Andrea Cortellazzi opened before the flop and called Jean Montury's 80,000 shove.
Andrea Cortellazzi:
Jean Montury:
The flop came and Montury was getting nervous. The on the turn was a blank but the on the river sure wasn't. Andrea Cortellazzi went full berserk again and fist pumped like he had just won the Super Bowl.
"You happy?" asked table mate Foeke Deinum sarcastically. "Very happy!" Cortellazzi said with a serious voice. "If you bust me, just don't do that" Mitch Johnson added, but it was lost on the Italian who was still cheerfully stacking his chips.
We're just three eliminations away from the money, as Jozef Bartalas just got knocked out by Mikolaj Zawadski.
Bartalos was down to just a few big blinds when he called a raise before the flop from the big blind. On the flop Bartalos went all in for just two big blinds, and both Preben Stokkan and Mikolaj Zawadski called.
The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was the and Stokkan check-folded to a bet from Zawadski.
Zawadski showed , and Bartalos was knocked out holding . Meanwhile, Stokkan is working on an impressive run as he started the day with just 77,000.
With 154 players remaining everyone's now very much aware of the pending money bubble. Play has slowed down considerably, and three more players need to get knocked out before the money will be reached.
Two spots from the money, on the last hand before the break, Juha Helppi raised from the button and chip leader Gleb Tremzin put him all in from the big blind. Helppi called all in for 102,000, and the showdown went as following.
Tremzin:
Helppi:
The board ran out and Helppi doubled up on the bubble.