Hand #53: John Juanda raised under the gun to 320,000 with and Amir Touma moved all in from the button for 400,000 with . Steve Warburton was next to act in the big blind with and he made the call, as did Juanda.
The flop brought out and Juanda stayed in the lead as the action was checked. On the turn the hit and Juanda hit a straight. Juanda bet 420,000 and Warburton folded. On the river the hit and Touma hit the rail.
Touma managed to make one pay jump, and Andreas Samuelsson is now the tournament short stack.
Hand #50: John Juanda entered the pot with a raise to 320,000 from the hijack holding . Action folded around quickly and Juanda took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #51: Action folded to Denys Shafikov and he found . With short stack Amir Touma in the big blind, Shafikov raised it up. Touma, despite being down to just a few big blinds, folded his .
Hand #52: Mario Sanchez with the made it 360,000 to go from middle position. Frederik Jensen right next to him picked up yet again and three bet to 910,000 from the hijack. Sanchez made the call.
The flop came and Sanchez checked. Jensen checked behind. The on the turn brought something for both. Sanchez, with 14% equity in the hand, bet out 950,000 into the 1,310,000 pot. Jensen, with his gutshot and nut flush draw, tanked for a bit before calling.
The hit the river and Sanchez made his straight while Jensen made the nut flush. Sanchez checked and Jensen announced all in. Sanchez, with 3,230,000 behind, thought about it for about 5 minutes before he called all in.
Jensen instantly showed the nuts and Sanchez left the tournament with hanging shoulders.
Amir Touma (2 big blinds) and Andreas Samuelsson (9 big binds) must have been happy picking up a slightly bigger cheque because of Sanchez' bust out. They are now guaranteed €194,100 while Mario Sanchez picked up €137,080.
Hand #44: Juanda found and made it 320,000 from early position. Andreas Samuelsson in the cutoff picked up and thought about it for a bit before three betting to 740,000.
It folded back to Juanda who, with at this time 22 big blinds behind but with short stack Touma still alive, decided to four bet to 1,480,000. Samuelsson tanked for about 3 minutes and shoved all in. Juanda called instantly.
The flop came , making Samuelsson a three to one favorite. The on the turn meant Juanda was down to just six outs. The on the river was one of them and Juanda doubled!