After an early position open, Walid Bou Habib three-bet to 25,500 from the button. Barny Boatman looked down at his cards from the big blind and announced a four-bet all in for his last 73,000. The original opener folded and action was back to Habib. Habib stood from his seat and mulled over the decision for a bit before plopping chips into the middle of the table.
Boatman:
Habib:
Boatman was in good shape and stayed that way as both players paired up on the flop. All Boatman needed to do was dodge a ten and he accomplished this by seeing the hit the turn and the finish off the board.
The bubble finally bursts as players are on a break. Martin Hruby leaves empty handed as a new form of crowd control is introduced. The PokerStars Blog looks back at the bubble earlier today.
Oleksii Khoroshenin opened to 11,500 from early position, Olivier Busquet called in the small blind, and Rameev Sergey moved all in for around 100,000 chips from the big blind. Khoroshenin quickly folded, and Busquet instantly announced call, turning over .
Sergey showed , and Busquet winced at the sight of the over cards. The flop didn't change much, but the on the turn gave Sergey two extra outs to make a straight. A repeat ten - the - completed the board, and Sergey was eliminated.
"You didn't want to make a set," a player told Busquet after the hand.
"I didn't want it to be a race," Busquet returned.
Robert Schulz moved all in for 36,000 from the cutoff and Irina Batorevich made the call from the button. Both blinds folded creating a heads-up showdown.
Irina Batorevich:
Robert Schulz:
The board ran out and Schulz doubled up after hitting a jack on the turn.
Giuseppe Pantaleo made a flush in a hand against Age Spets but it wasn't good enough and he busted.
The German was in early position and moved all in for his last 33,500. The action folded around to Spets in the big blind and he procrastinated over his decision. Pantaleo offered to help him make up his mind but the dealer stopped Spets revealing his hand. Spets made up his own mind to call.
Pantaleo:
Spets:
The dealer quickly dealt a board. The board came so quickly that the dealer and some players saw Pantaleo's flush before Spet's full house. The correction was made and off went a not so happy Pantaleo.
Salvatore Bonavena was all in for what looked like his last 50,000 before the flop. Alexander Helbig called and tabled which was crushing Bonavena's .
Both players paired their shared card on the flop. The fell on fourth street and Bonavena needed to catch one of the remaining tens to stay alive in the tournament. Unfortunately for Bonavena, the river paired his opponent with the and he was sent to the payout area.
In a huge pot Ramil Yusupov just knocked out Alexander Zayonts. Manig Loeser explained to us how the action went as we only saw the showdown as the players at the table erupted in amazement.
Zayonts raised to 10,000 preflop after which Zayonts three-bet to 25,000 from the big blind. Zayonts made the call and the flop brought out . Both players checked after which the turn, the , was checked as well.
The pot didn't seem to be too interesting as Zayonts also decided to check the river. Yusupov bet 30,000 according to Loeser and now Zayonts decided to make it a little more exciting. He raised to 80,000 after which Yusupov moved all in. Zayonts had around 300,000 chips left and he made the call.
Zayonts showed but that was no good against Yusupov's . Set over set made an end to Zayonts' tournament as he laughed it of on his way to the payout desk. Yusupov is now one of the chip leaders with less than 100 players remaining.
Bryn Kenney was all in before the flop for his last 46,000. Giuseppe Pantaleo three-bet all in over the top and the rest of the table released.
Kenney showed and was in need of help against Pantaleo's . The board came down and Kenney was able to connect, making his heart flush and doubling to around 100,000. Pantaleo, however, was crippled to only 30,000.
flop. All Boatman needed to do was dodge a ten and he accomplished this by seeing the 
hit the turn and the 
finish off the board.
, and Busquet winced at the sight of the over cards. The 
on the turn gave Sergey two extra outs to make a straight. A repeat ten - the 
- completed the board, and Sergey was eliminated.
flop gave Haigh a pair of tens, and it was all over when the 
turned. A meaningless 
completed the board, and Haigh doubled to 120,000 chips.
flop. The 
fell on fourth street and Bonavena needed to catch one of the remaining tens to stay alive in the tournament. Unfortunately for Bonavena, the river paired his opponent with the 
, was checked as well.
and was in need of help against Pantaleo's 
and Kenney was able to connect, making his heart flush and doubling to around 100,000. Pantaleo, however, was crippled to only 30,000.