktorza got his stack of 226,000 all in preflop holding and had the of Marvin Rettenmaier dominated. The board ran out a clean and Ktorza doubled through the German.
Action folded to a short-stacked Gurgen Melkonyan in the cutoff and he mvoed all in for 244,000. Marvin Rettenmaier was next to act and isolated from the button by moving all in over the top. Both blinds folded and Melkonyan discovered the bad news.
Showdown
Melkonyan:
Rettenmaier:
Melkonyan's kicker had him in bad shape, and the flop made it even worse as Rettenmaier paired up. The turn gave Melkonyan some slim hope to a wheel, but the river would not complete it. With that, Melkonyan exited the tournament floor in 11th place.
After action folded to him on the button, Aubin Cazals moved all in for 145,000 and received a call from Marvin Rettenmaier in the big blind.
Showdown
Cazals:
Rettenmaier:
"That's ok," Rettenmaier said when the flop opened up some chop outs. "That's not," he added when the dealer burned and turned the . When the peeled off on the river, Rettenmaier didn't say a word and silently paid off his opponent.
Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 35,000 on the button, and Philippe Ktorza three-bet all in for 171,000 from the small blind. The action folded back to Rettenmaier, who went deep into the tank.
"I think I'm going to fold," he sighed. "Like I always do."
He did fold, and then asked if Ktorza would show.
"We both show," Ktozra said.
Rettenmaier agreed, and Fabian Quoss counted, "One...two...three!"
Ktorza showed queen-jack off, but Rettenmaier didn't reveal his hand.
"F***!" he blurted.
Ktorza then grabbed Rettenmaier's cards and revealed . The entire table burst into laughter - even Rettenmaier - and Ktorza raked in the pot.
Sorel Mizzi opened to 32,000 from under the gun, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov three-bet to 71,000 from the hijack seat, and Mizzi four-bet to 138,000. Katchalov moved all in, and Mizzi snapped it off.
Katchalov:
Mizzi:
Mizzi had Katchalov crushed, and the board ran out , eliminating the Ukrainian.
Mizzi is now our clear chip leader with around 1.2 million.
Juha Helppi opened the action with a raise to 32,000 from the under-the-gun position. When action reached Marcin Wydrowski on the button, he opted to put in a three-bet to 77,000. The small blind quickly got out of the way, and then Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov thought for about a minute before moving all in for 261,000. Helppi folded, and Wydrowski thought for about two minutes before making the call.
Showdown
Katchalov:
Wydrowski:
Katchalov got it in good, but he needed his eights to hold in order to survive. Despite the pleas from Wydrowski's rail, the board ran out a clean and Katchalov doubled.
While there was a pot developing on Table 1, we heard a chair kick back from Table 2. We turned to sprint over and see what happened, and when we got there the board was . The was sitting in front of Quoss, giving him a straight, and the dealer was mucking Morten Kleins hand - it was either two queens or king-queen.
Nonetheless, Quoss somehow doubled to 520,000 chips, while Kleins was crippled down to 105,000.
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, while his neighbor, Fabian Quoss, had him dominated with 
.
, and Klein was eliminated.
and had the 
of Marvin Rettenmaier dominated. The board ran out a clean 
and Ktorza doubled through the German.
flop made it even worse as Rettenmaier paired up. The 
turn gave Melkonyan some slim hope to a wheel, but the 
river would not complete it. With that, Melkonyan exited the tournament floor in 11th place.
flop opened up some chop outs. "That's not," he added when the dealer burned and turned the 
peeled off on the river, Rettenmaier didn't say a word and silently paid off his opponent.
, eliminating the Ukrainian.
