Ivan Kotov got his stack of 130,000 or so all in preflop holding the and was flipping against the of Stefan Tobias Kolossow.
Kotov got it in good, but the flop hit Kolossow. Kotov was clearly upset and let out a long sigh. The turn left him in need of a jack on the river, but he would receive no reprieve as the useless peeled off.
After Pasi Sormunen opened for 16,000 from middle position, defending champ Mikalai Pobal three-bet to 40,000 from the button. The blinds folded and then Sormunen called before checking the . Pobal took the opportunity to bet 35,000 and Sormunen said, "I thought you only had one bet."
He was referring to Pobal's short stack, and Sormunen took it upon himself to move all in. Pobal instantly released his hand.
Action folded around to Kent Lundmark in the small blind and he announced a bet of all in. Kevin Schulz called for his tournament life of about 115,000 from the big blind and the hands were tabled.
Lundmark:
Schulz:
Schulz was dominated and in need of help to stay alive in this tournament. Unfortunately for the American, the board came down and he was eliminated from play late in the day. Lundmark scored the knockout and that brings his stack up to 380,000.
In a blind on blind confrontation Petra Hruskova got the last of her 214,000 chips in the middle against Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos. Hruskova from Slovakia, who had qualified through a live satellite had which looked pretty good against Villa-Lobos’ and so it proved as the board ran out to give her the double up with 45 minutes of the day remaining.
Over at the secondary feature table, Marc Colome got his stack of 193,000 all in preflop holding the and was up against the of Francesco Conte. It was a classic flip, and Colome looked good through both the flop and turn.
Just when it looked like a double was in store, the spiked on the river to give Conte a pair of queens. Conte clapped his hands together in celebration while a dejected Colome made his way to the payout desk.
Here's a look at the counts from the secondary feature table:
Three players took a flop of , and a bunch of raising resulted in Anton Komarov being all in for 147,000, Michel Pecheux calling and Valentino Konakchiev folding (we arrived just before the turn was put out).
Pecheux:
Komarov:
Komarov had flopped top pair, but it was still behind the pocket rockets of Pecheux. The turn gave Komarov an open-ended straight draw, but the river would be of no consequence. With that, Komarov hit the rail.
Felix Stephensen was all in with and at risk as he got a call from . Stephensen groaned “Oh no.” as a queen appeared in the window. and the young PokerStars player from Norway’s tournament was derailed.
and was flipping against the 
of Stefan Tobias Kolossow.
flop hit Kolossow. Kotov was clearly upset and let out a long sigh. The 
turn left him in need of a jack on the river, but he would receive no reprieve as the useless 
peeled off.
. Pobal took the opportunity to bet 35,000 and Sormunen said, "I thought you only had one bet."
and he was eliminated from play late in the day. Lundmark scored the knockout and that brings his stack up to 380,000.
to give her the double up with 45 minutes of the day remaining.
flop and 
turn.
. Stephensen groaned “Oh no.” as a queen appeared in the window. 
