Ankush Mandavia opened for 80,000 from early position and Liv Boeree on the button was the only caller.
The flop came and both players checked. The on the turn made Mandavia bet a hefty 250,000. Boeree thought for just a bit before calling.
The river came the and Mandavia checked. Boeree again thought about it, scratched her nose, and checked behind. Mandavia showed , Boeree took it down with .
Mark Teltscher opened from early position with a raise to 80,000 and Kevin Stani on the button was the only caller. Teltscher fired 80,000 on the flop, 90,000 on the turn and 115,000 on the river. Stani called all streets and Teltscher showed . Stanu tabled for the winner and took it down.
The action folded to Iacopo Brandi who moved all in from the button to put pressure on both blinds. Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez called from the small blind for 116,000 total, and the showdown went as following.
Brandi:
Fernandez:
The board ran out and Fernandez kept his tournament aspirations alive with a big sigh.
Because there has already been a blind increase during hand for hand, the same level is played again. So the remaining 24 players are again playing 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante. As soon as a player gets eliminated, the next level will start.
Farid Jattin opened for 85,000 from middle position and Ivan Luca in the hijack called all in for his last 65,000. Action folded around and Jattin got some chips back. Action was halted and no hole cards were shown just yet.
At the same time on a different table, action folded to Juha Helppi and he moved in from the small blind for about 180,000 and big blind Kevin Stani made the call from the big blind.
First Farid Jattin showed his and Ivan Luca tabled . The board ran out and Ivan Luca was eliminated. He walked over to Juha Helppi's table to see what his faith would be. If Helppi would get eliminated as well, the two of them would share the 23rd place money. If Helppi would chop or double, Luca would get nothing.
With Luca as the interested bystander, Helppi turned over . Stani had the . The board ran out and with his turned pair of sevens Stani eliminated Helppi.
The two of them walked to the pay out desk to collect their €21,600. Everyone loves a chopped bubble!