Anaras Alekberovas moved all in for his last 10 big blinds or so from the small blind holding , and Gautam Sabharwal called in the big blind with . Sabharwal's hand held, and Alekberovas was eliminated.
Talal Shakerchi opened to 21,000 in the hijack seat, JC Alvarado called in the small blind, and Scott Seiver jammed for 164,000. Shakerchi mulled the decision over for 10 seconds or so before folding, and Alvarado tanked for a little more, then called.
Alvarado:
Seiver:
There was an ace in the window of the flop, giving Alvarado a decisive lead with his pair of aces. The turn and river came , respectively, and Seiver was eliminated.
He wished the table luck as he was off to collect his £24,170 14th-place prize.
Just as Faraz Jaka was calling all in to survive, Philipp Gruissem had his own problems. He'd opened to 20,000 in early position and JC Alvarado had made it 50,000 in middle position. Gruissem shoved and Alvarado instantly called.
Gruissem:
Alvarado:
The board came - no help to either and Gruissem, who won this event last year, can only be the bubble boy this time.
Anaras Alekberovas limped on the button and Faraz Jaka checked in the big blind to see a flop.
Jaka check-raised the flop, and Alekberovas called.
Both checked the turn and the came on the river, Jaka checked a third time and Alekberovas thought for a moment before betting 250,000 — effectively setting Jaka all in on the bubble.
Jaka thought for several minutes, before eventually making the call and Alekberovas flipped . Jaka doubled up with - bottom pair was still good.
Dimitar Danchev declared, "I'm very glad I have you on my Fantasy Poker Team."
Talal Shakerchi has more than doubled on the bubble, and is currently flirting with one million chips.
In one hand, he, Paul Volpe, and Philipp Gruissem saw a flop and turn of . Gruissem checked, Volpe fired 82,000, and both Shakerchi and Gruissem called.
The completed the board, all three players checked, and Shakerchi showed . It was good.
A few hand later, Shakerchi opened to 20,000 from middle position. Fabian Quoss called on his direct left, and JC Alvarado and Scott Seiver called out of the blinds. The flop fell , and the action checked to Shakerchi, who continued for 45,000. Only Quoss called.
The turn was the , Shakerchi led out for 75,000, and Quoss called.
The river was the , and Shakerchi led out again - this time for 110,000. Quoss tank-folded, and Shakerchi pulled in the pot.
Eric Sfez opened to 24,000 and Albert Daher three-bet to 57,000 from the big blind. Sfez opted to flat-call and then called another 50,000 on the flop.
An innocuous looking appeared on the turn, Daher moved all in and Sfez instantly called.
Daher:
Sfez:
Yes, the nine on the turn had changed everything, a came on the river and Sfez jumped up the leaderboard while Daher is now one of the shortest stacks.
Fabian Quoss opened to 18,000 from under the gun, and the action folded to Vicky Coren, who snap-called from the small blind. Talal Shakerchi joined the party, defending his big blind, and the dealer fanned . All three players checked.
The turn was a repeat king - the - and Coren led out for 15,000. Shakerchi folded, Quoss raised to 55,000, and Coren called.
The river was the , and Coren checked. Quoss slid forward 110,000, and after mulling the decision over for a bit, Coren check-raised all in for 330,000. Quoss went deep into the tank.
After a minute passed by, he apologized to the table. He apologized again after another minute or two passed, laughed, then begrudgingly mucked his hand. Coren instantly sent her hand into the muck.