We just caught the end of Fedor Holz's bust out, as he ran his two pair into the set of Iacopo Brandi just before the money bubble. The board showed , and with a lot of chips already in the middle, Holz moved all in. Brandi called right away and tabled and Holz slammed his in frustration on the table.
Holz was visibly disappointed, as we are now just two eliminations away from the money.
Martin Finger was just all in for his tournament life worth 201,000 chips, and a split pot seems almost inevitable against Viacheslav Buldygin.
Buldygin:
Finger:
The flop brought out and Finger picked up a back door flush draw. On the turn the hit, giving Finger a flush draw, and Buldygin asked the dealer to put no more diamonds out.
The river however brought the and Finger hit his flush to double up.
We're now exactly two eliminations away from the money, and players are stalling left and right. Hand for hand is not in play yet, but it won't be long as play has slowed down a lot.
The clock was just called on both Sam Greenwood and Adrian Mateos, both of which are among the short stacks.
We just witnessed the last part of a hand where Mark Teltscher would double. We arrived on the turn with the board showing . Manuel Blaschke in the small blind bet 135,000, Mark Teltscher called from the big.
The river came the and Blaschke checked. Teltscher moved all in for 209,000 and after some tanking Blaschke called. Teltscher showed and Blaschke mucked. The dealer turned over his hand because it was an all in situation, and revealed Blaschke's .
There has been a lot of stalling and so the floor has decided to start hand for hand, even though the tournament isn't on the bubble technically just yet. With still 25 players remaining, the clock was paused while the floor waited for all hands to finish. Hand for hand started just now.
Jani Sointula moved in for 258,000 and the dealer tossed him the all in triangle. Action folded to Kevin Stani in the small blind and he made it 90,000 as he was under the impression it was folded to him. The floor came over and ruled that Stani had two options; call for 258,000 total, or fold. Raising wasn't allowed anymore. Stani decided to call and the big blind folded.
Kevin Stani:
Jani Sointula:
The flop came a harmless . The on the turn was an interesting card as it gave Sointula a set but Stani a flush draw. The river was a blank and Sointula doubled.
Mike McDonald raised to 80,000 under the gun and from his left Leo Fernandez moved all in for just 2,000 more. The action folded back around to McDonald and he made the call.
Sam Greenwood moved all in for 166,000 and Pablo Saade made the call from the big blind.
Greenwood:
Saade:
The flop brought out and Greenwood pushed the ace forward, indicating he was looking for one. On the turn the hit and again Greenwood pushed the ace forward. The river was indeed the and Greenwood hit two pair to stay alive in this event. Saade shook his head, and he's now the shortest stack in the tournament.
Pablo Saade first got lucky chopping a hand where he had all in preflop against . The flop didn't help him all that much but as soon as Isaac Haxton asked the dealer for a ten, the hit the turn. The on the river was a blank and the two of them chopped it up.
The next hand it was all over anyway. Antonio Buonanno made it 60,000 under the gun and called Saade's 142,000 button shove. Buonanno had while Saade tabled . The board ran out and the tournament was down to 24 players.
After a redraw was done, play continued with just 3 tables. One more player will go home empty handed, all others will receive a minimum of €43,200.
Andrei Streltsou raised to 60,000 and Farid Jattin three-bet to 140,000, to which Streltsou moved all in. Jattin called for 528,000 total and the showdown went as following.
Jattin:
Streltsou:
The board ran out and Streltsou was clearly relieved to see his aces hold up. Meanwhile, Jattin still has a big stack and nothing to worry about on the money bubble.
, and with a lot of chips already in the middle, Holz moved all in. Brandi called right away and tabled 
and Holz slammed his 
in frustration on the table.
and Finger picked up a back door flush draw. On the turn the 
hit, giving Finger a flush draw, and Buldygin asked the dealer to put no more diamonds out.
and Finger hit his flush to double up.
. Manuel Blaschke in the small blind bet 135,000, Mark Teltscher called from the big.
and Blaschke checked. Teltscher moved all in for 209,000 and after some tanking Blaschke called. Teltscher showed 
was a blank and Sointula doubled.
and Fernandez doubled up.
and Greenwood pushed the ace forward, indicating he was looking for one. On the turn the 
flop didn't help him all that much but as soon as Isaac Haxton asked the dealer for a ten, the 
hit the turn. The 
and the tournament was down to 24 players. 
